Machine Operator

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:

This position will work as part of the section gang to lay, repair, and maintain track for standard or narrow-gauge railroad equipment used in regular railroad service or in plant yards, quarries, sand and gravel pits, and mines. This work includes using ballast cleaning machine operators and railroad bed tamping machine operators.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Repair or adjust track switches, using wrenches and replacement parts
• Cut rails to specified lengths, using rail saws
• Operate track-wrench machines to tighten or loosen bolts at joints that hold ends of rails together
• Drill holes through rails, tie plates, or fishplates for insertion of bolts or spikes, using power drills
• Clean tracks or clear ice or snow from tracks or switch boxes
• Operate single- or multiple-head spike pullers to pull old spikes from ties
• Grind ends of new or worn rails to attain smooth joints, using portable grinders
• Operate single- or multiple-head spike driving machines to drive spikes into ties and secure rails
• Dress and reshape worn or damaged railroad switch points or frogs, using portable power grinders
• Drive vehicles that automatically move and lay tracks or rails over sections of track to be constructed, repaired, or maintained

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• 21 years of age or older
• Valid Drivers liscense
• Valid Class B CDL with an clear driving record
• High School diploma or general equivalency
• Available to work system-wide, extended and frequent travel required
• Able to work in a team environment and possess verbal and written communication skills sufficient to coordinate work and relate track conditions to co-workers, typically via telephone and radio
• Manual labor experience in an outdoor environment required
• Must have requisite color vision acuity

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 or regulated drug test is required. Post hire qualification drug testing may also be required.

Background Investigation

• Criminal history check
• Education verification
• Driver's license verification and driving history
• Social Security Number verification
• Department of Transportation Background Check 40.25 Form

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: 104522
• Department: Engineering
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Position Type: Union
• Location: Dequincy, Louisiana
• Country: United States
• % of Travel: 90-100%
• # of Positions: 1
• Compensation Rate: $37.76
• Job Available to: Internal & External

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