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 for 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 ensuring our business runs optimally and safely—helping keep the economy on track. We provide paid training and opportunities that long‑term careers are built on and recognize hard workers who strive to make a difference. You will 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.

This position is posted as a grade 7.

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. The role assesses the safety culture of each location and develops short, medium, and long‑term plans to improve safety culture from leadership, training, and technology perspectives. The manager requires strong business acumen, understanding of multiple commodities and dangerous goods, and how to move/transload products safely and efficiently.

Understanding existing processes, systems, culture, training programs, and compliance requirements across multiple provincial, federal, and state jurisdictions is also a key responsibility. The incumbent will participate in integrated audits of safety processes and field execution of CN’s Safety Management System (SMS) and local safety action plans to ensure compliance. The role requires exemplary communication skills, accident and incident reporting proficiency, and integrity in reporting all corporate safety data through monitoring and auditing the safety performance data.

The position will interact with safety and health committees and support regional distribution services in driving safety initiatives.

Develop Safety Initiatives & Training

• Facilitate numerous safety initiatives across multiple locations 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 managers 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 the chief operating officer, vice president of safety, and other senior executives relative to safety performance.
• Manage and oversee the 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.

• Develop short, medium, and long‑term plans to drive sustainable changes to the safety management programs of docks, transloads, and automotive units.
• Ensure the Hazard Prevention Program (HPP) regulation is compliant with municipal and federal regulations and communicate the information to ensure employees understand the program.
• Validate that safety plans are defined and employees are aware of their respective facility plans.
• Engage with union members and union leadership on safe work practices and policies.

• Produce regular business and corporate safety data.
• Undertake projects that involve interfacing with IT to support system changes, enhancements, and requirements.
• Conduct safety tests, develop, and improve safety procedures in the Safety Management System.
• Update governance reports based on input and feedback from user groups.
• Develop, implement, and support the field use of the Safety Management System.
• Ensure the safety intranet…