Manager of Signals and Communications - Testing & Commissioning
Top Benefits
About the role
Join CPKC, North America’s first transnational railroad connecting U.S. Canada and Mexico, where your career drives progress and safety is paramount. We connect communities, fuel economic growth, and provide meaningful work in a culture that values diversity, accountability, and pride. With opportunities for training, development, and advancement, you’re not just building a career—you’re part of something bigger. Together, we move goods, connect people, and create lasting change. Your future starts here.
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION: The Manager T&C is tasked with ensuring any new or altered Signals & Communication (S&C) systems have been rigorously validated per CPKC standards, Transport Canada (TC) and US Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regulations, and verification results are satisfactory before the S&C system is placed into service.
POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Monitor document, implement, monitor, and enforce T&C processes, Regulatory requirements, CPKC Required Practices and Red Book requirements
- Produce, and check system level test documentation
- Coordinate, produce documentation, and validate vital software application testing.
- Coordinate verification and validation activities, including project phasing plan, schedule, resources and test team management, within S&C Construction, S&C Design, and S&C Project Controls
- Ensure the timely delivery of different milestones, including field audits, and verification and validation documentation
- Authorize and approve placing S&C systems in service after test activities are complete
- Review and provide recommendations for improvements for CPKC S&C technical and procedural standards to ensure that the best possible practices are in place
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum of 5 years’ S&C Construction, Maintenance, or Design experience
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in test lead, employee in charge role an asset
- Engineering degree or relevant experience
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) License is an asset
WHAT CPKC HAS TO OFFER:
- Flexible and competitive benefits package
- Competitive company pension and/or retirement plans
- Employee share purchase plan
- Performance incentive plan
- Annual fitness subsidy
- Part-time studies program
Pre-employment Requirements Medical and Drug Testing This is a safety sensitive position and a successful pre-employment medical assessment including physical, vision, hearing, and a negative company drug test is required. Post hire qualification drug testing may also be required.
Background Investigation
- Criminal history check
- Education verification
- Professional references
- Driver’s license verification and driving history
BECOMING A RAILROADER: As an employee with a North American presence, the possibility does exist that the location of your position may be changed based on organizational requirements.
Management Conductor Program Becoming a qualified conductor or locomotive engineer is the single best way for a management employee to learn the business at CPKC. You may be required to obtain a certification or to maintain your current certification/qualification as a conductor or locomotive engineer.
CULTURE OF INCLUSION: For our U.S. applicants, CPKC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, inclusive of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For Canadian applicants CPKC is an employment equity employer committed to the principles of employment equity and inclusion. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply including: women, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), members of the LGBTQ+ community and people with disabilities. Accommodations for the job application process can be provide, as appropriate, upon request. All applicant information will be managed in accordance with the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
- Req ID: 104738
- Department: Engineering
- Job Type: Full-Time
- Position Type: Non-Union
- Location: Calgary, Alberta
- Country: Canada
- % of Travel: 40-50%
-
of Positions: 1
- Job Grade: 4
- Compensation Rate:
- Job Available to: Internal & External
About CPKC
Go places no one else can go with CPKC.
As the only single-line rail network connecting North America, CPKC provides innovative and efficient freight transportation services to key markets across the continent elevating safety, improving service and driving sustainability. We are changing supply chains, connecting communities and fueling economic growth in Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Discover more at CPKCR.com.
Manager of Signals and Communications - Testing & Commissioning
Top Benefits
About the role
Join CPKC, North America’s first transnational railroad connecting U.S. Canada and Mexico, where your career drives progress and safety is paramount. We connect communities, fuel economic growth, and provide meaningful work in a culture that values diversity, accountability, and pride. With opportunities for training, development, and advancement, you’re not just building a career—you’re part of something bigger. Together, we move goods, connect people, and create lasting change. Your future starts here.
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION: The Manager T&C is tasked with ensuring any new or altered Signals & Communication (S&C) systems have been rigorously validated per CPKC standards, Transport Canada (TC) and US Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regulations, and verification results are satisfactory before the S&C system is placed into service.
POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Monitor document, implement, monitor, and enforce T&C processes, Regulatory requirements, CPKC Required Practices and Red Book requirements
- Produce, and check system level test documentation
- Coordinate, produce documentation, and validate vital software application testing.
- Coordinate verification and validation activities, including project phasing plan, schedule, resources and test team management, within S&C Construction, S&C Design, and S&C Project Controls
- Ensure the timely delivery of different milestones, including field audits, and verification and validation documentation
- Authorize and approve placing S&C systems in service after test activities are complete
- Review and provide recommendations for improvements for CPKC S&C technical and procedural standards to ensure that the best possible practices are in place
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum of 5 years’ S&C Construction, Maintenance, or Design experience
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in test lead, employee in charge role an asset
- Engineering degree or relevant experience
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) License is an asset
WHAT CPKC HAS TO OFFER:
- Flexible and competitive benefits package
- Competitive company pension and/or retirement plans
- Employee share purchase plan
- Performance incentive plan
- Annual fitness subsidy
- Part-time studies program
Pre-employment Requirements Medical and Drug Testing This is a safety sensitive position and a successful pre-employment medical assessment including physical, vision, hearing, and a negative company drug test is required. Post hire qualification drug testing may also be required.
Background Investigation
- Criminal history check
- Education verification
- Professional references
- Driver’s license verification and driving history
BECOMING A RAILROADER: As an employee with a North American presence, the possibility does exist that the location of your position may be changed based on organizational requirements.
Management Conductor Program Becoming a qualified conductor or locomotive engineer is the single best way for a management employee to learn the business at CPKC. You may be required to obtain a certification or to maintain your current certification/qualification as a conductor or locomotive engineer.
CULTURE OF INCLUSION: For our U.S. applicants, CPKC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, inclusive of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For Canadian applicants CPKC is an employment equity employer committed to the principles of employment equity and inclusion. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply including: women, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), members of the LGBTQ+ community and people with disabilities. Accommodations for the job application process can be provide, as appropriate, upon request. All applicant information will be managed in accordance with the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
- Req ID: 104738
- Department: Engineering
- Job Type: Full-Time
- Position Type: Non-Union
- Location: Calgary, Alberta
- Country: Canada
- % of Travel: 40-50%
-
of Positions: 1
- Job Grade: 4
- Compensation Rate:
- Job Available to: Internal & External
About CPKC
Go places no one else can go with CPKC.
As the only single-line rail network connecting North America, CPKC provides innovative and efficient freight transportation services to key markets across the continent elevating safety, improving service and driving sustainability. We are changing supply chains, connecting communities and fueling economic growth in Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Discover more at CPKCR.com.