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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 a Track Supervisor, the Track Maintainer is responsible for the execution of various railway track maintenance and/or track rehabilitation activities in a group of 2 to 5 employees. This is a full-time permanent opportunity based out of the Oakville Area requiring work within Kitchener/Hamilton to Toronto.
Key Responsibilities and Functions
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Vegetation Control (grass/brush) using gas powered hand equipment;
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Repair of deficiencies in the track structure under the direction of a Track foreman;
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Removal and replacement of defective rails, railway crossties, rail fastenings and other rail infrastructure components;
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Maintenance of at grade public and private road crossings;
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Minor repairs to asphalt surface of at grade public road crossings;
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Assist in unloading ballast and distributing track material;
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Installation of signage within railway right of way;
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Minor repairs to right of way fencing;
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Snow clearing from railway turnouts (switches) and other key track and right of way components – Winter;
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Maintain various hand tools for assigned work
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Operation of medium duty equipment (if qualified);
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Other related tasks as required.
Required Skills and Qualifications
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3 years of previous Railway experience in a comparable role;
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Valid driver’s license of “G” classification (Ontario) or higher;
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Ability to read/write/speak English;
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Safety minded work ethic;
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Ability to work autonomously and adapt to different situations
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Demonstrate good teamwork and maintain positive interactions with others
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Transportation to starting work location;
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Must be able endure repetitive physical work activities and lift and carry approximately 60lbs;
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Good understanding in track standards and track safety requirements (asset);
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Computer skills (office suites, form entry, other) (asset);
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Trade Training and certification applicable to the position (asset);
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Ability to read/write/speak French (asset);
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Safety Training and certifications (asset);
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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 $37.50 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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