Train Conductor Is Needed In Mactier, ON

Conductor Training Class – No experience necessary!

Earn $85,000 in your first year working as a qualified conductor. The average conductor earns about $107,000 with the potential to earn up to $140,000 a year

• Req ID: 100426
• Division: Operations Eastern Division
• Job Type: Full Time
• Position Type: Union
• Location: Macteer, Ontario
• Country: Canada
• Job Available: Internal & External
• Last date to apply: 03/03/2023

Position Description:Are you looking for an exciting career? Becoming a train conductor is the perfect career for you! As a Train Conductor you will start your rewarding long career at CP.

As a train conductor you work as a member of a train crew that helps switch cars, make or split trains in yards, or move cars between yards, sidings or tracks;

Position Responsibilities:

• Work in train or yard service depending on their seniority;
• Execute specific instructions describing train route and specific movements;
• Perform switching of cars including coupling and uncoupling of cars and can pull out coupling device;
• observing, interpreting and transmitting signals and other instructions affecting train movement;
• signal personnel, when to start, stop, back up, set or release air brakes for engine or train movement using specified signals or radio;
• Provide flag protection and relay signals to trains in case of emergency, as prescribed in operating rules;
• Switch on and off movable or fixed equipment while the train is switching industrial, station or yard;
• drive a moving car by hanging on irons or a ladder, sometimes for long periods of time;
• Fill out forms including train orders and switch lists and prepare clear and legible reports as required;
• Irregular working hours including holidays, weekends, days and nights and time periods up to 12 hours;
• Must be constantly alert to changing conditions and events and take safe and responsible action as necessary.

Position Requirements:

• High school graduation or General Equivalency Diploma (GED);
• 3 to 5 years of work experience with a demonstrated safe work record;
• Valid Full/Graduate Drivers required with no restrictions;
• Must be at least 18 years of age;
• Demonstrated mechanical aptitude;
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision;
• Ability to act and/or make decisions that affect the safety/welfare of others, i.e. warn others of unsafe conditions;
• Must have good spatial ability with respect to layout and sense of space, with the ability to judge the speed and/or distance of moving objects;
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing;
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work as a collaborative member of a team;
• Must be willing to work weekends and shifts – 24 hours/day on call, with 2 hours notice based on location, (excluding annual leave);
• May require more time to work away from home;
• Must pass required examinations, read and understand safety instructions, rule books, instructions and regulations, timetables, bulletins, waybills, placards and other written or printed materials;
• Must be willing to work in adverse weather conditions;
• May be required to lift up to 80 lbs.
• Must be able to cross the United States border for work purposes;
• Must be able to obtain a passport.

How to Apply