Job Description
Labourer
Posting Start Date:  2/25/26

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 Labourer is responsible for maintaining a clean, safe, and orderly work environment within the Weston shop. This role supports daily operations by performing general cleaning, basic maintenance tasks, and ensuring shop areas remain organized and hazardfree.

 

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:

  • Perform routine cleaning tasks, including sweeping, emptying garbage, changing bags, and clearing metal bins
  • Operate a forklift to move materials and support shop activities
  • Pressure wash and clean the maintenance bay and shop floors to ensure a safe work environment
  • Maintain an organized, orderly, and clean shop at all times

 

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

  • High school diploma or general equivalency
  • Valid driver’s license
  • Experience working on or around heavy equipment
  • Must be able to work within strict established safety and work guidelines/rules to complete job
  • Ability to pass the required written examinations, read and understand safety instructions, rules, regulations and other written or printed material in English

 

WHAT CPKC HAS TO OFFER:

  • Flexible and competitive benefits package
  • Competitive company pension and/or retirement plans
  • Employee share purchase plan
  • Annual fitness subsidy
  • Part-time studies program

 

PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:

 

Medical and Drug Testing

This is a [safety critical/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
  • Driver’s license verification and driving history

 

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: 105617
  • Department: Mechanical Loco
  • Job Type: Full-Time
  • Position Type: Union
  • Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • Country: Canada
  • % of Travel: 0-10%
  • # of Positions: 1
  • Compensation Rate: $29.78/HR
  • Job Available to: Internal & External

 

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