Manager Mechanical

Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) are now CPKC. As the only truly North American railway, we are making big moves! Drawing on our strong foundations and heritage, CPKC moves essential goods across our 20,000-mile network to support economic growth throughout Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Be a part of history as we connect a continent and create exciting career opportunities across our new transnational network. Visit cpkcr.com to learn about the CPKC advantage, our purpose and culture.

 

PURPOSE OF POSITION

Jointly develop with Field Ops partners’ facility plans and schedules for car maintenance and train and locomotive servicing that support OP and LSOP. Ensure activities are performed safely and in strict compliance with regulatory and maintenance standards consistent with expectations of the business. Provide managerial leadership and personal development to employees for inputs and outputs of safety, service, productivity and financial metrics and a role model to corporate values.

 

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Develops, monitors, and communicates key performance indicators to ensure all direct and indirect reports better understand the train service business as well as the role they play
• Accountable for the application and implementation of accident prevention initiatives and ensures compliance with Company safety and accident prevention policies and procedures,  regulations and general safety principles, ensuring that subordinates carry out the safety framework activities in the local safety plan
• Accountable for communicating and interacting regularly with field operations to ensure train services is meeting the expectations of internal and external customers
• Accountable for supporting and participating in development of the budget and monitoring the financial resources within the parameters of the budget
• Maintains communication and relationships with local union officials, including monitoring gain sharing activities as applicable
• Accountable for implementation of Lean continuous improvement recommendations to improve productivity and effectiveness of the operation.  Support Lean Philosophy and Principals
• Accountable for ensuring locomotive and car bad order repairs, cycle time and key metrics are met
• Accountable for ensuring repairs are in compliance with AAR and FRA standards and polices
• Ensure direct reports accountabilities are aligned and delivered
• Accountable for managing mechanical forces at train incidents within their jurisdiction, safely manage and efficiently restore service with minimum financial loss and damage to equipment and assist Field Operations/Engineering partners
• Accountable for communicating and interacting regularly with local/external car contract shops

 

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• High school diploma/general equivalency diploma, required
• Understanding of collective agreements and managing unionized labor force
• Working knowledge of railway operations (road, yard, locomotive, mechanical)
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