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Job Family: Customer Services

Req ID: 413001

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Signals Manager, GTA, Ontario

Reporting to the Project Director, the Signals Manager is responsible for planning and overseeing all the Signals maintenance activities for the Central/North GTA territory, and providing leadership and guidance to a team of S&C Supervisors and their employees for the territory assigned. The Signals Manager works in close collaboration with the Communications Manager and the Project Director to ensure customer satisfaction is attained through good performance on all the pre-established key performance indicators (KPI’s) for Centralized Traffic Control and Road Crossing performance, in order to maintain a safe and fluid railway operation. This position is based out of Mississauga, Ont and territory coverage extends up to Barrie, Ont.

Human & Material Resources Management

• Work with the Project Director and the Communications Manager to hire a team of Signals and Communications Supervisors to manage the day to day needs of the territories.

• Hire and evaluate signal maintainers and inspectors, providing them with leadership and regular face-to-face mentoring through presence in the field to review their territories and work practices.

• Work with the S&C ATP Trainer and S&C OJT Trainer to validate employee knowledge and update the training based on observations and forward-looking needs.

• Oversee the execution of the work performed by a team of signal maintainers and inspectors to maintain the overall state of good repair of the signalling system, ensuring all the proper tools and resources are regularly made available to employees to successfully carry out the work.

• Validate all the pertinent details for every trouble call are properly captured by the employees responding to it in the corresponding trouble ticket.

• Ensure proper material inventory levels are made available based on territory needs and that all the material used is properly accounted through all the maintenance service orders.

• Ensure all S&C testing is completed within their prescribed intervals and the tests are properly recorded and safely stored.

• Validate and approve payroll information using the company’s timekeeping system, ensuring the workforce’s time is being properly utilized. Ensure Supervisors are using adequate cost controls to stay within budget.

• Develop an efficient escalation process with the team and assist during the more difficult trouble calls and outages to ensure they are efficiently resolved and the client is kept informed throughout the process.

• Address escalating issues raised by the Supervisors regarding employee performance or discipline, in conformance with the collective bargaining agreement and applying a method of progressive discipline when required.

Safety & Compliance Management

• Drive compliance with SCP’s and GI’s in order to reinforce quality assurance, performance, and testing timeliness.

• Take a leadership role in finding proactive solutions that would lead to possible improvements in our maintenance operation and reliability, and/or our client’s train operations.

• Ensure that good quality safety and efficiency tests (PMRC audits) are being completed on a regular basis on all employees, to ensure steady compliance of employees with the standards and work safety rules.

• Ensure that employees’ training and records of qualifications are maintained up to date.

• Ensure that all operations are executed in compliance to Federal, Provincial and Corporate safety policies, along with Canadian Rail Operating Rules (CROR) and Transport Canada regulations.

• Investigate thoroughly all incidents, accidents, rules, or work procedure violations and produce a formal report to upper management and the client. Take appropriate measures in conjunction with upper Management, the client and Human Resources.

• Act as an employer representative on the Health & Safety committee.

Client Relationship Management

• Interact with the client on a regular basis to understand their needs and requirements and keep them up to date on territory activities and any issues that may arise.

• Build rapport with the client’s Signal Specialists, Rail Traffic Controllers and their Capital Planning group.

• Gather, organize and provide the client with the information required as per our contracts or upon need (audit reports, etc.).

• Provide SMO Management with regular updates on maintenance activities and client satisfaction.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• At least 10 years of railway signals maintenance experience, with the most recent 5 years as Railway Signals Manager, for railway projects

• Experience in Railway Management or Supervisory position

• College diploma in a related field (ex: electronics, telecommunications) or equivalent experience

• Completion of Class I Railway signals maintainer or technician training apprenticeship or equivalent

• Mobilizing leadership and strong organization skills

• Comprehensive working knowledge of grade crossing standards, signal and communication systems and railway S&C standards, specifications, and procedures

• Experience in writing signal testing plans

• Root cause analysis experience

• CROR qualification

• Valid driver’s licence required

• Ability to maintain good relationships with clients

• Field technician or signal maintainer experience an asset

• College diploma in a related technical field (ex: telecommunications, electronics, etc.) is an asset

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Siemens Mobility is a separately managed company of Siemens AG. As a leader in transport solutions for more than 175 years, Siemens Mobility is constantly innovating its portfolio. Its core areas include rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, a comprehensive software portfolio, turnkey systems as well as related services. With digital products and solutions, Siemens Mobility is enabling mobility operators worldwide to make infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience and guarantee availability. In fiscal year 2022, which ended on September 30, 2022, Siemens Mobility posted revenue of €9.7 billion and had around 38,200 employees worldwide. Further information is available at: www.siemens.com/mobility.

In Canada, Siemens Mobility has been providing solutions to the transportation industry for more than 40 years, including railway infrastructure maintenance services on the rail networks in Quebec and Ontario, light rail vehicles in Edmonton and Calgary, trainsets delivered to VIA Rail Canada, new trainsets for Ontario Northland that will bring back Northeastern passenger rail to Ontario that are expected to be delivered in 2026, an order for locomotives for Montreal’s exo and the rail electrification and overall system maintenance of the light rail transit network in Kitchener-Waterloo. Our footprint also includes dispatching services operated from Dorval, Québec, to more than 25 railways across Canada covering over 3,400 miles of track.

Today, Siemens Mobility provides customers with full-service capabilities for the entire life cycle of their projects to help evolve our growing cities while supporting Canada’s sustainability goals.

To learn more about Siemens Mobility, visit our website at Siemens Mobility | Canada | Siemens Mobility Canada (https://www.mobility.siemens.com/ca/en.html)

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