Manager Mechanical

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CPKC is seeking a Manager Mechanical in Baton Rouge to lead safety driven maintenance activities onsite, develop KPIs, drive accident prevention, and ensure reliable train service while upholding lean improvements and financial metrics. You’ll oversee mechanical teams, coordinate with field operations and unions, manage car bad order repairs, and guide incident response with a focus on safety and accountability. Required: high school diploma or GED, valid driver’s license, at least two years in a railway operations leadership role, and the ability to work all shifts; strong root cause analysis and decisive decision making. Compensation range $100,000 to $115,000 annually. Prepare for medical, drug, and background checks; highlight safety leadership and measurable improvements, and note potential location changes and the non union environment.

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.

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

Manager Mechanical ensures activities are performed safely and in compliance with regulatory and maintenance standards consistent with expectations of the business. Provides managerial leadership and personal development to employees for inputs and outputs of safety, service, productivity and financial metrics. The ideal candidate builds a safety focused culture, communicates effectively, and drives accountability.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Develop, monitors, and communicates key performance indicators to ensure all direct and indirect reports better understand the train service business as well as the role they play
• Accountable for the application and implementation of accident prevention initiatives and ensures compliance with company safety and accident prevention policies and procedures, regulations and general safety principles, ensuring that subordinates carry out the safety framework activities in the local safety plan
• Accountable for communicating and interacting regularly with field operations to ensure train services is meeting the expectations of internal and external customers
• Maintain communication and relationships with local union officials, including monitoring gain sharing activities as applicable
• Accountable for implementation of lean continuous improvement recommendations to improve productivity and effectiveness of the operation. Support Lean Philosophy and Principals
• Ensure car bad order repairs, cycle time and key metrics are met
• Accountable for leading mechanical forces at train incidents within their jurisdiction, safely handle and efficiently restore service with minimum loss and damage to equipment and assist Field Operations/Engineering partners

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• High school diploma or general equivalency
• Valid driver’s license
• Minimum 2 years of working knowledge in railway operations (road, yard, car, mechanical) in a leadership role
• Available to work all types of shifts, including nights, weekends holidays and on call
• Ability to interact efficiently and positively with governmental and stakeholders
• Ability to drill down, understand root cause and resolve complex issues
• Strong self-motivation and ability to make decisions within limits of authority

WHAT CPKC HAS TO OFFER:

• Flexible and competitive benefits package
• Competitive company pension and/or retirement plans
• Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Performance Incentive Program
• Annual Fitness Subsidy
• Part-time Studies Program

PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:

Medical and Drug Testing

This is a safety sensitive position and a successful pre-employment medical assessment including physical, vision, hearing, and a negative company drug test is required. Post hire qualification drug testing may also be required.

Background Investigation

• Criminal history check
• Education verification
• Professional references
• Driver’s license verification and driving history
• Social Security Number verification

BECOMING A RAILROADER:

As an employee with a North American presence, the possibility does exist that the location of your position may be changed based on organizational requirements.

Management Conductor Program:

Becoming a qualified conductor or locomotive engineer is the single best way for a management employee to learn the business at CPKC. You may be required to obtain a certification or to maintain your current certification/qualification as a conductor or locomotive engineer.

CULTURE OF INCLUSION:

For our U.S. applicants, CPKC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, inclusive of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For Canadian applicants CPKC is an employment equity employer committed to the principles of employment equity and inclusion. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply including: women, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), members of the LGBTQ+ community and people with disabilities. Accommodations for the job application process can be provide, as appropriate, upon request. All applicant information will be managed in accordance with the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

• Req ID: 106120
• Department: Mechanical Car
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Position Type: Non-Union
• Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Country: United States
• % of Travel: 0-10%
• # of Positions: 1
• Job Grade: 4
• Compensation Rate: $100,000 to $115,000 annually
• Job Available to: Internal & External

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