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Supervisor Crew Management Center-CA
- AB, Canada
- Edmonton, AB, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Closing date
- Experience
- 2 years of work experience in Crew Management Centre*
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
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Job Summary
The incumbent is responsible for overseeing Crew Dispatchers in the Crew Management Centre and leading the unionized employees within the confines of the collective agreement. The incumbent will act as a first point of contact for the Transportation function as it relates to crew utilization and first point of escalation for issues regarding crewing and people management.
Main Responsibilities
Management and Planning of Train Crews
The role has works in an office setting with irregular hours, which includes working on weekends and holidays.
Experience
Supervisory Work
Education/Certification/Designation
The incumbent is responsible for overseeing Crew Dispatchers in the Crew Management Centre and leading the unionized employees within the confines of the collective agreement. The incumbent will act as a first point of contact for the Transportation function as it relates to crew utilization and first point of escalation for issues regarding crewing and people management.
Main Responsibilities
Management and Planning of Train Crews
- Ensure crews are called timely, accurately and lead the exceptions
- Ensure all crewing operations are within the regulations and guidelines of the Railway Association of Canada and Federal Railway Act
- Responsible for crew scheduling, record keeping and changing of card applications
- Ensure weekly maintenance of manpower requirements (correlates to guarantees and costs)
- Report crewing concerns across territory to various groups and departments (i.e. Rail Traffic Control, Transportation, Engineering, etc.)
- Plan with Divisional Officers and Chief Dispatchers to ensure train crews are utilized effectively to keep Terminal and Operation fluid
- Identify issues and false information to Senior Managers for investigation purposes
- Prepare incident reports involving crew information to Transportation
- Communicate company goals and policies to create clear understanding of direction and expectations
- Conduct investigations per collective agreement and issue discipline in collaboration with function's leadership team
- Develop and sustain the right employee behaviours with feedback, recognition, reinforcement and coaching
- Control and uphold the attendance management process and escalate when required
- Responsible for the administration of time off and leave of absence requests
- Respond to Step II grievances escalated by designated Union representatives in conjunction with the Assistant Manager Crew Management Centre
- Evaluate employee performance and review performance expectations, actual performance, and overall performance ratings
- Conduct onboarding conversations to ensure employees are embracing proper work practices, and have the knowledge, tools and understanding to perform their job safely and efficiently with a focus on cost savings
- Identify and coach performance deficiencies, and act to build required behaviour
- Coach and mentor employees on proper procedural practices, information gathering, operational concerns and company information in order to create transparency and clear understanding of company direction and expectations
- Create job aids to assist employees in understanding local procedures or the implementation of new systems
- Monitor unproductive costs
The role has works in an office setting with irregular hours, which includes working on weekends and holidays.
Experience
Supervisory Work
- Supervisory experience of unionized employees*
- 2 years of work experience in Crew Management Centre*
- Candidates with an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience will be considered
Education/Certification/Designation
- High School Diploma
- Candidates with equivalent practical experience, education, or training will be considered
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- Empowerment and talent development
- Strategic communication and influence
- Managerial courage and decisiveness
- Conflict management
- Stakeholder management
- Financial acumen
- High-Impact Execution
- Planning
- Strong Microsoft and computer skills; especially Excel, Word, SRS, CATS, TOPC, PAP, RTBI, SharePoint
- Comprehensive knowledge of collective agreement as it relates to rest and calling, with the ability to interpret and administer
More about this job
Responsibilities
Oversee crew dispatching, scheduling, and utilization while ensuring compliance with railway regulations and collective agreements. Lead and develop unionized employees through performance management, coaching, investigations, attendance administration, and grievance responses.
Requirements
A high school diploma or equivalent practical experience, education, or training is required. Two years of supervisory experience with unionized employees and two years of Crew Management Centre experience are listed as assets, along with strong computer skills and knowledge of collective agreement provisions for rest and calling.
Skills
- Crew Management
- Crew Scheduling
- Railway Regulations
- Unionized Workforce Supervision
- Employee Relations
- Performance Management
- Training and Onboarding
- Conflict Management
- Incident Reporting
- Attendance Management
- Operational Planning
- Stakeholder Management
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Coaching and Mentoring
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Categories
- Transportation
- Management & Leadership
- Logistics
- Human Resources
Keywords
- Crew Management Centre
- Crew Dispatchers
- Crew Utilization
- Crew Scheduling
- Railway Association of Canada
- Federal Railway Act
- Collective Agreement
- Unionized Workforce
- Crew Calling
- Manpower Requirements
- Train Crews
- Rail Traffic Control
- Transportation Operations
- Incident Reports
- Investigations
- Discipline
- Attendance Management
- Grievance Management
- Performance Management
- Employee Onboarding
- Coaching
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- SRS
- CATS
- TOPC
- PAP
- RTBI
- SharePoint