Senior Manager Track & Structures

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 THE POSITION:

The Senior Manager Track will ensure safe, reliable infrastructure and cost-effective engineering services for all Track and Structures assets on the geographic territory to permit the safe and efficient train operations. The successful candidate will directly provide or ensure professional oversight and compliance with corporate policy and regulatory/engineering standards.

 

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Provide professional oversight and deliver regulatory compliance for respective geographic territory as required under regulation to ensure safe, compliant infrastructure is maintained
• Ensure the application of CPKC safety practices, policies and procedures by all direct reports
• Deliver specified safety, compliance, service, and financial outputs/results expected within their geographic territory, and implements work processes changes that achieve continuous improvement
• Develop and execute annual safety plans
• Direct, coordinate, and/or implement emergency response to service interruptions for geographical territory and maintains/executes seasonal plans related to winter, spring/flood, and fire
• Execute work in a manner consistent with labor agreements
• Establish/maintain cross functional relationships within their geographic territory and ensures clear cross functional working relationships between all direct reports
• Accountable for current year execution and provides information/recommendations for annual/multiyear capital planning priorities
• Coach direct reports to improve their effectiveness, invoke performance improvement plans, assess personal effectiveness and provide development opportunities, and promote individual career development plans for each direct report
• Accountable for the investigation of train accidents in main track and sidings, including the timely filing of cause
• Ensures infrastructure damage costs are determined and reported consistent with FRA regulations for all train accidents

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (will consider sufficient experience and demonstrated performance in railroad engineering)
• 5 years’ experience in the maintenance railway physical plant, and good understanding of track maintenance, track renewal & structures maintenance
• Good knowledge of accounting principles and financial statement
• Demonstrated capability to apply relevant knowledge and technical skills to monitor adherence to CPKC policies and standards as well regulatory requirements
• Capability to develop and manage a project plan/schedule