Job Summary

*Please DO NOT apply if you don't have any railway experience*

About GRER

Green Response Environmental & Rail Inc. (GRER) is an Ontario railway services company. Our crews do track inspection and maintenance, shunting and derailment recovery for railways and industrial rail customers across the province, and we move our own equipment to every job.

The role

We're hiring an experienced Railway Track Foreman to lead our field crews on job sites across Ontario. This is a unionized position under the LIUNA railway agreement, with wages, benefits and pension set by the collective agreement. Reporting to the Operations Manager, you'll run the work on site: keeping the crew safe, getting the job done right and on schedule, and keeping the paperwork straight.

Duties

- Lead a track crew on maintenance, construction, repair and other railway jobs
- Run daily tailboard / job briefings and hazard assessments before work starts
- Arrange and maintain track protection with the railway in line with CROR and the customer's rules
- Plan the day's work, assign tasks and keep the crew productive
- Carry out and supervise track work: tie and rail replacement, switch work, surfacing, ballast and drainage
- Inspect track and report defects to Transport Canada Track Safety Rules and customer standards
- Make sure equipment gets its pre-use inspections and is operated safely
- Be the on-site contact for railway reps and customers
- Call the Operations Manager with technical questions, scope changes and extra work before proceeding
- Complete daily reports,



crew timesheets and job documentation accurately and on time
- Train and mentor crew members, and enforce company safety rules

Qualifications

- 5+ years of railway track maintenance or construction experience, including 2+ years as a foreman or lead hand

Working conditions

- Travel to job sites across Ontario, including overnights
- Cycle work: 8 and 6 or 9 and 5 or 10 and 4.
- Physical outdoor work on active rail sites in all weather
- Long shifts, nights and weekends when jobs require
- Strong knowledge of track components, track geometry and Transport Canada Track Safety Rules
- CROR qualified, or able to qualify quickly
- Experience operating track and heavy equipment (hi-rail trucks, excavators, loaders, track machines) an asset
- Valid Ontario driver's licence with clean abstract
- First Aid/CPR, WHMIS and Working at Heights an asset; railway safety orientations an asset
- Comfortable with daily reports and timesheets on a phone or tablet
- A safety-first attitude and the ability to lead a crew

This position offers an prospect to lead significant infrastructure projects while ensuring safety standards and quality are maintained at all times. Candidates should be detail-oriented professionals committed to excellence in construction management within the railway industry.

Pay: $44.00-$51.50 per hour

Expected hours: 50.0 – 70.0 per week

Benefits:

- Company car
- Company events
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Vision care

Work Location: In person

📌 Railway Foreman (Ontario)
🏢 GR Environmental & Rail
📍 Ontario