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The Manager Engineering Support provides leadership, coaching, and strategic direction to the Engineering Support team. This position oversees administrative processes, workforce support, reporting, compliance, and data management functions that enable effective Engineering field operations. The role partners closely with field leadership to drive efficient, standardized, and compliant processes, while identifying opportunities for continuous improvement, automation, and operational effectiveness.
Lead, coach, and develop the Engineering Support Supervisor and team members to ensure effective delivery of departmental responsibilities and service standards
Provide day-to-day guidance and escalation support while ensuring training, process consistency, and compliance requirements are maintained across the network
Oversee timely and accurate processing of payroll, timekeeping, expenses, workforce administration, status transactions, and position changes for unionized employees in accordance with collective agreements and business requirements
Standardize and continuously improve administrative and operational support processes to drive consistency, efficiency, compliance, and an improved employee and stakeholder experience
Identify root causes of operational issues and implement sustainable corrective actions, process improvements, automation opportunities, and system enhancements
Ensure the accuracy, integrity, and completeness of Engineering operational data, reports, dashboards, SAP transactions, and related system records
Support material, production, workforce, discipline, and operational reporting requirements by reviewing data, resolving discrepancies, and maintaining CPKC dashboard updates
Maintain SOX compliance and internal controls while serving as the subject matter expert for timekeeping, payroll, employee expenses, and workforce administration processes, including testing and implementation support for process or system changes
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Competitive company pension and/or retirement plans
Employee share purchase plan
Performance incentive plan
Annual fitness subsidy
Part-time studies program
This is a safety sensitive position and a successful pre-employment medical assessment including physical, vision, hearing, and a negative company drug test is required. Post hire qualification drug testing may also be required.
Criminal history check
Education verification
Professional references
Driver’s license verification and driving history
As an employee with a North American presence, the possibility does exist that the location of your position may be changed based on organizational requirements.
Becoming a qualified conductor or locomotive engineer is the single best way for a management employee to learn the business at CPKC. You may be required to obtain a certification or to maintain your current certification/qualification as a conductor or locomotive engineer.
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 provided, 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: 106341
Department: Engineering
Job Type: Full-Time
Position Type: Non-Union
Location: Western Canada
Country: Canada
% of Travel: 0-10%
# of Positions: 1
Job Grade: 4
Job Available to: Internal & External
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