Siemens

Assistant Track Foreman, Oakville

Siemens • $83K *
Oakville, ON L6H 0A5In-Person
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
2 weeks ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in track maintenance and inspection
  • Strong leadership and supervisory skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
  • Proficient in reading technical drawings
  • Track Inspection Qualification (TIG) required
  • Knowledge of track geometry and safety standards
  • Valid driver's license and ability to handle physical demands of the job

Responsibilities

  • Lead and promote Siemens' safety culture across the team
  • Perform track maintenance, repair, and inspections per guidelines
  • Supervise and develop track maintenance crews and subcontractors
  • Coordinate various maintenance activities including rail and component replacements
  • Support testing and inspection procedures to ensure safety
  • Manage snow clearing at railway turnouts and right of way components
  • Complete necessary work and inventory reports accurately

Benefits

  • Full-time permanent position
  • Opportunity for leadership and skill development
  • Engagement with a safety-first workplace culture
  • Work in a dynamic outdoor environment across various locations
  • Involvement in teamwork with a dedicated maintenance crew
Full Job Description
The Opportunity

Reporting to the Track Supervisor, the Assistant Track Foreman is responsible for overseeing and performing routine and planned maintenance activities as well as supporting and protecting other maintenance activities. He/she also supports emergency response and performs track inspection, when required. The Assistant Track Foreman 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.

What will you do?

Leadership:
  • Be a leader and promote Siemens' safety culture and compliance to standards and policies;
  • Be an ambassador of Siemens when interacting with customers, suppliers and employees;
  • Report and escalate all accidents/incidents and participate in the incident investigation and review processes;
  • Act as a role model when it comes to safety, quality of work and efficiency of operations.

Track Work Coordination:
  • Perform track maintenance and repair;
  • Perform track inspection and track maintenance activities according to Metrolinx Engineering Standards, Best Practices and Transport Canada Guidelines;
  • Supervise, develop and lead track maintainers and subcontractors to ensure quality maintenance and safe work performance;
  • Assist in coordinating and executing the work related to various maintenance activities such as: spot rail, track tie and other track component replacement; turnout component replacement and adjustment; maintenance of public and private crossings; vegetation cutting; fencing repairs;
  • Support geometry testing and rail flaw detection testing on the territory;
  • Snow clearing from railway turnouts (switches) and other key track and right of way components
  • Provide track flagging service as required.
  • Complete work, material inventory and inspection reports as required

What will you need to succeed?
  • Highly organized and flexible
  • Provide strong leadership and the ability to train, supervise coach other employees
  • Excellent written and verbal skills
  • Strong Background in track inspection and maintenance
  • Must be able to read technical drawings
  • High School Diploma
  • Minimum of 3years work experience as Track Maintainer;
  • Track Inspection Qualification (TIG);
  • Good understanding in track geometry;
  • Good understanding in track standards and track safety requirements;
  • Good understanding of continuous welded rail (CWR);
  • Experience in track inspection procedures, track construction and track maintenance/repair work;
  • Thermite welding qualification is an asset;
  • Valid Driving License;
  • Must be able endure repetitive physical work activities and lift and carry approximately 60lbs;
  • Available to work on various work cycles with occasional overtime.

Hourly rate is commensurate with experience and as per CBA, at $40.30 CAD.

About Siemens

Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the company are Industry, Energy, Healthcare, and Infrastructure & Cities, which represent the main activities of the company. The company is a prominent maker of medical diagnostics equipment and its medical health-care division, which generates about 12 percent of the company's total sales, is its second-most profitable unit, after the industrial automation division. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. Siemens and its subsidiaries employ approximately 385,000 people worldwide and reported global revenue of around €87 billion in 2019 according to its earnings release.
Learn more about Siemens
Size
305,000 employees
Industry
Business Services
Founded
1847
NASDAQ
SIEGY
* Ladders Estimates

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