Labour Relations Associate

5 months ago

Calgary, Canada Canadian National Railway 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

The Labour Relations (LR) Associate is responsible for collaborating with leaders to identify and prepare arguments to defend the company’s position on LR issues. The role establishes, maintains, and develops a solid working relationship with union representatives, colleagues, and clients to promote a co-operative and effective LR climate.

Main Responsibilities

Labour Relations
- Support the maintenance of good working relationships with union representatives to promote a co-operative and effective labour relations climate
- Attend union and management meetings, record decisions and conduct follow ups to ensure appropriate actions are taken
- Input and update grievance records in a grievance management system
- Utilize the grievance management system to pull trend reports and analyze data
- Identify grievance trends and work with leaders on action plans to reduce grievances
- Coach Front Line Supervisors (FLS) and middle Managers on key collective agreement issues, responding to grievances, and other LR concerns
- Assist the Labour Relations Manager with preparing for joint conference or labour-management meetings
- Hold meetings with union representatives to resolve grievances before proceeding to arbitration
- Prepare and present grievances at arbitration

Working Conditions

The role has standard working conditions in an office environment in the railyard (Taschereau or Macmillan Yard) with a regular workweek from Monday to Friday. Due to the nature of the role, the incumbent must be able to meet tight deadlines, handle pressure and stress. The role requires mínimal monthly travel (10%).

**Requirements**:
Experience

Labour Relations
- Minimum 2 years of labour relations experience in a unionized environment, or equivalent
- Experience building strong and positive relationships with stakeholders

Education/Certification/Designation
- Bachelor’s or Associates Degree in Labour, Industrial Relations, or equivalent, or minimum 5 years of experience working in a rail or industrial environment

Competencies
- Applies critical thinking
- Knows the business and stays current on industry needs
- Demonstrates agility and drives change
- Sets direction and inspires others
- Solves problems to create value
- Communicates with impact
- Develops self and others
- Collaborates with others and shares information
- Demonstrates active listening
- Fluently bilingual both written and verbal (English, French), (geographic specific)

Technical Skills/Knowledge
- Ability to prepare consolidated material to be presented to a third party
- Ability to assess and analyze business issues and make recommendations
- Strong computer skills
- Excellent organizational and analytical skills

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.

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