City : Vancouver

Category : Hourly Direct Hire

Industry : Recruitment/Staffing

Employer : The Adecco Group

Adecco is currently hiring a full-time Rail Car Mechanic to support our client’s rail operations and maintenance team. This role is responsible for inspecting, repairing, and maintaining rail cars and components in accordance with regulatory standards and company procedures. The ideal candidate is mechanically inclined, safety-focused, and comfortable working in physically demanding environments.

Our Diversity & Inclusion Statement
At Adecco our purpose is simple: to make the future work for everyone. We live our values, Passion, Collaboration, Inclusion, Courage, and Customers at Heart, by fostering a workplace where diversity is celebrated and every voice matters. This position is open to individuals who self-identify as First Nations, Inuit, and/or Métis, the Indigenous peoples of Canada. Through this initiative, Adecco is taking proactive measures to support the equitable representation of Indigenous peoples in the workforce in alignment with section 16(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act. Together, we’re making the future work for everyone.

•     Location: Vancouver, BC

Responsibilities:

• Inspect cars and components in accordance with railroad associations, Federal Railroad Administration regulations and company operating standards

• Perform all scheduled, on-request and preventive maintenance and repair on rail cars, under frames, on structures, safety appliances, draft systems and any associated tests

• Repair and install railway car parts such as compressors, air valves, bearings, couplings, air cylinders and piping

• Use hand tools, power tools, welding equipment, cutting torches and measuring instruments

• Operate transport vehicles including cranes, trucks, track mobile and shop equipment

• Prepare inspection, maintenance and work reports, and record details on prescribed forms in accordance with established procedures

Working Conditions

• Available to work shifts, weekends, holidays, and occasional overtime when necessary

• Partially performed outdoors in various types of weather and environmental conditions

• Frequent bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, performing overhead work, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds (22 kg) and occasionally up to 85 pounds (39 kg)

• Frequent climbing or balancing, grasping, and good eye-hand coordination

• May be required to work away from their assigned terminal

Qualifications:

• Previous welding experience gained through formal training or work experience an asset*

• High School Diploma or General Educational Development (GED)

• Must be 18 years of age

• Must meet all medical fitness for duty requirements for the position, including requirements for Safety

• Valid driver’s licence

• Ability to work autonomously, adapt to different situations and stress

• Demonstrate good teamwork and maintain positive interactions with others

• Good verbal, reading comprehension and writing skills

• Dedicated to getting the job done while meeting established standards of quality, safety and client satisfaction

• Familiarity with electrical and electronic tools and instruments

• Ability to determine the condition of objects and parts for wear and defects

• Vocational and technical training and knowledge of Railroad Operating Rules

• Basic computer skills

• Must be legally eligible to work, and reside in Canada

 *Any experience/education/skills/knowledge for these above would be considered as an asset

Land Acknowledgement
Adecco acknowledges that our head office is located in Tkarón:to/Toronto, on the traditional territory of many Nations, including the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, the Huron-Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We recognize that our teams operate in offices and communities across the country, on the ancestral and contemporary lands of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples. We’re committed to continued learning, respectful relationships, and taking meaningful actions in partnership with Indigenous communities.