Mechanical Supervisor

7 months ago

Winnipeg, Canada CN Full time

At CN, everyday brings new and exciting challenges. You can expect an interesting environment where you're part of making sure our business is running optimally and safely―helping keep the economy on track. We provide the kind of paid training and opportunities that long-term careers are built on and we recognize hard workers who strive to make a difference. You will be able to thrive in our close-knit, safety-focused culture working together as ONE TEAM. The careers we offer are meaningful because the work we do matters. Join us

Job Summary

When stationed at a main terminal, the Mechanical Supervisor is responsible to manage the day-to-day operations through unionized staff to ensure locomotive inspection, maintenance and repair work is performed safely and efficiently. The Mechanical Supervisor may also be stationed in the Mechanical Operations Center to coordinate the routing, assembling and disassembling of locomotives for trains. Ultimately, managing 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.

Main Responsibilities

Safety Orientation, Compliance and Enforcement
- Coach and train employees on safe and productive work procedure
- Accountable for 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 to subordinates and take action on non-compliant behaviour
- Create, train, audit and enforce standard operating procedures
- Ensure safe operation as measured by accidents, incidents and employee injuries
- Support the onboarding and training activities of new employees and supervisors
- 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)

Problem Solving and Decision Making
- 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
- Respond to trouble-calls for assigned region and delegate proper responses accordingly

Planning and Organizing Workload
- Ensure Mechanical Supervisors utilize workforce effectively regarding the inspection and preventative maintenance of locomotives
- 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

General Leadership and Supervision of both Union and Non-Union Workplace
- Communicate company goals and policies to create clear understanding of direction and expectations
- Evaluate supervisor and 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
- Responsible for account 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 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

Working Conditions

The Mechanical Shop operates 24/7 in all weather conditions. The Mechanical Supervisor works on rotating shifts (days, afternoons, midnights) covering the 24/7 operation. The Mechanical Supervisor manages the day-to-day operation of the Shop through unionized staff to ensure maintenance and repair work on locomotives is performed safely and efficiently.

**Requirements**:
Experience

Electrical and Mechanical
- Electrical and Mechanical environments
- Minimum 4 years supervisory experience of both union and non-union employees*
- Minimum 3 years experience in railroad Mechanical Shopcraft or comparable position*
- Any experience for these above would be considered as a

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