Reliability Specialist, Locomotive

2 weeks ago

Calgary, Canada Canadian Pacific Full time

Req ID: 100371
- Department: Mechanical Locomotive
- Job Type: Full-Time
- Position Type: Management
- Location: Calgary, Alberta
- Country: Canada
- % of Travel: 0-10%
- # of Positions: 1
- Job Grade: 4
- Job Available to: Internal and External
- Deadline to apply: 02/06/2023

Canadian Pacific is a transcontinental railway in Canada and the United States with direct links to major ports on the west and east coasts, providing North American customers a competitive rail service with access to key markets in every corner of the globe. CP is growing with its customers, offering a suite of freight transportation services, logistics solutions and supply chain expertise. Visit cpr.ca to see the rail advantages of CP.

**PURPOSE OF POSITION**

The Reliability Specialist utilizes quantitative reliability engineering concepts and techniques to optimize maintenance practices for locomotives by increasing reliability while at the same time optimizing total cost of ownership. This role also provides reliability-engineering expertise to the locomotive fleet managers in all aspect of maintenance and life cycle planning activities.

The Reliability Specialist has direct responsibility for day to day and life cycle locomotive subsystem analysis using the system of record combined with fieldwork. Using this analysis they are responsible to support the locomotive fleet managers and the mechanical shops with the implementation of maintenance and overhaul strategies that improve overall locomotive reliability.

**POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES**:

- Support the implementation of proactive and predictive running and overhaul fleet maintenance strategies and fleet reliability improvement programs for all critical locomotive subsystems using back office analytical techniques and condition based onboard remote diagnostic systems
- Prepare communications and technical instructions (work scopes, technical tips, quality alerts and other bulletins) for new maintenance policies, reliability improvement programs and other modifications
- Support the monitoring of compliance of mechanical shops to documented work scopes, maintenance policies and processes for all fleets, programs and component overhauls and repairs
- Organize and facilitate root cause analysis on daily locomotive failures with Mechanical field
- Evaluate effectiveness of predictive and preventative maintenance programs for locomotives by conducting field inspections of detected defects and make recommendations based on qualitative analysis of defects.
- Monitors component reliability through statistical analysis of locomotive subsystem information to identify problem areas and as required Monitor compliance to specification of all key locomotive material suppliers with oversight on physical audits, teardowns and other inspections as required to ensure material meets CP requirements.
- Provides senior department expertise in reliability analysis field
- As required, represents the Company on various Technical Committees of the Association of American Railroads, Federal Railway Administration, Transport Canada and Railway Association of Canada and plays an active role in developing industry locomotive maintenance policies and standards
- As required evaluates new locomotive technologies to support locomotive reliability
- As required will support Mechanical field operations through shop floor support
- **Stratum 2 - **Information Processing Requirement
- Engineering degree in a Mechanical/Electrical concentration, with strong emphasis on statistical and reliability methods
- Root Cause Analysis training (RCA)
- Strong emphasis on statistical and reliability methods
- Strong data analysis skills required
- Experience in maintenance of railway rolling stock an asset
- Reliability software knowledge an asset
- CAD (Computer Aid Design) an asset
- Microsoft Applications - Required

**WHAT CP HAS TO OFFER**:

- Flexible and competitive benefits package
- Competitive company pension plan
- Employee Share Purchase Plan
- Performance Incentive Program
- Annual Fitness Subsidy

**BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION**:

- Criminal history check
- Reference check

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