Job Description

Railserve
As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings--which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway-- you'll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We're committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone's empowered to be their best.


Regional Leaders are the interface between our customers, employees and our community. Our leaders are invested in the success of their customers, and work to over-deliver on safety, service reliability, efficiency and innovation. We take pride in the development of our employees and celebrate the successes of our teams. We apply our business acumen to manage costs and find opportunities for increased revenue. And we are involved in our community and industry to make deep connections to drive growth and brand recognition.









Our regional leaders provide oversite and support to our site leads. They ensure Railserve policies and procedures are implemented and effectively executed at sites. They work with site leaders to create development opportunities for our teams to allow us to grow. They provide guidance on best practices and they strengthen stakeholder relationships through understanding of customer businesses and the clearing of road blocks to success.
I. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES


Develop and model a Safety First Culture by maintaining a safe working environment. Work with Site Leaders to ensure all employees understand and embrace safety and compliance rules . Ensure hazardous conditions are corrected promptly and works toward eliminating employee injuries. Enforce industrial hygiene and environmental policies and programs. Establish annual goals for sites based on Railserve and customer corporate goals. Implement goals and objectives to the site level, monitor and provide feedback on performance and success towards targets Manage resources to budget; strategically review staffing and resources to customer needs and make recommendations to Director, CAD operations for appropriate organization, staff competency, procurement, fleet and asset changes Apply critical thinking skills to identify safety, productivity, and attrition trends across the site and region and put in place appropriate procedures, policies or actions to address. Establish mitigation plans for most likely scenarios with respect to facility,fleet and resources; evaluate execution and make changes as necessary. Conduct "What's the worst that can happen" exercises and develop response plans to address; establish drills as necessary to check to compliance. Encourage team members to provide ideas for continuous improvement and use data to drive change and measure impact. Actively support improvement projects and events (LEAN) and drive collaboration between sites to encourage best practice sharing. Hold frequent performance and development discussions, identify areas for growth, assign accountability of development and goals to employees, and reinforce desired behaviors Work with site leaders to establish strategic plans for each site, review plans with customer to ensure they meet objectives and follow up regularly to ensure plans are relevant and executed Maintains a positive relationship with the customer by reviewing performance trends at customer sites; hold meetings with site and customer to identify opportunities, create action plans and integrate. Understand on-site skills levels and work with Site Leaders to ensure appropriate competency mix, training and development opportunities Fully understand Marmon Onsite offerings. Identify and recommend new services or assets as required to best serve customers and continued growth

Innovation

Continuously identify and implement opportunities to increase customer efficiency, productivity and safety Identify product/technology enhancements to further increase safety systems Work with other site leaders and industry leaders to foster relationships and bring best practices in house

OTHER

REQUIREMENTS:

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Travel within Alberta, SK and ON. Expect 25% overnight travel. Weekend and nights required 20% of time.

II.

QUALIFICATIONS

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The qualifications listed below represent the credentials necessary to perform the essential duties of this position. To be successful in this position, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


Min. req 5+ years of experience in a leadership role Demonstrated ability to use math. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills Proficiency in MS Office and other relevant software applications Proven track record of positive safety performance; ability to meet customer safety requirements High School diploma or GED equivalent Willing to work overtime and/or nights, weekends, holidays as needed Preferred:



Experience in industrial setting, loading hazardous chemicals Experience in switching yard College or University degree in Business or Engineering

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Knowledge

Expert knowledge of switching, transloading and/or material handling

C.

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kills

Demonstrated ability to create a safe culture and dedicated safety mindset Demonstrated customer experience engineering & relationship management Demonstrated experience providing process optimization by understanding the desired business outcomes Demonstrated experience creating a culture of continuous improvement and generating innovation Demonstrated change management skills Demonstrated leadership skills to establish and maintain effective team culture in line with Railserve values Demonstrated experience in setting goals and planning to execution Demonstrated experience in developing teams and succession planning Ability to translate goals to team and individual level, with the right follow up for action Basic budgeting and financial understanding, cost/benefit analysis, basic understanding of procurement Intermediate Microsoft (Word, Excel) knowledge; effective presentation skills Intermediate data and analytical skills to collect and interpret data to drive actions Intermediate project management skills

D.

Competencies:

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Strong leadership courage Effective coach Self-starter with strong initiative to continuously challenge teams Customer focused and drive towards a win: win scenario when suggesting change or best practices Creative problem solving and entrepreneurial in your approach Effective at managing and thriving in ambiguous situations Must be a person of integrity, capable of excellent judgement and decision-making skills, showing the utmost discretion in the management of confidential corporate information and in the tone and words used to convey information Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law .