Manager Safety & Compliance

Hiring Salary Range : $
- This range represents the hiring range. Salaries are determined individually depending on skills and experience. You will also be eligible to an annual bonus, employee share investment program (ESIP), Pension, Benefits, Railroad Retirement Benefits (RRB) and other perks.

At CN, everyday brings new and exciting challenges. You can expect an interesting environment where you're part of making sure our business is running optimally and safely-helping keep the economy on track. We provide the kind of paid training and opportunities that long-term careers are built on and we recognize hard workers who strive to make a difference. You will be able to thrive in our close-knit, safety-focused culture working together as ONE TEAM.

The careers we offer are meaningful because the work we do matters. Join us!

This position is posted as a grade 7.

Job Summary

The Manager Safety & Compliance is responsible for driving all aspects of Safety and Compliance across CN's Dock and Transload properties and Automotive Business units. In addition, the Manager Safety and Compliance is responsible for assessing the state of each locations Safety Culture and developing short, medium and long term plans to improve Safety culture from a leadership, training and technology point of view working with local facility management, The Manager requires strong business acumen, understanding multiple commodities and dangerous goods, their supply chains and how to move/transload the products safely and efficiency.

Understanding of existing processes, systems, culture, training programs and compliance requirements across multiple, provincial, federal and state jurisdictions is also a key area of responsibility. The incumbent will also entail participation in integrated audits of safety processes and field execution of CN's Safety Management System (SMS) and local Safety Action Plans to ensure compliance. This will require the incumbent to possess exemplary communication skills and of accident and incident reporting criteria to managers will be essential.

The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring integrity in reporting of all Corporate Safety data through monitoring and auditing of safety performance data. The position will also have direct exposure to Safety and Health Committees through interface with an occasional participation in, Safety and Health Committees and their regular scheduled meetings.
The position is responsible for oversight of Regional Distribution Services feedback and support as required to assist them in driving safety initiatives on the Regions.

Main Responsibilities

Develop Safety Initiatives, & Training

• Facilitate numerous safety initiatives, across multiple locations each with differing characteristics, commodities (incl. Dangerous goods) and risk exposures to drive safety performance and support Regions/Functions

• Manage projects through to completion and implementation in the field

• Monitor adherence to safety and compliance standards (including federal and state/provincial jurisdictional requirements) as established by operating companies, interfacing with Regional and managers as necessary to drive compliance

• Analyze safety data to identify trends, exposures or opportunities

• Drive and participate in Integrated Audits (Safety and Rules Compliance) and reports

• Provide information to Chief Operating Officer, Vice President Safety and other Senior Executive relative to safety performance

• Manage and oversee quality of safety engagements for the Transload and Dock operations (~300 employees across ~30 locations throughout North America)

• Develop and conduct safety training tailored to locational requirements

Safety Culture & Compliance

• Develop short, medium and long terms plans to drive sustainable changes to the Safety Management programs of the Docks and Transloads and Automotive

• Ensure the Hazard Prevention Program (HPP) regulation is compliant with both municipal and federal regulations and communicate the information to ensure employees understand the program in place

• Validate that safety plans are defined and employees are aware of their respective facilities plans

•…