freight train conductor
- Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
- Langue de travail : Anglais
- Heures de travail : 40 to 60 hours per week
- Education :
- Expérience :
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- 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 legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
Experience
Will train
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- As per collective agreement
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Night shift premium
- Pension plan
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
- Stocks / shares
Other benefits
- Learning / training paid by employer
- Wellness program
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