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Supervisor Structures Design

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 Supervisor Structures is responsible for bridges and structures technical drafting for both planned work and emergency service interruptions.  This position also maintains bridges and structures standard drawings and system files for design briefs and drawing archives.  On average it will be about 70% office and 30% in the field performing site visit with other Engineers.

 

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:

  • Provides bridges and structures detailed inspections across Canadian and U.S. in accordance with appropriate technical, safety, CPKC business and regulatory requirements
  • Conducts review of material documents, shop drawings, plans and product specifications based on detailed design drawings and specifications for normal complexity bridges
  • Provides bridges and structures detailed inspections across Canadian and U.S. in accordance with appropriate technical, safety, CPKC business and regulatory requirements
  • Supports emergency response to service interruptions involving bridges and structures
  • Assists in the development of new standard designs and drawings for bridge design, maintenance and construction
  • Maintains the system files for design briefs and assists with maintenance of system archive of drawings

 

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

  • High School Diploma or general equivalency
  • Valid driver’s license
  • Valid passport with ability to travel to U.S. without restrictions
  • Technical college degree in drafting or civil/structural technology or equivalent industry experience
  • 10 plus years of operational or related structural drafting experience
  • Current AutoCad experience

 

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:

Drug Testing

This position is subject to a negative company drug test.

 

Background Investigation

  • Criminal history check
  • Education verification
  • Professional references
  • Driver’s license verification and driving history
  • Passport verification

 

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: 104480
  • Department: Engineering
  • Job Type: Full-Time
  • Position Type: Non-Union
  • Location: Calgary, Alberta
  • Country: Canada
  • % of Travel: 20-30%
  • # of Positions: 1
  • Job Grade: 5
  • Job Available to: Internal & External

 

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Location: 

Calgary, AB, CA, T2G 3J5

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