Supervisor, Work Equipment

About This Role

Supervise the operation and maintenance of work equipment for CN's Engineering department, ensuring safety, compliance, and cost stabilization. Lead unionized staff and maintain a reliable equipment fleet to meet program schedules.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety, compliance, and focus on implementation
• Lead the operation of the system production team, shops and cover other Supervisors territory for vacation relief
• Lead unionized staff to ensure maintenance and repair work on CN’s equipment is performed safely and efficiently
• Provide a safe work environment based on consistent policies, procedures, and training methodologies
• Furnish reliable equipment fleet through maintenance and repair processes
• Ensure that equipment is available to the end user to meet program schedules and track maintenance requirements
• Stabilize overall operating costs for equipment repair and maintenance through implementing unit cost analysis categorized under equipment type
• Build, maintain, and motivate an effective team
• Monitor cost of labour, inventory, and materials to ensure cost control and asset utilization are implemented
• Understand and control cost center's monthly as well as the annual budget

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of experience in cost control and budget management or related industry

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or General Educational Development (GED)
• Minimum 2 years of experience in cost control and budget management or related industry

Nice to Have

• Experience supervising Mechanics in a shop or field setting
• Experience in similar working conditions and regulatory and safety environment
• Experience overseeing budgets
• Experience supervising unionized workforce, including interpretation of collective agreements, response to grievances, negotiations with union representatives, and discipline
• Bachelor’s Degree of Commerce or Business Diploma

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits

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