Driver Car Compound
- Pitt Meadows, BC, Canada
Compensation Rate: $27.81 · Full-time
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Job details
- Pay
- Compensation Rate: $27.81
- Job type
- Full-time
- Apply by
- Experience
- Minimum 2 years of driving experience
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Posting Start Date: 10/15/26
Join CPKC, North America’s first transnational railroad connecting U.S. Canada and Mexico, where your career drives progress and safety is paramount. We connect communities, fuel economic growth, and provide meaningful work in a culture that values diversity, accountability, and pride. With opportunities for training, development, and advancement, you’re not just building a career - you’re part of something bigger. Together, we move goods, connect people, and create lasting change. Your future starts here.
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:
As a Driver in our Automotive Compound, you will play a key role in ensuring the safe, efficient, and professional handling of new and used automobiles within a high-paced operational environment. This position involves hands-on work, attention to detail, and strict adherence to safety standards while supporting critical transportation and inventory processes.
POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Medical and Drug Testing
This is a safety sensitive position and a successful pre-employment medical assessment including physical, vision, hearing, and a negative company drug test is required. Post hire qualification drug testing may also be required.
Background Investigation
For our U.S. applicants, CPKC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, inclusive of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For Canadian applicants CPKC is an employment equity employer committed to the principles of employment equity and inclusion. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply including: women, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), members of the LGBTQ+ community and people with disabilities. Accommodations for the job application process can be provide, as appropriate, upon request. All applicant information will be managed in accordance with the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
Join CPKC, North America’s first transnational railroad connecting U.S. Canada and Mexico, where your career drives progress and safety is paramount. We connect communities, fuel economic growth, and provide meaningful work in a culture that values diversity, accountability, and pride. With opportunities for training, development, and advancement, you’re not just building a career - you’re part of something bigger. Together, we move goods, connect people, and create lasting change. Your future starts here.
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:
As a Driver in our Automotive Compound, you will play a key role in ensuring the safe, efficient, and professional handling of new and used automobiles within a high-paced operational environment. This position involves hands-on work, attention to detail, and strict adherence to safety standards while supporting critical transportation and inventory processes.
POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Safely load and unload motor vehicles to and from multi-level railcars
- Install and remove wheel restraints on vehicles positioned on railcars
- Shuttle vehicles within the facility to designated areas
- Perform visual inspections of vehicles for damage and accurately report findings
- Maintain inventory accuracy using handheld scanning devices
- Climb ladders to access railcars and install steel bridge plates (approx. 40 lbs) between railcars
- Follow all work instructions and safety protocols to ensure compliance and operational excellence
- High school diploma or general equivalency
- Minimum 2 years of driving experience
- Ability to work rotating shifts, including days, afternoons, nights, weekends, and holidays
- Valid driver’s license
- Ability to climb ladders and work at heights up to approximately 14 feet
- Work outdoors in all types of weather conditions is required
- Comfortable working in confined spaces as small as 5 feet high
- Able to sustain physical work on a daily basis
- Flexible and competitive benefits package
- Competitive company pension and/or retirement plans
- Employee share purchase plan
- Annual fitness subsidy
- Part-time studies program
Medical and Drug Testing
This is a safety sensitive position and a successful pre-employment medical assessment including physical, vision, hearing, and a negative company drug test is required. Post hire qualification drug testing may also be required.
Background Investigation
- Criminal history check
- Education verification
- Driver’s license verification and driving history
For our U.S. applicants, CPKC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, inclusive of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For Canadian applicants CPKC is an employment equity employer committed to the principles of employment equity and inclusion. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply including: women, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), members of the LGBTQ+ community and people with disabilities. Accommodations for the job application process can be provide, as appropriate, upon request. All applicant information will be managed in accordance with the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
- Req ID: 106237
- Department: Network & Capacity Management
- Job Type: Full-Time
- Position Type: Union
- Location: Pitt Meadows, British Columbia
- Country: Canada
- % of Travel: 0-10%
- # of Positions: 10
- Compensation Rate: $27.81
- Job Available to: Internal & External
More about this job
Responsibilities
Safely load, unload, and shuttle new and used vehicles, install and remove wheel restraints, and place bridge plates between railcars. Inspect vehicles for damage, report findings, maintain inventory accuracy with handheld scanners, and follow all safety procedures.
Requirements
Requires a high school diploma or equivalent, at least two years of driving experience, and a valid driver's license. Candidates must be able to work rotating shifts, perform sustained physical work, climb ladders and work at heights, and work outdoors and in confined spaces.
Skills
- Safe Vehicle Loading And Unloading
- Vehicle Driving
- Vehicle Inspection
- Damage Reporting
- Inventory Accuracy
- Handheld Scanning Devices
- Wheel Restraint Installation And Removal
- Railcar Operations
- Ladder Climbing
- Working At Heights
- Bridge Plate Installation
- Safety Protocol Compliance
- Attention To Detail
- Physical Stamina
- Working In Confined Spaces
- Outdoor Work In All Weather Conditions
Benefits
- Flexible And Competitive Benefits Package
- Company Pension And Retirement Plans
- Employee Share Purchase Plan
- Annual Fitness Subsidy
- Part-Time Studies Program
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Transportation
- Logistics
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Automotive Compound
- Railroad
- Automotive Transportation
- Vehicle Loading
- Vehicle Unloading
- Vehicle Shuttling
- Railcars
- Wheel Restraints
- Vehicle Inspections
- Damage Reporting
- Inventory Management
- Handheld Scanning Devices
- Steel Bridge Plates
- Safety Protocols
- Rotating Shifts
- Valid Driver's License
- Driving Experience
- Working At Heights
- Confined Spaces
- Physical Work
- Outdoor Work
- Medical Assessment
- Drug Testing
- Background Investigation
- Driving History Verification