Senior Supervisor, Rail Fleet Maintenance - Metrolinx

Role Overview

Metrolinx is dedicated to connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe through an expanding transit network, including GO Transit and UP Express. As a Senior Supervisor, Rail Fleet Maintenance - Technical Services, you will play a critical role within the Rail Fleet Maintenance Office. This position focuses on supervising and evaluating the quality of maintenance, servicing, and repairs for rail equipment, ensuring adherence to established regulatory, corporate, and contractual standards, and meeting customer expectations. This is a key opportunity to contribute to Metrolinx's mission of providing better, faster, and easier transportation.

Your Impact

In this vital Metrolinx role, you will be instrumental in ensuring the efficiency and safety of our rail fleet. Your contributions will directly influence the reliability of transit services and the longevity of our asset base. Key responsibilities include:

• Supervise and provide effective oversight of the Rail Equipment Maintenance Contract by assisting in setting scope of work, work task procedures, and approving the Maintenance contractor’s practices and procedures.
• Drive the review, evaluation, and analysis of rail equipment performance and designs for inconsistencies, consequential impact among design disciplines, past practices, and resolving issues that may impact the immediate and ongoing safety, operation, maintenance, and efficiency of rail equipment.
• Act as a subject matter expert for rail fleet maintenance, to ensure operational, capital projects and programs for new, replacement or enhanced rail equipment optimize customer experience, satisfy internal user group requirements, incorporate external agency requirements, and serve public interests.
• Assist in the development of the Rail Fleet Asset Management Plan and the Rail Fleet Maintenance Plans.
• Consult with the Rail Fleet Engineering Asset Management department in the development of maintenance procedures and schedules, Rail Fleet Asset Management Plan and the Rail Fleet Maintenance Plan to review contractual and cost issues and make recommendations for changes.
• Liaise and coordinate with multiple internal and external stakeholders for overall equipment performance, specification requirements, maintenance procedures and schedules and review of cost issues and contract requirements.
• Assist in establishing multi-year capital and operating budgets and long-term locomotive and coach refurbishment needs, in addition to supervision of the administration of all warranty claims, liquidated damages, and rejected components.
• Manage the activities to govern, maintain and continually improve data and information quality to ensure that it meets the requirements of the relevant Asset Information Standards, and thus supports the decision-making activities and business processes required by the organization.

Skills and Experience

To excel as a Senior Supervisor, Rail Fleet Maintenance at Metrolinx, candidates should bring a strong background in rail operations and equipment management. The requirements for this role include:

• Completion of a diploma in Engineering Technology or related field – or a combination of education, training, and experience deemed equivalent.
• Completion of a degree in Engineering or Business degree will be considered an asset.
• Demonstrated years’ progressive experience in contract compliance, preferably in rail maintenance.
• A valid Ontario Class “G” driver’s licence, in good standing.
• Must be able to obtain GO Transit Operators Permit.
• Must successfully complete environmental, safety and any other training required by corporate policy.

Metrolinx encourages all interested individuals to apply, even if your past experience doesn’t align with every qualification. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and offer reasonable accommodation to job applicants in accordance with applicable legislation.