/ Bethune, SK

Specialist, Railcar Maintenance

Posted On: 10-30-2024
Application Deadline: 11-21-2024

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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

The Specialist, Railcar Maintenance oversees all mechanical aspects of KSPC’s covered hopper railcar fleet, ensuring the highest safety and operational standards are met. This role collaborates closely with the Logistics & Transportation department, Operations and both onsite and offsite railcar repair facilities to manage business needs and optimize repair and regulatory requirements. The Specialist, Railcar Maintenance ensures the fleet’s safety, compliance and availability to execute on our logistics and transportation strategy.

Maintenance of K+S current railcar fleet - 60%:

  • Ensures maintenance standards are met through regular quality assurance audits and compliance checks

  • Reviews and authorizes invoices for payment to external service partners, ensuring accuracy and compliance with contractual agreements

  • Coordinates maintenance activities with 3rd party shops, on-site repair facilities and mobile repair services

  • Quality assurance of railcars and equipment (auditing) meeting Association of American Railroads (AAR) standards

  • Orchestrates rail repairs and maintenance by collaborating with rail operations, fleet management services, customers, and rail carriers

  • Develops maintenance strategies that meet regulatory requirements and align with operational plans

  • Maintains systems used for tracking and reporting

  • Assists with rail fleet planning and strategy as needed

Develops strategy for railcar fleet area - 40%:

  • Develops sustainable maintenance repair strategy and development of annual budgets

  • Assists in developing scope of work related to new car builds as needed

  • Responsible for mechanical data completion in various databases, such as SAP

  • Subject matter expert of the KSPC railcar portfolio, providing expertise to various stakeholders with strong, verbal, written and analytical skills

  • Engages in the long-term vision within the railcar fleet area and the broader Logistics & Transportation team

  • Provides leadership within responsibilities and applies a continuous improvement mindset to future-looking strategy

  • Conducts ad-hoc analysis including comparative analysis, responding to various inquiries from multiple teams, using multiple data sources

  • Manages and assists with various reporting including cost analysis, cycle time shop performance, mechanical trend analysis

  • Manages and assists with various projects related to medium and long-term logistics strategies

  • Maintains strong relationships with stakeholders, including railways and service providers, to resolve issues and drive continuous improvement

  • Reports monthly costs, compare actuals to budget, and assess forecast expectations

YOU

Our company values and recognizes the diversity of the workforce and encourages individuals with the equivalent combination of education and work experience. The ideal candidate will have:

  • 2 year diploma, preferably in program specialization of logistics/supply chain management, transportation management, or business administration

  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in rail, fleet management or a technical capacity

  • Existing knowledge of covered hopper car regulations

  • Previous railcar maintenance knowledge is a pre-requisite

  • Standards compliance and rail car regulatory framework knowledge will be considered an asset

  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

  • Analytical skills, with strength in excel (pivot tables, graphs, charts) and data management

  • SAP experience preferred

Employment is subject to successfully completing KSPC’s pre-employment checks which may include criminal record check, education verification, functional fitness evaluation and drug and alcohol testing.

To ensure consideration for this role, please apply by November 20, 2024

US

By living our common K+S values across all our locations in the world: We are optimistic about our future, collaborative in building it, and with our entrepreneurial spirit, we aim to dig deeper and reach higher. We remain agile in an ever-changing world. We are innovative, turning obstacles into opportunities – and we do it all in ways that are safe and sustainable, protecting future generations.

We are committed to being a company where every employee can contribute, grow and thrive, and where we reflect the diverse communities in which we live and work. We are working toward a truly inclusive environment, because we know that the amazing array of differences in our backgrounds, competencies, experiences, race, gender, age, beliefs, sexual orientation, identity and their intersections is key to the longevity, sustainability and growth of our organization.

In a career with K+S Potash Canada (KSPC), you can look forward to:

Good People and Great Culture

Have the opportunity to be part of a team committed to building a new and diverse culture. At KSPC we are growing our operations, delivering exciting new opportunities, and investing heavily in the communities where we live and work.

Challenge and Growth

We support your growth potential (support of professional development) and recognition of performance.

Valuable Compensation

Our total target compensation is competitive and benchmarked to the market. We have a Pay for Performance philosophy that includes two components, fixed (base) pay and short term incentive (bonus) that rewards employees for their contributions towards corporate, team and individual successes.

Supporting Benefits

A comprehensive, employer paid, benefits program which includes Life, Disability, Health and Dental as well as competitive Retirement benefits, Employee and Family Assistance Program PLUS great extras such as, paid work time to help out in your Community (volunteer with a sports team or a charity of your choice) and company money to allocate to your favourite charity! A Health Spending Account for extras, like more expensive glasses, and the Wellness Account covers recreational items, like your park camping fees, hunting or fishing license, and can help pay for your gym membership.

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