Assistant Roadmaster

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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.

***$10,000 signing bonus for new hires***

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

Take the lead in ensuring the safety, reliability, and efficiency of track infrastructure across your assigned territory. Collaborate closely with the Roadmaster to deliver cost-effective engineering solutions and uphold strict regulatory compliance. Your expertise will be instrumental in maintaining a safe, high-performing rail network that supports seamless train operations and keeps our infrastructure dependable.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Support the Roadmaster in enforcing CPKC safety practices, policies, and procedures among all direct reports
• Contribute to achieving compliance, service, and financial outcomes
• Oversee, coordinate, or execute emergency responses to service disruptions within the geographic territory, while maintaining and implementing seasonal plans for winter, spring floods, and fire management
• Manage employees according to the terms of the collective agreement and resolve disputes or grievances as necessary
• Gather and document information to aid in establishing annual and multi-year capital planning priorities
• Oversee quality assurance for Track Programs and Equipment (TP&E) projects

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• High school diploma or general equivalency
• Valid driver’s license
• 5 years of previous railroad experience leading a crew

WHAT CPKC HAS TO OFFER:

• Flexible and competitive benefits package
• Competitive company pension and/or retirement plans
• Employee share purchase plan
• Performance incentive plan
• Annual fitness subsidy

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 or regulated drug test is required. Post hire qualification drug testing may also be required.

• 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  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).