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4/28/2021
Metra plans to hire more than 100 workers in the coming months to prepare for an expected increase in ridership and to fill some positions that were left vacant during the depths of the pandemic, the Chicago commuter-rail agency announced yesterday.
The positions will be posted and open to online applicants starting May 3. Hiring will take place between spring and fall.
Metra will seek to fill a variety of positions, but especially extra list clerks, assistant signalmen, assistant building and bridge mechanics, trackmen, substation electricians, electrician apprentices, carmen and coach cleaners, agency officials said in a press release.
"We want to make sure we are properly staffed to meet the needs of our riders as more and more of them begin returning to our trains," said Metra Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Jim Derwinski.
A video for each of those positions, featuring current job holders explaining the duties, is posted on Metra’s website.