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Supervisor Track Production-CA
@ CN
Kamloops, British Columbia
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Overview
CN is hiring a Production Supervisor for its Engineering Capital and Maintenance track programs in the Region. The role leads a unionized production team to produce and ship track products safely and efficiently. The work is primarily outdoors with extensive regional travel, a production cycle schedule including overnight stays, and 24/7 on-call duty for critical incidents.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop unionized railroaders for safe, quality production
- Coordinate track products from planning through shipping
- Ensure cost-effective production and on-time shipments
- Inspect major track work to CN standards
- Communicate product and schedule requirements to customers
Requirements summary:
- At least 2 years supervising production in a unionized environment
- Valid Canadian Rail Operating Rules (CROR) card
- Valid Class 5 driver's licence
- First Aid and CPR qualified
- Fluently bilingual in English and French
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills
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- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-15
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-15
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Manufacturing & production |
| Experience | 2+ years |
| Management experience | 2+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: frequent |
| Work setting | Outdoors, Client sites, Office |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer moderate |
| Languages | English, French |
| Licences & certifications | Canadian Rail Operating Rules (CROR) Card, Class 5 Drivers Licence, First Aid, CPR |
| Driver’s licence | required |
| Education | High school (required) |
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Downtown Montreal |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 152 |
Job description
Job Summary
The Incumbent is responsible for leading the operation of the production team within the Region. The incumbent develops and oversees unionized Railroaders to ensure safe, quality, and efficient production and shipment of track products for Engineering's Capital and Maintenance programs.
Main Responsibilities
Overseeing Employee Performance and Safety
Inspect major track work in accordance with CN track Standards
Working Conditions
The incumbent works primarily outdoors (90%) with limited office time (10%), in all types of weather and environmental conditions. The role requires extensive travel (80%) across the region to provide oversight on projects and programs. The position is required to work a production cycle schedule, including overnight stays. The role requires being available on-call 24/7 for critical incidences. The role involves managing priorities and delivering work within established timelines, with support from the team to ensure sustainable and effective workload management.
Experience
Unionized Environment
The Incumbent is responsible for leading the operation of the production team within the Region. The incumbent develops and oversees unionized Railroaders to ensure safe, quality, and efficient production and shipment of track products for Engineering's Capital and Maintenance programs.
Main Responsibilities
Overseeing Employee Performance and Safety
- Ensure effective, impactful, and engaging leadership of unionized staff
- Improve team and individual performance through mentoring, training, coaching, auditing, and feedback
- Lead continuous improvement culture
- Communicate with customers regarding detailed product requirements, schedule, and shipping requirements
- Coordinate and monitor products through complete production cycle, which includes planning, scheduling, staffing, producing, handling inventory, loading, shipping, and documenting
- Cohere to a production schedule and control internal and external customer expectations
- Ensure the production process is cost-effective, and shipments are made on time
- Coordinate, establish, and implement standard operating procedures for safe and quality production
Inspect major track work in accordance with CN track Standards
Working Conditions
The incumbent works primarily outdoors (90%) with limited office time (10%), in all types of weather and environmental conditions. The role requires extensive travel (80%) across the region to provide oversight on projects and programs. The position is required to work a production cycle schedule, including overnight stays. The role requires being available on-call 24/7 for critical incidences. The role involves managing priorities and delivering work within established timelines, with support from the team to ensure sustainable and effective workload management.
Experience
Unionized Environment
- Minimum 2 years of supervising, planning, coordinating, scheduling, and auditing production operations in a unionized environment
- Candidates with an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience will be considered
- High School Diploma or General Educational Development (GED)
- Valid Canadian Rail Operating Rules (CROR) Card
- Valid Class 5 Drivers Licence
- First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) qualified
- Candidates with equivalent practical experience, education, or training will be considered
- We Care About Each Other
- We Strive for Excellence
- We Succeed Together
- We Lead Responsibly
- Vision and strategic thinking
- Impactful and inclusive leadership
- Performance and value delivery
- Empowerment and talent development
- Strategic communication and influence
- Managerial courage and decisiveness
- Compliance
- High
- Planning
- Build trust
- Depth of analysis
- Knowledge in the interpretation and application of CN Engineering Track Standards, Track Standard Drawings, and Recommended Methods
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- Ability to learn business-critical systems, including Systems, Applications and Products (SAP) such as Production Planning, Payroll, and Time Reporting
- Additionally, interest in learning Service Reliability System (SRS), Safety Risk Management (SRM) eBusiness Applications, Lotus Notes Applications, which consist of Performance Assessment Process (PAP), Performance Monitoring Compliance Rules (PMRC)
- Fluently bilingual both written and verbal (English, French)*
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