Temporary Jobs in Jasper, AB

Adecco is currently hiring an Assistant Track Maintenance Foreperson for a full-time opportunity. If you enjoy working outdoors in a safety-focused team environment, a rewarding career in rail maintenance might be right for you. The Assistant Track Maintenance Foreperson is responsible for the maintenance of track components. The position leads crews to ensure that fixtures on the railroad work properly. The incumbent participates in inspecting, repairing, and replacing rails, ties, switches, and ballast. Working with a crew in different locations, you'll play a focal role in keeping the economy on track by ensuring that infrastructure is safe, sound, and train-ready. The careers we offer are meaningful because the work we do matters. Join us and get your career moving!

Our Diversity & Inclusion Statement
At 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 structure and right-of-way to our clients' specifications
  
• Supervise and develop track forces to ensure quality maintenance and safe work performance
  
• Inspect track work on completion and approve track for service
  
• Maintain train operating restrictions in alignment with track standards
  
• Implement safety directives
  
• Assist in the development of safety programs and goals
  
• Remove and replace defective ties, rails spikes, and anchors
  
• Correct deviations in track surface, alignment, and gauge
  
• Install and repair street and railroad crossings
  
• Assist in the replacement and repair of items such as power-operated switches and insulated joints
  
• Help to unload ballast as well as unload and distribute track material
  
• Sort used track material for loading, which may be loaded by hand
  
• Clear brush, vegetation, snow, and litter from railroad right-of-way
  
• Establish and maintain drainage
  
• Clean up after work completion
  
• Comply with track safety standards, Operating Rules, and Safe work procedures
  
• Complete work, material inventory, and inspections reports
  

Working Conditions

• Must be available to work shifts, away from home on various work cycles, and occasional overtime
  
• Ability to work outdoors in various types of weather and environmental conditions, involving physical work
  
• Must be able to perform repetitive physical activities
  
• Ability to lift and carry 50 pounds (22 kg) frequently and up to 70 pounds (32 kg) occasionally
  
• Must have good eye-hand coordination and grasping
  

Qualifications

• Must be eligible to work and reside within Canada
  
• Foreperson or supervisory experience
  
• Experience in similar working conditions
  
• High School Diploma or equivalent General Education Diploma (GED)
  
• Valid Driver's License
  
• Knowledge of Microsoft Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word)
  
• Collaborates with others and shares information
  
• Communicates with impact
  
• Sets direction and inspires others
  
• Leads by example for the safety and security of all
  
• Considers ESG principles in all operations
  

Assets

• Welding Skills
  
• Knowledge of signals or Rail Operating Rules
  
  

Land Acknowledgement
Adecco 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.