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We are looking for dedicated and talented people who tackle ever-changing challenges, customer needs, and questions from colleagues with clever concepts and creativity. We embrace change and work with curious minds re-inventing the future of work. Join us and let us focus together on what’s truly important: making lives better with new ideas and the latest technology around the world.

Why you’ll love working for Siemens!

• Freedom and a healthy work- life balance– Embrace our flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.
• Solve the world’s most significant problems – Be part of exciting and innovative projects.
• Engaging, challenging, and fast evolving, cutting edge technological environment.
• Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.
• Competitive total rewards package.
• Profit sharing available.
• Rewarding vacation entitlement with the opportunity to buy and sell your vacation depending on your lifestyle.
• Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology and sustaining communities and make a positive impact on the community.
• Participate in our celebrations, social events and offsite business events.
• Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get paid for them!
• Employee perks and discounts.
• Diversity and inclusivity focused.

Siemens is proud to be an eight-time award winner of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers 2022, Canada’s Top Employers for Young People 2022 and Greater Toronto's Top Employers 2022.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Track Supervisor the Track Welder is responsible for corrective and preventative welding of various rail infrastructure components. He/she also supports emergency response and performs track inspection, when required. The Track Maintenance Welder oversees welding work performed with the Assistant Track Maintenance Welder. This is a full time opportunity based out of the GTA.

Key Responsibilities and Functions

Leadership:

• Be a leader and promote Siemens’ safety culture and compliance to standards and policies;
• Be an ambassador of Siemens when interacting with customers, suppliers and employees;
• Report and escalate all accidents/incidents and participate in the incident investigation and review processes;
• Act as a role model when it comes to safety, quality of work and efficiency of operations

Track Welding Coordination:

• Perform track welding and repair according to established work standards and procedures;
• Supervise, develop, and lead Assistant Track Welder to ensure quality track maintenance welding and safe work performance
• Coordinate and execute the work related to various welding activities (on both carbon steel and manganese) such as: rail end welding and slotting; welding and grinding of switch points, frogs and other turnout components; thermite welding;
• Support rail flaw detection testing on the territory;
• Snow clearing from railway turnouts (switches) and other key track and right of way components – Winter;
• Repair of deficiencies in the track structure, as directed;
• Safe operation, maintenance and upkeep of medium-duty hi-rail welding truck, and installed equipment;
• Complete work, material inventory and inspection reports as required;
• Other related tasks as required.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Valid driver’s license of “G” classification (Ontario);
• Certification in railway thermite welding, from a recognized training provider;
• Completion of recognized railway track welding program through Class 1 railway or other qualified training provider;
• Safety minded work ethic;
• Ability to read/write/speak English;
• Experience with welding / grinding / finishing repair of manganese steel castings;
• Experience with welding / grinding / finishing repair of carbon rails of various grades (3HB, IH, HH, AHH);
• Completion of recognized welding training program in the province of Ontario
• Completion of approved Track Inspection Guidelines (TIG) program;
• Experience with welding / grinding / finishing repair of carbon steel switch points of various grades and profiles;
• Completion of rail defect identification appreciation program is an asset;
• Computer skills (office suites, form entry, other) is an asset
• Certification in Transportation of Dangerous Goods.
• Experienced in the use of Oxygen/Propane cutting and preheating processes an asset.
• Must be able endure repetitive physical work activities and lift and carry approximately 60lbs;
• Available to work on various work cycles with occasional overtime.

Hourly rate is commensurate with experience and as per CBA, and ranges between $41.00 CAD - $46.00 CAD

About us.

We share our ideas and champion the people behind them.

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

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