Adecco is currently hiring a full-time experienced
Track Maintenance Foreperson to support our client's railway operations. The Track Maintenance Foreperson is responsible for leading track maintenance crews and ensuring that all track components and fixtures function safely and effectively. This role involves hands-on participation in inspecting, maintaining, repairing, and replacing rails, ties, switches, and ballast, while ensuring compliance with safety standards and operational requirements.
Our Diversity & Inclusion StatementAt Adecco our purpose is simple: to make the future work for everyone. We live our values, Passion, Collaboration, Inclusion, Courage, and Customers at Heart, by fostering a workplace where diversity is celebrated and every voice matters. This position is open to individuals who self-identify as First Nations, Inuit, and/or Métis, the Indigenous peoples of Canada. Through this initiative, Adecco is taking proactive measures to support the equitable representation of Indigenous peoples in the workforce in alignment with section 16(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act. Together, we're making the future work for everyone.
Responsibilities:- Inspect and maintain track structures and right-of-way in accordance with required specifications
- Supervise, coach, and develop track maintenance crews to ensure quality workmanship and safe work practices
- Inspect completed track work and authorize track for service
- Maintain and apply train operating restrictions in accordance with track standards
- Implement safety directives and promote a strong safety culture
- Assist in the development and execution of safety programs and performance goals
- Remove and replace defective ties, rails, spikes, and anchors
- Correct deviations in track surface, alignment, and gauge
- Install, inspect, and repair street and railroad crossings
- Assist in replacing and repairing power-operated switches, insulated joints, and related components
- Support ballast unloading operations and distribute track materials
- Sort and prepare used track materials for loading, including manual handling when required
- Clear brush, vegetation, snow, and debris from the railroad right-of-way
- Establish, maintain, and restore proper drainage systems
- Perform site cleanup upon completion of work
- Comply with all track safety standards, operating rules, and safe work procedures
- Complete required work reports, material inventory records, and inspection documentation
Qualifications and Skills:- Previous foreperson or supervisory experience
- Experience working in similar physical and outdoor environments
- High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED)
- Valid driver's license
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Strong leadership and teamwork skills
- Effective communication and information-sharing ability
- Ability to set direction, motivate others, and lead by example
- Demonstrated commitment to safety, security, and ESG principles
- Must be available to work shifts, travel away from home on various work cycles, and work occasional overtime
- Outdoor work in all weather and environmental conditions
- Physically demanding role involving repetitive movements
- Ability to frequently lift and carry up to 50 lbs (22 kg) and occasionally up to 70 lbs (32 kg)
- Requires good hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity
- Must be legally eligible to work, and reside in Canada
Land AcknowledgementAdecco acknowledges that our head office is located in Tkarón:to/Toronto, on the traditional territory of many Nations, including the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, the Huron-Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We recognize that our teams operate in offices and communities across the country, on the ancestral and contemporary lands of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples. We're committed to continued learning, respectful relationships, and taking meaningful actions in partnership with Indigenous communities.
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