Senior Specialist Train Control Systems

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8/21/26 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.

The Senior Specialist, Train Control Systems plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of railway operations by leading the advancement of critical train control technologies and operational practices. As a recognized subject matter expert, this position drives innovation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across Operations Centers and field environments. Through strategic leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and the delivery of transformative technology solutions, the role enhances safety, efficiency, reliability, and regulatory compliance while ensuring train control systems continue to meet the evolving needs of the business.

This position also champions talent development, knowledge transfer, and organizational capability building across North American operations.

• Provide strategic leadership and subject matter expertise for the planning, evaluation, prioritization, design, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of train control systems and applications, ensuring alignment with operational objectives, safety standards, technical requirements, and industry best practices
• Lead cross-functional teams in defining business, operational, safety, and technical requirements; establish testing, validation, and acceptance criteria; and oversee system enhancements to ensure operational integrity, reliability, regulatory compliance, and successful implementation
• Serve as the primary liaison between Operations, Information Technology, vendors, and stakeholders, fostering collaboration, influencing decision-making, and driving alignment and delivery of train control technology initiatives and enhancements.
• Analyze operational performance, system reliability, emerging technologies, industry trends, and regulatory changes to identify opportunities for optimization, efficiency improvements, risk reduction, innovation, and enhanced user experience, while developing business cases and recommendations supporting strategic investments and process improvements
• Maintain governance of critical databases, system documentation, standards, and processes, ensuring data quality, consistency, and compliance, while acting as the senior escalation point for complex operational, technical, and system-related issues
• Lead training strategy development, facilitate advanced training programs, and mentor operational and technical personnel, demonstrating strong leadership, project coordination, stakeholder engagement, strategic planning, problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational influence to support capability growth and knowledge retention

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field is preferred; an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant railway, transportation technology, or train control experience will be considered
• Minimum 7-10 years of progressively responsible experience in train control systems, railway operations, dispatching/RTC functions, transportation technology, systems support, or train control application development, with expert knowledge of train control functionality, system integration, operational processes, and railway safety requirements
• Proven success leading complex projects, system implementations, technology initiatives, and business process improvements involving multiple stakeholders and cross-functional teams
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to assess complex operational and technical challenges, develop effective…