Mechanical Locomotive Supervisor

Job Summary   When stationed at a main terminal, the Mechanical Locomotive Supervisor is responsible to manage the day-to-day operations through unionized staff to ensure locomotive inspection, maintenance and repair work is performed safely and efficiently. The Mechanical Locomotive Supervisor may also be stationed in the Mechanical Operations Center to coordinate the routing, assembling and disassembling of locomotives for trains. Ultimately, managing the day-to-day operations of a 24/7 function, the role is critical to ensuring availability, reliability and dwell targets are met to achieve CN's commitment to its customers.
Main Responsibilities   Safety Orientation, Compliance and Enforcement     Coach and train employees on safe and productive work procedure
Accountable for Online Locomotive Failure Investigation and follow-up to include corrective action
Build safety compliance and improve safety results through regular efficiency tests and safety walkabouts; provide positive and constructive to subordinates and take action on non-compliant behaviour
Create, train, audit and enforce standard operating procedures
Ensure safe operation as measured by accidents, incidents and employee injuries
Support the onboarding and training activities of new employees and supervisors
Ensure Performance Monitoring Compliance Rules (PMRC) targets, expectations, objectives are met and monitor completion and compliance accordingly
Respond immediately and take corrective actions regarding raised safety concerns
Ensure active involvement in Workplace Location Joint Apprentice Committee (WLJAC)
Problem Solving and Decision Making     Maintain teamwork and order amongst staff, contractors and internal clients by acting with a sense of urgency to respond to issues as they may arise
Use CN data to analyze locomotive inspections, repair and maintenance requirements to ensure fleet reliability
Make final decisions on locomotive repairs and act as a subject matter expert in the repair and maintenance of locomotives
Respond to trouble-calls for assigned region and delegate proper responses accordingly
Planning and Organizing Workload     Ensure Mechanical Supervisors utilize workforce effectively regarding the inspection and preventative maintenance of locomotives
Certify that repair, inspection and productivity standards are in accordance with the service plan
Prioritize the repair of locomotives, against multiple demands, to reduce dwell times in order to increase locomotive reliability
Drive locomotive fleet reliability by ensuring direct reports are adhering to Preventative Maintenance schedule and repairs to increase locomotive availability
Ensure overall utilization is maximized, as measured by productivity, attendance and labour costs
General Leadership and Supervision of both Union and Non-Union Workplace     Communicate company goals and policies to create clear understanding of direction and expectations
Evaluate supervisor and employee performance and review performance expectations, actual performance, and overall performance ratings for reports
Conduct investigations per collective agreement and issue discipline in collaboration with function's Leadership team
Develop and sustain the right employee behaviours with feedback, recognition, reinforcement and coaching
Ensure direct reports validate payroll and time off requests
Responsible for account payable by paying and authorizing invoices
When in Tower     Supervise, direct and coordinate activities of workers engaged in makeup and breakup of trains and switching inbound and outbound traffic
Assign locomotives to trains to obtain most efficient use of equipment based on tonnage of freight and scheduled departure
Prepare routes, locomotive schedules for preventative maintenance and destinations in proximity to designated facilities and minimize cost of transfer to service site
Working Conditions   The Mechanical Shop operates 24/7 in all weather conditions. The Mechanical Locomotive Supervisor works on rotating shifts (days, afternoons, nights) covering the 24/7 operation. The Mechanical Locomotive Supervisor manages the day-to-day operation of the Shop through unionized staff…