Rail Track Maintainer

Rail Track Maintainer

Enjoying physical labor and working outdoors as well as being safety-minded are vital to a career in rail operations at CN. If you like being part of a team and working in different locations every day, a rewarding career in track maintenance will appeal to you. Working on a crew, you'll be part of an ever-changing, safety-first work environment that ensures our infrastructure is safe, sound and train-ready. At CN, the careers we offer are meaningful because the work we do matters. Join us!

Role:

The Rail Track Maintainer is responsible for inspecting, repairing and replacing rails, ties, switches and ballasts. The role performs outdoors in various types of weather and environmental conditions and ensures a safe working environment.

Major Responsibilities:

       Maintain CN's train rails, ties, switches and ballasts through inspection, repair, and replacement

       Maintain various hand tools for assigned work

       Remove and replace defective ties, rails spikes, and anchors

       Repair deviations in track surface, alignment, and gauge

       Install and repair street and railroad crossings and assist in the replacement or repair of items such as power-operated switches and insulated joints

       Unload ballasts and distribute track material

       Sort used track material for loading

       Ensure railroad right-of-way is clear of brush, vegetation, snow and litter 

       Ensure a safe working environment, by following CN's safety policies and procedures

Working Conditions:

       Shift work, with occasional overtime when necessary

       Long periods of travel required, including overnight

       Primarily performed outdoors in various types of weather and environmental conditions 

       Repetitive physical activity

       Physical: lift and carry up to 50 pounds frequently, and up to 70 pounds occasionally

Requirements:

       Relevant work experience in similar working conditions or regulatory and safety environment

       Experience operating heavy equipment and machinery

       High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED) 

       Valid driver's license

       Must be at least 18 years of age

       Must meet all medical fitness for duty requirements for the position, including requirements for Safety

       Ability to work autonomously, adapt to different situations and manage stress

       Demonstrate good teamwork and maintain positive interactions with others

       Dedicated to getting the job done while meeting established standards of quality, safety, productivity and client satisfaction

       Displays common sense and good judgment

       Hand-eye coordination

       Grasping skills 

       Welding skills*

       Knowledge of signals or Railroad Operating Rules*

*Any knowledge for these above would be considered as an asset

Training

The incumbent receives classroom training over a period of 4 weeks at 40 hours per week. The training is primarily on health and safety rules and basic machine operator procedures. Successful completion of the classroom training is mandatory in order to work as a Rail Track Maintainer.
This position is a unionized position. As such, pay and benefits are governed by the applicable collective agreement

About CN

CN is a world-class transportation leader and trade-enabler. Essential to the economy, to the customers, and to the communities it serves, CN safely transports more than 300 million tons of natural resources, manufactured products, and finished goods throughout North America every year. As the only railroad connecting Canada's Eastern and Western coasts with the Southern tip of the U.S. through a 19,500 mile rail network, CN and its affiliates have been contributing to community prosperity and sustainable trade since 1919. CN is committed to programs supporting social responsibility and environmental stewardship. At CN, we work as ONE TEAM, focused on safety, sustainability and our customers, providing operational and supply chain excellence to deliver results.

Pour faire carriere au chemin de fer, il est essentiel d'aimer le travail physique a l'exterieur et d'avoir un grand souci de la securite. Si vous aimez faire partie d'une equipe et travailler a differents endroits chaque jour, une carriere enrichissante en entretien de la voie vous plaira. Vous travaillerez au sein d'une equipe dans un milieu de travail en perpetuel changement qui fait de la securite une priorite et qui s'assure que notre infrastructure est securitaire et prete a accueillir les trains. Nous offrons des carrieres valorisantes car notre travail fait une difference. Embarquez avec nous!

L'agent ou l'agente d'entretien de la voie est responsable de l'inspection, de la reparation et du remplacement des rails, des traverses, des aiguillages et du ballast. Cette personne travaille a l'exterieur dans diverses conditions meteorologiques et environnementales et assure un milieu de travail securitaire.

Principales responsabilites:

         Assurer l'entretien des rails, des traverses, des aiguillages et du ballast du CN au moyen d'inspections, de reparations et de remplacements

         Entretenir differents outils a main pour le travail attribue

         Participer au retrait et a la pose des traverses, crampons et anticheminants defectueux

         Corriger les defauts de nivellement, de dressage et d'ecartement de la voie

         Poser et reparer des traversees et des passages a niveau, et participer aux travaux de remplacement ou de reparation d'elements comme les aiguillages a manuvre electrique et les joints isolants

         Decharger le ballast et distribuer le materiel de voie

         Trier le materiel de voie usage en vue de son chargement

         S'assurer que l'emprise ferroviaire est exempte de broussailles, de vegetation, de neige et de dechets 

         Assurer un environnement de travail securitaire, en suivant les lignes directrices et les methodes du CN touchant la securite

Conditions de travail:

         Travail par quarts; heures supplementaires occasionnelles au besoin

         Longues periodes de deplacement, y compris de nuit

         Le travail se fait principalement a l'exterieur dans diverses conditions meteorologiques et environnementales 

         Taches physiques repetitives

         Levage et transport frequents de poids allant jusqu'a 50 lb et parfois jusqu'a 70 lb 

Exigences:

         Experience de travail pertinente dans des conditions semblables ou dans un milieu assujetti a des regles d'exploitation et de securite

         Experience de la conduite de machines et de materiel lourd

         Diplome d'etudes secondaires ou l'equivalent 

         Permis de conduire en regle

         Avoir au moins 18 ans

         Obligation de repondre a toutes les exigences d'evaluation de l'aptitude au travail pour le poste ainsi qu'a toutes les exigences en matiere de securite

         Capacite a travailler de facon autonome, a s'adapter a des conditions changeantes et a bien gerer le stress

         Capacite a travailler en equipe et a entretenir des relations positives avec les autres

         Empressement a bien faire son travail tout en respectant les normes de qualite et de securite, et en assurant la satisfaction du client

         Faire preuve de bon sens et de discernement

         Coordination il-main

         Aptitudes de prehension 

         Aptitudes en soudage*

         Connaissance du Reglement d'exploitation ferroviaire ou des regles de signalisation
*Toute connaissance dans l'un des domaines ci-dessus constitue un atout

Formation

Le ou la titulaire recoit une formation en classe de 3 semaines a raison de 40 heures par semaine. La formation aborde principalement les regles de sante et securite, de meme que les techniques de base des conducteurs ou des conductrices de machine. La reussite de cette formation en classe est obligatoire pour travailler a titre d'agent ou d'agente d'entretien de la voie.
Ce poste est syndique. Par consequent, le salaire et les avantages sociaux sont regis par la convention collective en vigueur.

A propos du CN

As a leader in transportation and logistics in North America, we are a true pillar of the economy. With a team of approximately 25,000 railway workers, our priority is to advance our business and the economy. We transport US$200 billion worth of goods annually for a wide range of sectors, such as natural resources, manufactured products and consumer goods, over a 20,000-mile network that spans Canada and the central UNITED STATES. CN is the only Canadian company to be included in the transportation and transportation infrastructure sector category of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) World. Created in 1999, the DJSI World index is the benchmark index for sustainable development. At CN, we work as ONE TEAM focused on safety and our customers, delivering operational and supply chain excellence to deliver results.

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