Senior Manager Track

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CPKC is seeking a Senior Manager, Track in Moose Jaw to lead Track and Structures assets across a defined territory with a focus on safety, reliability, and cost effective engineering solutions. This role drives operational excellence, ensures regulatory and corporate policy compliance, and leads emergency preparedness and response across seasonal events while managing field based teams under collective agreements and building cross functional partnerships to align Operations, Engineering and Mechanical objectives with long term capital planning. Candidates need a bachelor’s degree in engineering, at least five years in railway maintenance, strong budgeting and project management skills, and a proven track record in safety leadership and regulatory compliance. Travel is 50 60 percent; benefits include pension, ESPP, fitness subsidy, and tuition support. Prepare for medical and background checks and consider the Management Conductor Program for growth opportunities.

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 THE POSITION:

The Senior Manager, Track plays a critical leadership role in shaping the safety, reliability, and performance of our rail network. Responsible for overseeing all Track and Structures assets across a defined territory, this leader will drive operational excellence, ensure the delivery of cost-effective engineering solutions, and enable the safe, efficient movement of trains. Through strategic asset management, strong stakeholder partnerships, and unwavering commitment to engineering and regulatory standards, the successful candidate will help build and maintain the infrastructure that keeps our business moving forward.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Provide professional engineering oversight for Track and Structures assets across the assigned territory, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, engineering standards, and corporate policies while maintaining safe and reliable infrastructure.
• Champion a strong safety culture by leading the consistent application of CPKC safety practices, policies, and procedures and fostering accountability across all levels of the organization.
• Deliver operational excellence by achieving safety, compliance, service, and financial targets while driving continuous improvement initiatives that enhance network performance and efficiency.
• Lead emergency preparedness and response efforts, coordinating recovery activities during service interruptions and executing seasonal readiness plans related to winter operations, flooding, and wildfire events.
• Manage workforce performance and labour relations, ensuring work is executed in accordance with collective agreements while promoting a productive and engaged work environment.
• Build and strengthen cross-functional partnerships with Operations, Engineering, Mechanical, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment, collaboration, and successful execution of business objectives.
• Own territory asset performance and capital planning, balancing current-year execution with long-term infrastructure investment priorities to optimize safety, reliability, and return on investment.
• Develop high-performing teams and ensure regulatory compliance, coaching leaders, driving talent development and succession planning, and overseeing the investigation and reporting of train accidents and infrastructure damage in accordance with Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regulations.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• 5 years’ experience in the maintenance railway physical plant, and good understanding of track maintenance, track renewal & structures maintenance
• Strong understanding of financial and accounting principles, including budget management and cost control.
• Demonstrated ability to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, engineering standards, and corporate policies.
• Proven project management skills, with the ability to develop and execute project plans and schedules.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver results in both emergency and non-emergency operating environments.
• Experience leading teams in a field-based or operational setting, with a focus on safety, performance, and employee development.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build relationships, collaborate across functions, and lead with integrity.

WHAT CPKC HAS TO OFFER:

• Flexible and competitive benefits package
• Competitive company pension and/or retirement plans
• Employee share purchase plan
• 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

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 provided, 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: 106306
• Department: Engineering
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Position Type: Non-Union
• Location: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
• Country: Canada
• % of Travel: 50-60%
• # of Positions: 1
• Job Grade: 3
• Job Available to: Internal & External

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