Metrolinx Assistant Track Supervisor

Change the future with us.

We are looking for dedicated and talented people who tackle ever-changing challenges, customer needs, and questions from colleagues with clever concepts and creativity. We embrace change and work with curious minds re-inventing the future of work. Join us and let us focus together on what’s truly important: making lives better with new ideas and the latest technology around the world.

Why you’ll love working for Siemens!

• Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.
• Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology and sustaining communities and make a positive impact on the community.
• Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get paid for them!
• Employee perks and discounts.
• Profit sharing available.
• Competitive total rewards package.
• Freedom and a healthy work- life balance– Embrace our flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.
• Rewarding vacation entitlement with the opportunity to buy and sell your vacation depending on your lifestyle.
• Solve the world’s most significant problems – Be part of exciting and innovative projects.
• Engaging, challenging, and fast evolving, cutting edge technological environment.
• Participate in our celebrations, social events and offsite business events.
• Diversity and inclusivity focused.

Siemens is proud to be an eight-time award winner of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers 2022, Canada’s Top Employers for Young People 2022 and Greater Toronto's Top Employers 2022.

Changez l’avenir avec nous

Nous sommes à la recherche de personnes dévouées et talentueuses qui sont en mesure de relever des défis en constante évolution ainsi que de répondre aux besoins de clients ou aux questions de collègues en appliquant des concepts intelligents et en faisant preuve de créativité. Nous favorisons le changement et travaillons avec des personnes animées par la curiosité qui réinventent l’avenir du travail. Rejoignez-nous et, ensemble, nous nous concentrerons sur ce qui est vraiment important : améliorer la vie avec de nouvelles idées et les plus récentes technologies à l’échelle mondiale.

Pourquoi vous aimerez travailler pour Siemens?

• Occasions de partager vos idées novatrices et d’être rémunéré pour celles-ci!
• Participation aux bénéfices possible
• Accent mis sur la diversité et l’inclusivité
• Avantages et réductions pour les employés
• Contribution à nos initiatives de responsabilité sociale centrées sur l’accès à l’éducation, l’accès à la technologie et le soutien aux communautés, tout en ayant une incidence positive sur la collectivité
• Occasions de faire progresser votre carrière et de bénéficier de programmes de mentorat à l’échelle locale et mondiale
• Rémunération globale concurrentielle
• Environnement mobilisateur et stimulant qui évolue rapidement et comprend une technologie de fine pointe
• Participation à nos célébrations ainsi qu’à nos événements sociaux et professionnels en dehors des lieux de travail
• Possibilité d’acheter des vacances ou de vendre celles auxquelles vous avez droit, selon votre style de vie
• Liberté et conciliation travail-famille : adoptez notre environnement de travail souple et bénéficiez d’un horaire flexible, du télétravail et d’espaces de travail numériques
• Résolution de problèmes parmi les plus importants à l’échelle mondiale : prenez part à des projets passionnants et novateurs

Siemens est fière d’avoir été classée huit fois parmi les 100 meilleurs employeurs au Canada ainsi que d’avoir figuré parmi les meilleurs employeurs pour les jeunes Canadiens en 2022 et parmi les meilleurs employeurs du Grand Toronto en 2022.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Track Supervisor, the Assistant Track Supervisor is responsible for evaluating existing track conditions through track inspections on an assigned territory, setting work priorities on a daily basis and providing recommendations/input on measures that will be required to ensure uninterrupted and safe train operations. He/she also supports emergency response when required. The Assistant Track Supervisor oversees small groups of employees executing track maintenance work. This is a full-time permanent opportunity based out of the Oakville Area requiring work within Kitchener/Hamilton to Toronto.

Key Responsibilities And Functions

Leadership:

• Report and escalate all accidents/incidents and participate in the incident investigation and review processes;
• Be a leader and promote work quality programs, safety culture and compliance to standards and policies;
• Take Ownership of the track that is assigned to you and be an ambassador of Siemens when interacting with customers, suppliers and employees;
• Provide guidance and support to the maintenance forces assigned to your territory;
• Act as a role model when it comes to safety, quality of work and efficiency of operations.

