Locomotive Field Technician

1 week ago

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada CN Full time
Job Summary

Reporting to the Regional Locomotive Quality Manager, the Locomotive Field Technician is responsible for proactively supporting shop supervision and hourly employees with mechanical, electrical, and onboard technology troubleshooting and repairs, ensuring completed work is carried out per the specified maintenance program.

Main Responsibilities

Provide Operational Support for Locomotive Shops

  • Identify and correct locomotive reliability issues through data analysis and troubleshooting, focusing on issues that hourly technicians are struggling to complete.
  • Establish system maintenance policies and procedures that improve reliability and availability.
  • Provide technical support for locomotive shop personnel during all shifts as required.
  • Perform quality inspections of work performed by hourly employees to ensure it meets all CN and regulatory standards.
  • Develop and issue instructions on modification programs to improve performance.
  • Perform investigations of locomotives and train failures as well as delays to determine root causes and recommend solutions to reduce locomotive dwell.
  • Coach employees on how to install, maintain, and troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and onboard technology systems on locomotives.
  • Act as the main mechanical technical resource for locomotive shops covering mechanical, electrical, and onboard technology.
  • Be proficient on Transport Canada and FRA equipment regulations.
  • Interact with various suppliers and original equipment manufacturers (OEM) on product specifications, product changes, technical issues, warranties, and modification programs.
  • Act as CN Motive Power Liaison on component teardowns.

Onboard Technology Support

  • Provide technical support for all locomotive onboard technology repairs and/or issues.
  • Coach hourly installers during onboard technology pilot/prototype installations.
  • Guide hourly employees on how to install, maintain, and troubleshoot onboard technologies, including Positive Train Control.
  • Perform lab integration end-to-end testing (LIFE), field integration testing (FT), and field qualification testing (FTQ) in both lab and field environments.
  • Own mean time to failure for scheduled and unscheduled work, and support shop operations to reduce potential misses on root causes for loco failures.

Improve Locomotive Fleet Performance

  • Perform root cause analysis for major delay events.
  • Develop proper work scopes to repair components that cause repeat issues for same or different symptoms, and work with OEMs to support the shops.
  • Own mean time to failure for scheduled and unscheduled work, and support shop operations to reduce potential misses on root causes for loco failures.
  • Perform triage process for inbound line up to reduce dwell for both scheduled and unscheduled work by using remote diagnostic tools such as Wi-tronix, EOA, and Uptime.
  • Deploy to other shop locations and regions (on call) as directed to help troubleshoot and reduce dwell.
  • Conduct supplier and OEM audits.
  • Perform train ride audits to monitor and improve performance of locomotives.

Working Conditions

Must be available to travel to locations needing assistance. This will be one of the critical duties, especially during periods of unacceptable operational fluidity, for teardowns, overload assistance, training, or coaching. Weekend, afternoon, and/or night shifts are all possible.

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