laborer

signal maintainer

foreman

heavy equipment mechanic

maintenance person

REMCAN Projects LP

Pros

- Great Earning Potential Compared with Competition
- Great S&C Management Team With A Team First Attitude
- Employees are treated like humans, communication is normally very good.
- You Get To Learn A Technical/ Electrical Trade,however it is rail specific.
- Work cycles and compensation for travel are very reasonable.
- The entire current S&C team are all of high integrity and respect for one another. Generally a great place to work. 
- Apprenticeship/ Training program is world class.

Cons

- Industry is becoming stagnant, great company but scope of work may be all over the place.
- No guarantee that you be close to home on cycle, but again all travel is paid. Very reasonable.
- Upper corporate management are a bit dysfunctional, any issues will normally arise above immediate supervisors. Lack of departmental communication.
- Our customers are not always forthright with work scope or location or timing, so the job can be unpredictable to your lifestyle. But manageable.

From the start to finish with this company, there was no set schedule or life-work balance. I was told at this one job site, it would be a couple  months and 7 days on 4 days off which wasn't too bad. After a month the plan changed and we were sent home with no notice, which is kind of the life as a railroad worker. But the worst part, is if they call you to go for work you better have your bags packed and ready to go because they expect you to be at the job location no matter the distance in under 24 hours. If you turn them down, they will not call you for any jobs for months and leave you stranded. 
The management is garbage, they also tell you they will pay the room with a kitchenette and put you in a room without one. So everything you packed to be cooked at a kitchenette is useless.
There is no raises or promotions, I only got a raise because I switched from track labourer to signals labourer. 

Pro: The money is there if you like to work very long hours i.e 16 hrs a day to sometimes 18 behind managements back. 
Con: You will most likely start at 19$ an hour if you have no experience and then after a few years you'll get bumped up way higher and then have someone new hired on who has no idea what work is and gets a starting wage on 24$ an hour. 
Con: You're working in the bush most of your life and then need some water. Some crews are great for caring for others and then there are some who don't even want to know your name and don't supply water for your hot 16-18 hour days.
Con: If you like living in motel rooms, great. Just be careful when they send you to a camp in the bush in +35 degrees with no fans or A/C and expect you to be completely prepared for the next day. 

In all honesty, the company needs a new business plan with management who care and have been trained for the role.

Disorganized, but not an unpleasant job. Got along with most of my crew, and have nothing bad to say about most of the foremen, and had no issues with the supervisors. I was disappointed to be let go with very short notice (I arrived at work, after the regular 6 hour commute from home to be notified by a foreman, not the supervisor). Good pay, good benefits. I learned a lot about how tracks are put together, maintained, and proper procedures. A lot of hard work that I enjoyed. It was switched up enough to stay interesting, but enough routine to be easily followed. Not much respect between levels of authority or between fellow workers.

A typical day at work - is very diverse, nothing is concrete or stable.

What you learned - How to navigate culture
management - is not good. There is very little to no communication. Vague promises of the future to string you along. Nothing is transparent and you have to learn how to read between the lines.

Workplace culture - Mostly good aside from management. The people you work with daily are the best parts of the job.

The hardest part of the job - The labor can be tough, the hours are spiritic. They have zero focus on getting the right people for the right jobs so its basically chaos and putting out fire most of the time.

The most enjoyable part of the job - The people you work with, the traveling. No walls.

Constant pay discrepancies, cheques are inconsistent and usually a few Hundred short. 
Fuel expenses, a good thing but they take 6 weeks to pay you, and then complain about how bad your truck is on fuel in the winter compared to a Honda civic in the summer ( different vehicles so you dont wear out 1 vehicle in a year ). 
You now have to bunk rooms! They claim they are over budget a year by giving employees their own rooms, but now they force you to share rooms. Remcan has lost dozens of employees this year equalling probably Millions in salary savings for the company, and they will see more people leave soon. 

Supervisor’s treat you like absolute garbage, and HR/ Payrole is unbelievably disrespectful. 


There’s a good variety of equipment to work on at Remcan which makes it a great place to apprentice. Safety and mental health are taken very seriously by Remcan. The team in Spruce Grove is incredibly collaborative and fun to work with. The one issue I did have with a coworker was resolved fairly and in a timely manner by management. Overall this has been one of the best companies I’ve ever worked for. The only eventual downside was a shift change that isn’t going to work for my personal life, otherwise I’d be a lifer. 

Worked here for 3 years and came here with experience already so hiring was fairly easy. Not all is bad here like the comradeship you build on the work crews with coworkers. Management keeps getting worse and worse every year it seems though, they done cuts to our overtime pay and now they changed our benefits plan not for the better, either. Any form of management only seem to want to come around when an incident happens and they always show up wearing all remcan gear (Jackets, sweaters, hats, bags. Etc..) when the guys who do the actual work and make the money on the ground can’t even get a toque out of respect. 

In company advancement has been shown to those who are willing to put in the work. The management team is very approachable and willing to talk with all of their employees on a personal level. By far the best management team I have ever worked under.
Work life balance is difficult but anyone with railway experience knows the name of the game and the company accommodates where they can. 
I would suggest this company to anyone who is curious about a career on the road. 

I have always had a good time  on the railroad in my 25years. Just comply with safety regulations  put head down and giver, put in a solid days work and before you know it the days done and everyones happy. Remcan was no different, demanded more physical labor but supplied excellent maintenance tools and the machines for the most part are in great condition if you have any needs for any ppe it's provided. I only left because I was being asked to train employees and only given 26$ hr.  Great culture, work environment and employee dedication to work with and assist each other if needed. 

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Laborer 24 salaries reported	$25.04 per hour
Signal maintainer 15 salaries reported	$38.00 per hour
Foreman 19 salaries reported	$36.63 per hour
Heavy equipment mechanic 13 salaries reported	$47.42 per hour
Maintenance person 15 salaries reported	$36.17 per hour

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