freight train conductor

Additional Information

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 to 60 hours per week
• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: Will train
• or equivalent experience

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Noisy

Work setting

• Willing to relocate
• Relocation costs covered by employer

Tasks

• Check train systems and equipment prior to train run
• Receive train orders and explain orders to brakemen/women, locomotive engineer and other crew members
• Communicate with train crew members to aid in the movement and operation of train
• Receive orders from traffic controllers, observe signals and track conditions and open and close track switches
• Communicate with train crew members to give and receive train operation information
• Prepare train run reports
• Set and release hand brakes and connect air brake hoses to couple and switch passenger or freight cars, making minor repairs to couplings, air hoses and wheel-bearing boxes as required

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Willing to travel

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Attention to detail
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sound discrimination
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Dependability
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Reliability

Screening questions

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Are you currently a student?
• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
• Are you willing to relocate for this position?
• Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
• What is the highest level of study you have completed?

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• As per collective agreement
• Stocks/shares

Long term benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Pension plan
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer
• Wellness program