Senior Engineer, Bridge Testing

Salary and Benefits

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.

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The Senior Engineer, Bridge Testing is responsible for managing, supervising and executing the bridge testing and remote monitoring programs, using various state-of-the-art field-testing methodologies and technologies. Moreover, the incumbent is responsible for research and development (R&D) of bridge testing and monitoring instrumentation, methodology, and safety improvement, either solely in-house or in collaboration with third-party developers, suppliers, providers, academic institutions or government and industry research agencies.

The role provides timely information based on test results that are pertinent to decision making concerning slow order on bridges, subdivision load limits, acquisition of new railway locomotives and freight cars, and capacity rating procedure revisions for maintaining, strengthening, or replacing the bridge structures.

• Bridge Testing:
  Manage and review long-term strain gauge and acoustic emission bridge testing and bridge health monitoring programs
• Bridge Testing:
  Plan, organize, and execute the annual bridge testing and monitoring programs
• Bridge Testing:
  Coordinate with consultants and other CN departments to complete the program safely including establishing service procurement contracts
• Bridge Testing:
  Lead field operations
• Bridge Testing:
  Analyze test results and carry out structural analysis of the tested structures
• Bridge Testing:
  Make appropriate recommendations on repair, strengthening, and replacement options based on test results
• Bridge Testing:
  Provide relevant information to support management decisions
• Bridge Testing:
  Research and implement improvements on bridge testing and monitoring methodology, equipment and technology
• Bridge Testing:
  Liaise on external collaboration with third-party developers, suppliers, providers, academic institutions or government and industry research agencies
• Bridge Testing:
  Review and assess new technologies for adaptation to internal bridge testing and monitoring improvements

• Analyze and rate various bridge spans on the network in accordance with CN and American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA) guidelines
• Ensure requested assessments involved thorough review of the most current drawings and inspection reports
• Establish appropriate restrictions based on sound establishment of safe load-carrying capacity of the structure
• Provide Assessment Reports with recommendations for bridge maintenance, strengthening, and replacement requirements as well as outline consequences for inaction

• Ensure personnel training are following applicable regulations
• Coordinate safety action plans at bridge testing and monitoring locations
• Ensure bridge testing vehicles, equipment and tools are in good working conditions
• Ensure conformance to work site safety rules
• Conduct in field and documentary audits of bridge inspection reports
• Participate in construction safety audits

• Supervise the functions and development of Officer, Bridge Testing
• Provide succession mentoring to Rating or Design Engineers for career progression as Bridge Testing Engineer
• Support the development of Junior Rating Engineer
• Aid and train other Bridge Assessment staff on the use of structural analysis and rating software…