CRANEMASTERS CAREERS
Join the Crew that Keeps America on Track.
Cranemasters: Leading the Way in Railroad Solutions
As a full-service railroad contractor and leading innovator in rail services, skilled workers are the backbone of our company. Let us know if you have any of the following skills and are looking for a rewarding career opportunity in the railroad industry. Hard-working, service-oriented, and career-minded individuals with the right skills are in demand.
Consider Cranemasters. We’re a full-service railroad contractor for Class I, regional, and short-line railroads and rail-connected private industrial siding operations. With headquarters and state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Virginia and 12 divisions across the States, Cranemasters offers a variety of opportunities for beginning or advancing a lasting career as a railroader.
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Do You Have What it Takes?
If you take pride in working hard and don’t mind getting dirty, we want you on our team. We build and maintain the railroads that keep America moving—and when things go wrong, we’re the ones who make it right.
Make no mistake: This is tough work. We’re on call 24/7, year around, facing extreme weather and working long hours. Derailments don’t wait for holidays or weekends. There will be lifting and repairing heavy equipment—often in the mud, the cold, or the heat. This job isn’t for everyone. But if you’ve got the grit, it can be one of the most rewarding jobs you’ll ever do.
Why Would You Want To?
Earn What You’re Worth
We pay good wages with overtime because we know your time and skills are valuable.
Full Benefits Package
Health insurance, retirement plans, and more—because we invest in those who invest their future in us.
Travel and Adventure
Every day is different, and the job takes you places—working side-by-side with a crew that becomes like family.
Work with the Best
You’ll get to work alongside hardworking, no-nonsense pros who know what it takes to get the job done—and for a leading innovator of safety and efficiency in rail services.
Job Security and a Career
Railroads keep the country running. Our work is always in demand.
Continual Learning
We are always investing in our people to advance our safety and operational efficiencies while providing opportunities to advance their careers.
Military Vets are Welcome
If you miss the challenges, sense of purpose, teamwork, and camaraderie you experienced in the military, you’ll feel at home with us. We’d be honored to have you join us.
Bailey Harrell
Superintendent of Track Construction & Repair
Division: Merillville, IN
Cranemasters Key Contributor
Meet Bailey Harrell
He started in 2017 in the wash bay, scrubbing down trucks. Today, he serves as the Superintendent of Track Construction & Repair in Merryville, IN. He is on-site as the project manager for a three-year deployment, overseeing 20 skilled workers replacing 56 massive car retarder panels and 42,000 linear feet of existing track and raising and resurfacing 30,000 feet of track. He has all the necessary equipment at his disposal: an Inspection Truck, two Hi-Rail Excavators, two rail carts, a Hi-Rail Dump Truck, a Grapple Truck, a Backhoe, a Track Van, a Spiker, a Tamper, and a Ballast Regulator.
What does Bailey think about working with Cranemasters?
“It’s cool. They took me under their wing and taught me everything about rail work. Now, I can operate super heavy-duty cranes or spike rail, whatever it takes. I’ve been at derailments all over the country with cars on fire and hanging over bridges. It’s hard work, but no other job has been more exciting or rewarding. America needs railroads, and railroads need Cranemasters.”
See Where Your Skills Can Take You
Track Skilled Workers
Build and maintain critical rail infrastructure, ensuring trains move safely and on schedule.
Machine Operators
Handle heavy equipment like excavators, cranes, and tampers to lay and repair tracks.
Rail and Car Repair Welders
Strengthen and restore vital railway structures.
MIG and TIG welders and Shop Assistants
Work on heavy-duty cranes and equipment that we design and restore, purpose-built for Railroad work.
Emergency Derailment Specialists
Respond quickly to clear wreckage, repair tracks, and restore operations—essential work that keeps the railways running.
CDL Drivers
Transport heavy equipment and materials.
Supervisors and Foremen
Lead crews, manage projects, and ensure safety standards are met.
Engineering Specialists
Design heavy equipment and plan operations.
Imagine the pride you’ll feel standing with your kids or grandchildren, watching a powerful, endless train thunder down the tracks. The ground shakes, the air hums with energy—and with a steady voice, you say, “I made that happen.”
The tracks beneath it, the bridges it crosses, the miles it travels—built by your hands, your grit, your legacy. This isn’t just a job. It’s something that lasts. Something that has moved America nearly two centruries and will be incredibly important and always in demand.
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Hard work spotlights the character of people:
some turn up their sleeves,
some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.
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Baseball Pro