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We are looking for dedicated and talented people who tackle ever-changing challenges, customer needs, and questions from colleagues with clever concepts and creativity. We embrace change and work with curious minds re-inventing the future of work. Join us and let us focus together on what’s truly important: making lives better with new ideas and the latest technology around the world.
Why you’ll love working for Siemens!
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Freedom and a healthy work- life balance– Embrace our flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.
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Solve the world’s most significant problems – Be part of exciting and innovative projects.
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Engaging, challenging, and fast evolving, cutting edge technological environment.
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Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.
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Competitive total rewards package.
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Profit sharing available.
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Rewarding vacation entitlement with the opportunity to buy and sell your vacation depending on your lifestyle.
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Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology and sustaining communities and make a positive impact on the community.
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Participate in our celebrations, social events and offsite business events.
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Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get paid for them!
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Employee perks and discounts.
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Diversity and inclusivity focused.
Siemens is proud to be an eight-time award winner of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers 2022, Canada’s Top Employers for Young People 2022 and Greater Toronto's Top Employers 2022.
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Track Supervisor, the Assistant Track Foreman is responsible for overseeing and performing routine and planned maintenance activities as well as supporting and protecting other maintenance activities. He/she also supports emergency response and performs track inspection, when required. The Assistant Track Foreman oversees small groups of employees executing track maintenance work. This is a full-time permanent opportunity based out of the Oakville Area requiring work within Kitchener/Hamilton to Toronto.
What will you do?
Leadership:
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Be a leader and promote Siemens’ safety culture and compliance to standards and policies;
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Be an ambassador of Siemens when interacting with customers, suppliers and employees;
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Report and escalate all accidents/incidents and participate in the incident investigation and review processes;
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Act as a role model when it comes to safety, quality of work and efficiency of operations.
Track Work Coordination:
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Perform track maintenance and repair;
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Perform track inspection and track maintenance activities according to Metrolinx Engineering Standards, Best Practices and Transport Canada Guidelines;
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Supervise, develop and lead track maintainers and subcontractors to ensure quality maintenance and safe work performance;
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Assist in coordinating and executing the work related to various maintenance activities such as: spot rail, track tie and other track component replacement; turnout component replacement and adjustment; maintenance of public and private crossings; vegetation cutting; fencing repairs;
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Support geometry testing and rail flaw detection testing on the territory;
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Snow clearing from railway turnouts (switches) and other key track and right of way components
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Provide track flagging service as required.
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Complete work, material inventory and inspection reports as required
What will you need to succeed?
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Highly organized and flexible
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Provide strong leadership and the ability to train, supervise coach other employees
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Excellent written and verbal skills
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Strong Background in track inspection and maintenance
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Must be able to read technical drawings
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High School Diploma
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Minimum of 3years work experience as Track Maintainer;
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Track Inspection Qualification (TIG);
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Good understanding in track geometry;
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Good understanding in track standards and track safety requirements;
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Good understanding of continuous welded rail (CWR);
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Experience in track inspection procedures, track construction and track maintenance/repair work;
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Thermite welding qualification is an asset;
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Valid Driving License;
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Must be able endure repetitive physical work activities and lift and carry approximately 60lbs;
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Available to work on various work cycles with occasional overtime.
Hourly rate is commensurate with experience and as per CBA, at $40.30 CAD.
About us.
We share our ideas and champion the people behind them.
Siemens Mobility is a separately managed company of Siemens AG. As a leader in transport solutions for more than 175 years, Siemens Mobility is constantly innovating its portfolio. Its core areas include rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, a comprehensive software portfolio, turnkey systems as well as related services. With digital products and solutions, Siemens Mobility is enabling mobility operators worldwide to make infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience and guarantee availability. In fiscal year 2022, which ended on September 30, 2022, Siemens Mobility posted revenue of €9.7 billion and had around 38,200 employees worldwide. Further information is available at: www.siemens.com/mobility.
In Canada, Siemens Mobility has been providing solutions to the transportation industry for more than 40 years, including railway infrastructure maintenance services on the rail networks in Quebec and Ontario, light rail vehicles in Edmonton and Calgary, trainsets delivered to VIA Rail Canada, new trainsets for Ontario Northland that will bring back Northeastern passenger rail to Ontario that are expected to be delivered in 2026, an order for locomotives for Montreal’s exo and the rail electrification and overall system maintenance of the light rail transit network in Kitchener-Waterloo. Our footprint also includes dispatching services operated from Dorval, Québec, to more than 25 railways across Canada covering over 3,400 miles of track.
Today, Siemens Mobility provides customers with full-service capabilities for the entire life cycle of their projects to help evolve our growing cities while supporting Canada’s sustainability goals.
To learn more about Siemens Mobility, visit our website at Siemens Mobility | Canada | Siemens Mobility Canada
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