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Supervisor Track Maintenance
- Smithers, BC, Canada
Full-time
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Job Summary
The Incumbent is responsible for managing the operations of an assigned territory that involves track inspection and repairs as well as replacing rails, ties, switches and ballasts.
Main Responsibilities
The role will be partially performed in an office environment as well as outdoors in various weather and environmental conditions with irregular hours, including nights, weekends and holidays. The position may be relocated if necessary. The role requires travelling (50%+), at times without advance notice. The role involves managing priorities and delivering work within established timelines, with support from the team to ensure sustainable and effective workload management. The position requires responding to unexpected and emergency situations, and being able to lift up to 70 lbs.
Experience
Safety Compliance Experience
The Incumbent is responsible for managing the operations of an assigned territory that involves track inspection and repairs as well as replacing rails, ties, switches and ballasts.
Main Responsibilities
- Manage engineering operations as outlined in CN's operating plan
- Supervise a team of Assistant Track Supervisors who are responsible for rail inspection
- Supervise and manage the activities of track gangs, track inspectors, and hi-rail operations
- Manage engineering operations, which includes enforcing compliance with safe work procedures, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) guidelines, and CN policies and regulations
- Lead people with clear direction and goals while providing coaching and guidance to employees through regular performance monitoring
- Apply collective agreements and company policies by conducting investigations, recommending corrective actions, and responding to grievances
- Ensure compliance with Transport Canada rules and regulations
- Manage budgets and workforce productivity within CN policies and the Five Guiding Principles
- Ensure clear communication of track conditions and daily production information to senior management to make adjustments
- Participate in activities related to derailments and disruptions in service, while working with Transportation and Mechanical to determine the cause and future prevention
The role will be partially performed in an office environment as well as outdoors in various weather and environmental conditions with irregular hours, including nights, weekends and holidays. The position may be relocated if necessary. The role requires travelling (50%+), at times without advance notice. The role involves managing priorities and delivering work within established timelines, with support from the team to ensure sustainable and effective workload management. The position requires responding to unexpected and emergency situations, and being able to lift up to 70 lbs.
Experience
Safety Compliance Experience
- Experience in troubleshooting and problem-solving
- Relevant work experience in similar working conditions or in a regulatory or safety environment
- Experience in budget management
- Experience in labour relations (e.g., interpretation of collective agreements, response to grievances, negotiations with union representatives, discipline, etc.)*
- Experience as an Assistant Track Supervisor and in construction program supervision
- Experience supervising a unionized workforce
- Candidates with an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience will be considered
- *Any requirement marked with (*) will be considered an asset (not mandatory)
- High School Diploma
- Post-Secondary Diploma*
- Valid driver's licence
- Completion of courses and training required for inspection and railroad operations
- Candidates with equivalent practical experience, education, or training will be considered
- *Any requirement marked with (*) will be considered an asset (not mandatory)
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- Compliance
- High
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- Build trust
- Depth of analysis
- General computer skills, including Microsoft applications*
- Experience in conducting accident investigations*
- Any requirement marked with (*) will be considered an asset (not mandatory)
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Responsibilities
Manage track inspection, maintenance, and repair operations across an assigned territory, supervising track supervisors, inspectors, track gangs, and hi-rail operations. Enforce safety and regulatory compliance, manage budgets and workforce productivity, address labour relations matters, communicate track conditions, and support derailment and service-disruption investigations.
Requirements
The role requires a high school diploma, a valid driver's licence, and completion of required railroad inspection and operations training; a post-secondary diploma is an asset. Relevant experience in safety compliance, troubleshooting, budget management, labour relations, unionized workforce supervision, and track or construction program supervision is sought, with equivalent combinations of education, training, and experience considered.
Skills
- Track Inspection
- Track Maintenance
- Railroad Operations
- Safety Compliance
- Team Supervision
- Coaching And Performance Management
- Labour Relations
- Collective Agreement Interpretation
- Grievance Resolution
- Budget Management
- Workforce Productivity Management
- Accident Investigation
- Troubleshooting And Problem-Solving
- Strategic Communication
- Microsoft Applications
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- Transportation
- Management & Leadership
- Engineering
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Keywords
- Track Inspection
- Track Maintenance
- Rail Replacement
- Tie Replacement
- Switches
- Ballast
- Railroad Operations
- Federal Railroad Administration Guidelines
- Transport Canada Regulations
- Safe Work Procedures
- Track Gangs
- Track Inspectors
- Hi-Rail Operations
- Collective Agreements
- Labour Relations
- Grievance Resolution
- Budget Management
- Workforce Productivity
- Derailment Investigation
- Accident Investigation
- Unionized Workforce
- Microsoft Applications
- Valid Driver's Licence
- Railroad Operations Training