Job Description
Senior Storeperson
Posting Start Date:  10/2/26

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:

Senior Storeperson acts as liaison for the shop Management, Procurement Staff and Manager ensuring that work assignments are completed in a safe and efficient manner. Receives, warehouses, issues or ships supplies and material used in the operation of the railroad. Ensures or performs accurate and timely information in SAP electronically through the use of a computer and Coordinates picking and shipping of all material to customer locations in accordance with shipping schedules.

 

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:

  • Lead and coordinate the daily activities of unionized store personnel
  • Perform receiving and issuing functions critical to inventory operations, including maintaining storage locations, recording inventory counts, and updating inventory systems
  • Identify, verify, and ensure the accuracy of material shipments received from suppliers, maintenance shops, and other warehouse locations
  • Prepare, package, and organize materials for shipment, including completing all required documentation such as shipping labels, postal forms, waybills, and shipping records
  • Operate material handling equipment, including forklifts, electric hoists, and Raymond lift trucks, to safely load, unload, and move materials and products
  • Conduct daily inspections of vehicles and equipment to ensure safe operating conditions, and promptly report hazards or deficiencies to the appropriate supervisor for corrective action
  • Ensure compliance with Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) and Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) regulations when receiving, storing, issuing, and shipping materials
  • Accurately maintain records, files, forms, and documentation required for warehouse and inventory operations using both manual and electronic systems
  • Support efficient warehouse operations while maintaining high standards of safety, accuracy, and productivity

 

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

  • High school diploma or general equivalency diploma
  • Valid driver’s license
  • Must successfully complete formal forklift training program given by qualified trainers and have passed all examinations associated with training
  • 2 years’ experience in a warehouse environment, with a proven record of operating material handling equipment an asset
  • Experience with computerized inventory control systems SAP, EXCEL, MERLIN would be an asset
  • Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
  • Available to work all types of shifts, including nights, weekends and holidays in all weather conditions
  • 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:

 

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: 106553
  • Department: Mechanical Loco
  • Job Type: Full-Time
  • Position Type: Union
  • Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • Country: Canada
  • % of Travel: 0-10%
  • # of Positions: 1
  • Compensation Rate: $34.83
  • Job Available to: Internal & External

 

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