Supervisor, Mechanical – Locomotive

Canadian National Railway Company•Prince George, BC

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Supervisor, Mechanical – Locomotive is responsible for handling the day-to-day operations of the terminal through unionized staff to ensure locomotive inspection, maintenance and repair work is performed safely and efficiently. The role may also be stationed in the Mechanical Operations Center to coordinate the routing, assembling and disassembling of locomotives for trains. Ultimately, leading the day-to-day operations of a 24/7 function, the role is critical to ensuring availability, reliability and dwell targets are met to achieve CN’s commitment to its customers.

Requirements

Experience working in electrical and mechanical environments
Experience supervising unionized and non-unionized employees
Experience in railroad mechanical shopcraft or comparable position
High School Diploma or General Educational Development (GED)
Valid Driver’s Licence
General computer skills including Microsoft Office (Excel, Word), Service Reliability Systems (SRS), Systems, Applications, and Products (SAP), Performance Assessment Process (PAP), Real Time Business Intelligence (RTBI), DataCity and Learning Management System (LMS)
Comprehensive knowledge of locomotive construction and operation, inspection and repair, Transport Canada and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
Fluently bilingual, both written and verbal (English, French)

Nice To Haves

Any experience for these above would be considered as an asset
Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
Technician or Technologist Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical
Any Designation for these above would be considered as an asset
Any knowledge for these above would be considered as an asset

Responsibilities

Coach and train employees on safe and productive work procedure
Oversee Online Locomotive Failure Investigation and follow-up to include corrective action
Build safety compliance and improve safety results through regular efficiency tests and safety walkabouts; provide positive and constructive feedback to subordinates and act on non-compliant behaviour
Create, train, audit and implement standard operating procedures
Ensure safe operation as measured by accidents, incidents and employee injuries
Support the onboarding and training activities of new employees
Ensure Performance Monitoring Compliance Rules (PMRC) targets, expectations, objectives are met and monitor completion and compliance accordingly
Respond immediately and take corrective actions regarding raised safety concerns
Ensure active involvement in Workplace Location Joint Apprentice Committee (WLJAC)
Maintain teamwork and order amongst staff, contractors and internal clients by acting with a sense of urgency to respond to issues as they may arise
Use CN data to analyze locomotive inspections, repair and maintenance requirements to ensure fleet reliability
Make final decisions on locomotive repairs and act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the repair and maintenance of locomotives
Respond to trouble-calls for assigned region and delegate proper responses accordingly
Certify that repair, inspection and productivity standards are in accordance with the service plan
Prioritize the repair of locomotives, against multiple demands, to reduce dwell times in order to increase locomotive reliability
Drive locomotive fleet reliability by ensuring direct reports are adhering to preventative maintenance schedule and repairs to increase locomotive availability
Ensure overall utilization is maximized, as measured by productivity, attendance and labour costs
Communicate company goals and policies to create a clear understanding of direction and expectations
Evaluate employee performance and review performance expectations, actual performance, and overall performance ratings for reports
Conduct investigations per collective agreement and issue discipline in collaboration with function’s Leadership team
Develop and sustain the right employee behaviours with feedback, recognition, reinforcement and coaching
Ensure direct reports validate payroll and time off requests
Oversee accounts payable by paying and authorizing invoices
Supervise, direct and coordinate activities of workers engaged in makeup and breakup of trains and switching inbound and outbound traffic
Assign locomotives to trains to obtain the most efficient use of equipment based on tonnage of freight and scheduled departure
Prepare routes, locomotive schedules for preventative maintenance and destinations in proximity to designated facilities and minimize cost of transfer to service site