Track Inspections and Related Duties

• Perform administrative duties in relation to the track inspection process (monitor inspection deadlines, enter inspections into database, analyses all information on the infrastructure condition and prepare work program recommendations);
• Ensure that all maintenance performed on the assigned territory complies with current standards; confirms that track is safe for authorized train speeds or protected accordingly; organizes and supervises the selective renewal of various track components;
• Undertake Performance Monitoring and Rules Compliance related to track maintenance programs and other work activities;
• Perform quality control inspections related to track work, track programs and other projects;
• Provide on-call support and response on a rotating cycle for incidents and emergencies to support 24/7 operation.
• Assist and interact with customers, federal and provincial authorities or other third parties upon need;
• Support mechanized geometry testing and rail flaw detection testing on the assigned territory;
• Implement Safety Directives and assist in the development of safety programs and goals
• In collaboration with the Track Supervisor, manage and analyse all existing track inspections (visual, mechanical and external audits) and undertake all pertinent condition monitoring (rail wear, tie counts, ballast and vegetation surveys etc) to assist in developing specific maintenance program requirements for the territory;
• Perform regulatory and mandatory track inspections, set work priorities, dispatch work and ensure corrective actions are taken when required, maintain proper track inspection records and reports and report deteriorating conditions to the Track Supervisor;

Required Skills And Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of related work experience (Track maintainer, assistant track foreman or foreman), including performing regulatory track inspections for the last 2 years;
• Highly organized (time management), flexible, reliable and autonomous;
• Thorough understanding of track standards, recommended work methods and track safety requirements;
• Ability to walk for extended periods of time (up to 5 miles per day);
• Thorough understanding of continuous welded rail (CWR);
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Track Inspection Guidelines Qualification (TIG);
• Must be able to read and understand technical drawings and geometry charts
• Strong Background in track inspection and maintenance
• Strong leadership and ability to train, supervise coach other employees
• Valid Drivers License and clean driver and CVOR abstracts.
• Thorough understanding of track geometry;

About Us.

We share our ideas and champion the people behind them.

Siemens Mobility is a separately managed company of Siemens AG. As a leader in transport solutions for more than 175 years, Siemens Mobility is constantly innovating its portfolio. Its core areas include rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, a comprehensive software portfolio, turnkey systems as well as related services. With digital products and solutions, Siemens Mobility is enabling mobility operators worldwide to make infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience and guarantee availability. In fiscal year 2022, which ended on September 30, 2022, Siemens Mobility posted revenue of €9.7 billion and had around 38,200 employees worldwide. Further information is available at: www.siemens.com/mobility.

In Canada, Siemens Mobility has been providing solutions to the transportation industry for more than 40 years, including railway infrastructure maintenance services on the rail networks in Quebec and Ontario, light rail vehicles in Edmonton and Calgary, trainsets delivered to VIA Rail Canada, new trainsets for Ontario Northland that will bring back Northeastern passenger rail to Ontario that are expected to be delivered in 2026, an order for locomotives for Montreal’s exo and the rail electrification and overall system maintenance of the light rail transit network in Kitchener-Waterloo. Our footprint also includes dispatching services operated from Dorval, Québec, to more than 25 railways across Canada covering over 3,400 miles of track.

Today, Siemens Mobility provides customers with full-service capabilities for the entire life cycle of their projects to help evolve our growing cities while supporting Canada’s sustainability goals.

To learn more about Siemens Canada, visit our website at Siemens Mobility Canada

While we appreciate all applications we receive, we advise that only candidates under consideration will be contacted.

À propos de nous

Nous partageons nos idées et soutenons les personnes derrière celles-ci

Au Canada, Siemens Mobility fournit des solutions à l'industrie du transport depuis plus de 40 ans, notamment des services d'entretien de l'infrastructure ferroviaire sur les réseaux du Québec et de l'Ontario, des véhicules légers sur rail à Edmonton et à Calgary, des rames livrées à VIA Rail Canada, de nouvelles rames pour Ontario Northland qui ramèneront le transport ferroviaire de passagers du Nord-Est en Ontario et qui devraient être livrées en 2026, une commande de locomotives pour l'exo de Montréal ainsi que l'électrification des rails et l'entretien global du réseau de transport léger sur rail à Kitchener-Waterloo. Notre empreinte comprend également des services de répartition exploités à partir de Dorval, au Québec, pour plus de 25 chemins de fer à travers le Canada, couvrant plus de 3 400 milles de voies ferrées.

Aujourd'hui, Siemens Mobility offre à ses clients des capacités de service complet pour l'ensemble du cycle de vie de leurs projets afin de contribuer à l'évolution de nos villes en pleine croissance tout en soutenant les objectifs de durabilité du Canada.

Pour en savoir plus sur Siemens Mobility, visitez notre site web à l'adresse suivante Siemens Mobility Canada

Nous apprécions toutes les candidatures que nous recevons, mais nous vous informons que seuls les candidats retenus seront contactés.

Organization: Siemens Mobility

Company: Siemens Canada Limited

Experience Level: Experienced Professional

Full / Part time: Full-time

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