Posted 10 days ago
Track Maintainers
@ Cando Default Brand
Sturgeon, Alberta
Overview
Cando Default Brand is hiring full-time Track Maintainers to inspect, maintain and clear track for its short line and customer sites. The work is outdoors and physical, with fixed schedules and responses to emergencies and track outages. The posting asks for a valid driver's licence, Canadian Rail Operating Rules certification and clear drug and alcohol testing.
Responsibilities:
- Inspect and maintain track, rails, ties and fences
- Clean, lubricate and adjust switches, crossings and flangeways
- Maintain tools and small machines
- Conduct job hazard analyses and report unsafe conditions
- Manage maintenance, purchasing and fuel paperwork
Requirements summary:
- Knowledge of track inspection and repair standards
- Physically fit, able to work in adverse weather
- Valid driver's licence and Canadian Rail Operating Rules certification
- Clear drug and alcohol testing
- Experience operating track equipment is an asset
Tools & skills
Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · ultipro
- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-27
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-27
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-27
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Job details
| Department | Maintenance & repair |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Outdoors, Plant or factory, Client sites |
| Position | On the move |
| Physical demands | physical high · computer low |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | Canadian Rail Operating Rules |
| Driver’s licence | required |
| Background checks | drug and alcohol |
| Perks mentioned | Flexible hours, Paid training |
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Cando Default Brand
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We are here to solve your rail needs. We optimize supply chains and connect industry to Class 1 railways.
Full company description
Cando Rail & Terminals is Canada’s leading provider of specialized rail operating services that allow industrial shippers to optimize their supply chains and connect to Class 1 railways by leveraging Cando’s operating capabilities and network of owned multi-purpose rail terminals. We provide a wide range of rail services including short line operations, industrial switching, material handling, terminal & transload services, railcar staging, train assembly, and related services. Fully embedded in our customers’ supply chain, Cando Rail & Terminals ensure our customers’ products get to where they need them, when they want them.
- LinkedIn followers
- 9,428
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 461
- Reported office locations
- Unit 400 - 740 Rosser Avenue, Brandon, Manitoba R7A 0K9, CA
- Business categories
- Real Estate Investment
- Virtual Assistant
- Software
- Supply Chain Management
- Real Estate
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Other recorded names
- Cando Rail & Terminals
- Specialties
- Terminal & Transload Services
- Short Line Operations
- Material Handling
- Industrial Switching
- Train Assembly
- Railcar Staging
- and Railcar Fleet Management & Logistics
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 72,145,648
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Cando Rail & Terminals is Canada’s leading provider of specialized rail operating services that allow industrial shippers to optimize their supply chains and connect to Class 1 railways by leveraging Cando’s operating capabilities and network of owned multi-purpose rail terminals. We provide a wide range of rail services including short line operations, industrial switching, material handling, terminal & transload…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Rail Transportation |
| Company size | 501-1,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Brandon, Manitoba |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 1978 |
| Specialties | Terminal & Transload ServicesShort Line OperationsMaterial HandlingIndustrial SwitchingTrain AssemblyRailcar Stagingand Railcar Fleet Management & Logistics |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 33 |
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Track Maintainers with Cando provide track inspection, maintenance, and clearing services for the short line and various customer sites If you enjoy working outdoors, physical activity, problem solving, and a company that promotes a strong safety culture, this opportunity is for you!
Cando provides specialized rail operating services. We provide a wide range of rail services including short line operations, industrial switching, material handling, terminal & transload services, and more. With over 80 operations, we are the 3 largest locomotive fleet in Canada and growing!
Cando Advantages
- Work Life Balance with Fixed Schedules
- Cando’s Technical and Leadership Training Programs
- Award Winning Safety Culture
- Employee Ownership Program
- Group Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, and Long-Term Disability Insurances
- Flexible Health & Dental Benefits
- Canada’s Best Managed Company for 9 years!
Job Description
Track Maintainers with Cando provide track inspection, maintenance, and clearing services for the short line and various customers sites. Track Maintainers duties can include replacing and repairing various track components including rails, railway ties, fences and adjusting the alignment and the surface of the track as well as responding to emergencies and track outages.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Conduct regular track inspections and perform general repairs and maintenance
- Ensure switches, crossings, and flangeways are cleaned, lubricated, and adjusted
- Perform regular maintenance on all tools and small machines ensuring that all equipment is kept in good working order
- Conduct job hazard analysis, report unsafe working conditions, and ensure they are repaired immediately
- Manage all paperwork associated with purchasing supplies, equipment, and fuel related to the maintenance work
- Ensure work reports are completed and documented as required (eg. Log books, maintenance reports, inspection reports, audits, purchase orders, fuel sheets)
- Perform other track activities as required by the customer
Skills, Knowledge, & Abilities
- Skilled and knowledgeable in the appropriate inspection, maintenance, and repair techniques required to ensure the rail line is safe for operation and in compliance with all required standards
- Communicate effectively both orally and in writing with people of all backgrounds and levels of comprehension including managers, employees, customers, and the public
- Demonstrate initiative to work with others to foster a respectful workplace
- Physically fit including the ability to work in adverse weather conditions
- Ability to obtain and maintain a valid driver’s license, Canadian Rail Operating Rules certification and other clearances required to perform the role including clear drug and alcohol testing
Education & Experience
- Experience operating various types of equipment such as hi-rails, ballast regulator/snow fighters, loaders, bobcats, snowblowers, tie tampers, rail drills, and spikers is an asset
Note: This description is not intended to limit the assignment of work or be construed as a complete list of the many duties to be performed by the incumbent. The qualifications are provided so interested candidates understand of the level of expertise required in this position.
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