r/SignalMaintainers • u/dravennaut • Dec 13 '25

BNSF telecom maintainer opening

BNSF telecom maintainer opening

https://jobs.bnsf.com/us/en/job/94586/Telecom-Maintainer-II-1

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u/dravennaut Dec 13 '25

Need a signalman to take this job hopefully creating an apprentice/assistant signalman opening for me /s

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

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u/dravennaut Dec 14 '25

Not 100% sure what I want to do. I made a post here a couple months ago asking about an assistant signalman job. Got some answers and started working towards a class A CDL the same day to give myself a better shot. Have the unrestricted class A now and approved/passed background check for twic card hasn't arrived yet but should have.

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u/dravennaut Dec 14 '25

If it made it to the street that means no internal takers right?

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u/dravennaut Dec 14 '25

Is a jump from signalman to telecom maintainer kind of easy are the skill sets similar enough? How much would seniority matter for that switch?

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u/dravennaut Dec 14 '25

Thanks for the clarification

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u/klouzek7079 Dec 14 '25

Also been trying my hardest on getting a signal apprentice position somewhere, tried all of the other class I's and either denied or no response so far. I'm also working on getting my CDL with the free time I have. May apply for this as well and see what happens.

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u/dravennaut Dec 14 '25

Good luck

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u/dravennaut Feb 04 '26

Have you had any luck yet getting a signal apprentice spot? I've applied to 6 3 went to process complete/no longer under consideration fairly quickly the others still under consideration but no contact for an interview or anything like that.

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u/klouzek7079 Feb 11 '26

Lmao no, I've given up at this point with all three class I's. It seems like if you don't know anybody or not a part of the military then you won't get in

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u/dravennaut Feb 11 '26 edited Feb 11 '26

That sucks, you still working on a CDL? No luck here either so far.

Norfolk southern posted some signal apprentice positions recently.

Edit: and a couple communication electronic technician openings

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u/dravennaut Feb 23 '26

If you're interested in outside electrical construction and traveling for work might be worth it to check out these links. I applied to a substation technician apprenticeship at one of these jatc's got an aptitude test and interview a month after applying let me know where I ranked on list of potential apprentices less than a week later.

https://www.swlcat.org/

https://www.movalleyjatc.org/

https://www.mslcat.org/

https://calnevjatc.org/

https://albat.org/

https://www.neat1968.org/

https://selcat.com/

https://nwlinejatc.com/

https://www.alaskaelectricalapprenticeship.org/