CPR Employment – Supervisor Mechanical (Car)

Job Description:

You will assist the Mechanical Manager with the planning, scheduling and assignment of manpower to specific jobs within the Freight Car Repair and Freight Car Inspection, ensuring that all repairs and/or servicing are performed in a safe and efficient manner, in accordance with Company, Association of American Railroads (AAR), and Transport Canada (TC) regulations.

Job Responsibilities:

• Support and participate in continuous improvement initiatives to improve productivity and effectiveness of the operation. Support Lean Philosophy and Principals;
• Communicate and interact regularly with local/external counterparts;
• Conduct job briefings, end of shift briefings, safety meetings and activities, ensuring that safety rules, procedures and policies are adhered to through efficiency testing and safety tracking document;
• Support mechanical forces at train incidents within their jurisdiction adhering to the guidelines of the Emergency Response Plan;
• Ensure that there is the appropriate level of stock/material and is responsible for ordering within prescribed limits through the SAP system. Supports all expenditure reduction initiatives;
• Work directly with employees in the shop & yard environments to establish self-managed work teams and provides guidance and support to employees to bring about the vision of an empowered and engaged workforce.
• Support, communicate and deliver to key performance indicators. Leads to ensure all direct reports have an understanding of the business objectives, as well as the role they are all accountable for;
• Ensure repairs and train servicing are in compliance with AAR, TC standards and Canadian Pacific polices;
• Communicate and interact regularly with management within field operations to ensure Freight Car repair and train servicing is meeting the expectations of internal and external customers;
• Ensure Freight Car bad order repair, cycle time, dwell time, productivity and key metrics are met. Coordinate with Field Operations to ensure over the road set-offs of bad order Freight Cars are repaired in a timely manner;
• Correct and document safety incidents, safety hazards/concerns, investigates for corrective actions to the various departments, involving the Mechanical Manager and Health and Safety Committee in the prescribed timelines;
• Support and participate in Consequence Leadership, provide employees both Positive and Constructive Feedback throughout shift;
• Maintain communication and foster positive working relationships with local union officials. Ensures the collective agreement is understood and managed as it is written;

Job Requirements:

• Must be able to work with vast array of employees and be adaptable;
• Must possess a minimum of a High school diploma or mechanical trade certification;
• Proficient knowledge of railway operations (road, yard, freight car, mechanical);
• Knowledge of collective agreement/non- union policies;
• Mechanical aptitude;
• Must be able to work shift work;
• Working knowledge of CP systems (CIM, TYES, Nexus, SAP and Wreck Estimator) is an asset;
• Ability to drill down, understand root cause and resolve complex issues.
• Microsoft Outlook, Word, Power Point and Excel;
• Must be able to work outdoors in all weather;

Job Details:

Company: Canadian Pacific Railway

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Port Coquitlam, BC, CA

Application Deadline: N/A

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