About this opportunity
CPKC lists this Sr. Manager Mechanical opportunity in shreveport, Louisiana. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
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Join CPKC, North America's first transnational railroad connecting U.S. Canada and Mexico, where your career drives progress and safety is paramount. We connect communities, fuel economic growth, and provide meaningful work in a culture that values diversity, accountability, and pride. With opportunities for training, development, and advancement, you're not just building a career—you’re part of something bigger. Together, we move goods, connect people, and create lasting change. Your future starts here.
PURPOSE OF POSITION:
Manager Mechanical ensures activities are performed safely and in compliance with regulatory and maintenance standards consistent with expectations of the business. Provides managerial leadership and personal development to employees for inputs and outputs of safety, service, productivity and financial metrics. The ideal candidate builds a safety focused culture, communicates effectively, and drives accountability.
POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Ensure safe shop operations through execution of the safety scorecard and ensuring safety framework sessions are being conducted within the terminals
Ensure effective emergency response readiness within the territory
Provide leadership and support to managers in the field in assigned shops
Develops and communicates appropriate staffing levels at each terminal
Drive operational performance targets
Drive car repair productivity through capacity utilization of repair teams
Resolving escalations from terminals
Validate and drive decision and escalation guideline compliance with managers
Drive trainyard performance and ensure yard service employees are meeting train repairs daily
Ensure train inspections are to standards and all inspections are logged
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
High school diploma or general equivalency
Minimum 10 years of working knowledge in railway operations (road, yard, locomotive, mechanical)
Valid driver’s license
Available to work all types of shifts, including nights, weekends holidays and on call
Ability to interact efficiently and positively with governmental and stakeholders
Ability to drill down, understand root cause and resolve complex issues
Strong self-motivation and ability to make decisions within limits of authority
WHAT CPKC HAS TO OFFER:
Flexible and competitive benefits package
Competitive company pension and/or retirement plans
Employee share purchase plan
Performance incentive program
Annual sitness subsidy
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PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:
Medical and Drug Testing
This is a safety sensitive position and a successful pre-employment medical assessment including physical, vision, hearing, and a negative company drug test is required. Post hire qualification drug testing may also be required.
Background Investigation
Criminal history check
Education verification
Professional references
Driver’s license verification and driving history
Social Security Number verification
BECOMING A RAILROADER:
As an employee with a North American presence, the possibility does exist that the location of your position may be changed based on organizational requirements.
Management Conductor Program
Becoming a qualified conductor or locomotive engineer is the single best way for a management employee to learn the business at CPKC. You may be required to obtain a certification or to maintain your current certification/qualification as a conductor or locomotive engineer.
CULTURE OF INCLUSION
For our U.S. applicants, CPKC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, inclusive of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For Canadian applicants CPKC is an employment equity employer committed to the principles of employment equity and inclusion. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply including: women, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), members of the LGBTQ+ community and people with disabilities. Accommodations for the job application process can be provide, as appropriate, upon request. All applicant information will be managed in accordance with the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
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