Superintendents are responsible for providing a safe, customer oriented, cost-effective response to our customers' industrial switching, transloading, and track maintenance needs. If you enjoy working outdoors, physical activity, problem solving, and a company that promotes a strong safety culture, this opportunity is for you!

Cando provides specialized rail operating services. We provide a wide range of rail services including short line operations, industrial switching, material handling, terminal & transload services, and more. With over 50 operations, we are the 3 largest locomotive fleet in Canada and growing!

Cando Advantages

· Work Life Balance with Fixed Schedules

· Cando's Technical and Leadership Training Programs

· Award Winning Safety Culture

· Employee Ownership Program

· Group Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, and Long-Term Disability Insurances

· Flexible Health & Dental Benefits

· Canada's Best Managed Company for 8 years!

Job Description

Superintendents are responsible for providing a safe, customer oriented, cost-effective response to our customers', transloading needs. The Superintendent is Cando's primary customer liaison, and is responsible for the execution of all aspects of the day to day and long-term operations on the customer's site including safety, standard operating procedures, people management, training compliance, procedural and rules/regulatory compliance.

Roles & Responsibilities

Safety

• Leads all initiatives related to Cando's Safety Management Systems such as employee efficiency testing and incident reporting
• Ensures compliance to rules and regulatory bodies as they relate to safety
• Leads safe work practices; responsible for the mentoring of employees in all aspects of safe industrial rail operations and transloading

Planning & Service Delivery

• Ensures service is in keeping with Cando's vision and guides the team in developing and maintaining plans for continuing operations and continuous improvement
• Ensures the employees and/or subcontractors have the qualifications, understanding, skills, training, and resources to achieve superior service delivery
• Ensures efficient work systems and procedures are in place
• Builds and maintains positive and healthy relationships with all stakeholders and promotes harmonious employee/customer/contractor relations
• Conducts field activities including incident investigations and regulatory compliance initiatives

Leadership & Employee Development

• Influences and inspires others to achieve perform at a high level
• Builds and maintains positive and healthy relationships and a strong team culture
• Leads others in adapting to innovative work environments and ensures awareness of company initiatives, decisions, policies, etc. are communicated
• Promotes harmonious employee relations while guiding and coaching employees, supervisors, and other managers
• Works with employees on a daily basis to ensure that all Cando's safety policies are adhered to with a focus on operational practices, identifying potential hurdles, targeting inconsistencies and aligning the services of the operations to meet customer needs
• Prepares and implements employee development plans; ensures all employees have adequate training to perform their role

Management & Administration

• Develops and maintains capital and operating budgets, and manages resource requirements
• Develops cost and performance benchmarks and ensures appropriate tracking mechanisms for training, etc. are in place
• Develops and maintains a staffing plan to ensure site is staffed appropriately to meet the immediate and long term needs of the operation
• Implements plans for managing continuous improvement and growth, and ensures opportunities for providing additional services for the customer are pursued
• Ensures compliance with legislation, regulations, policies, etc. as they relate to the services and employees
• Manages the relationship with the customer

Skills, Knowledge, & Abilities

• Communicates effectively both orally and in writing with people of all backgrounds, levels of comprehension including managers, employees, customers, and the public
• Demonstrates initiative to work with others to foster a respectful workplace; creates a work environment that is open to maintaining positive relationships
• Considerable knowledge of modern principles, practices, and techniques in motivating employees and building successful working teams
• Understanding of the principles of efficient service delivery and systems compliance
• Demonstrates innovation and responsibility in the decision making process
• Ability to implement best practices in skill development, training, and service delivery which will be sustainable
• Strong administrative, technical, and operational competence
• Proficient in a Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook with the skill to adapt easily to other software systems
• Ability to obtain and maintain all necessary certification and meet all safety and customer requirements including clear drug and alcohol testing; hold and maintain a valid provincial driver's license

Education & Experience

• Minimum of ten (10) years' experience managing in a heavy industrial environment; rail experience is an asset
• Experience in managing for efficiency and effectiveness in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working with financial information and preparing budgets

Note: This description is not intended to limit the assignment of work or be construed as a complete list of the many duties to be performed by the incumbent. The qualifications are provided so interested candidates understand of the level of expertise required.