Jobs at Ontario Northland Transportation Commission

Provides first-line technical support to employees and customers through calls, email, and in-person assistance. Resolves incidents, manages user accounts and permissions, troubleshoots Microsoft technologies, coordinates with vendors, follows support processes, and enforces IT policies. The role requires strong customer service, communication, organization, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Superviseur la paie supervise le traitement des paies bimensuelles et des pensions mensuelles, dirige l’équipe de paie et assure la conformité aux lois, conventions collectives et politiques. La personne résout les anomalies, administre les systèmes, prépare les déclarations fiscales et réglementaires, effectue les rapprochements comptables, coordonne les audits et soutient l’amélioration continue en collaboration avec les équipes des ressources humaines et des finances.

Supervise bi-weekly and monthly payroll processing, ensuring compliance with legislation, collective agreements, pension requirements, and company policies. Lead payroll staff, resolve complex discrepancies, administer payroll systems, approve adjustments, complete reconciliations and regulatory filings, and manage deductions and remittances. Coordinate audits, reporting, system testing, and continuous improvement initiatives while collaborating with Human Resources, Finance, unions, government agencies, and other stakeholders.

Installs, inspects, repairs, tests, calibrates, and maintains electrical, electronic, and digital equipment on locomotives, passenger cars, workshop machinery, mobile equipment, buildings, power stations, and rail yards. Reads electrical plans and circuit diagrams, builds and modifies electrical assemblies, performs preventive maintenance, diagnoses failures, and follows Canadian electrical and safety codes. Requires flexibility for shift, weekend, and outdoor work.

Administers public tenders and procurement contracts supporting capital projects, from solicitation preparation through award and closeout. Advises stakeholders on procurement rules, contract terms, evaluation criteria, compliance, risk, and supplier negotiations. Coordinates evaluations, legal reviews, contract execution, supplier communications, and reporting while ensuring fair, transparent, and cost-effective processes.

Administers public tenders and contracts for capital projects, including preparing RFx packages, coordinating evaluations, managing vendor inquiries, reviewing submissions, negotiating terms, and supporting contract execution. Advises stakeholders on procurement compliance, risk, and contracting requirements; tracks procurement activity, conducts vendor debriefs, researches legislation and policies, and identifies opportunities for long-term agreements and process improvement.

Leads the IT Infrastructure team and oversees strategy, operations, security, availability, lifecycle planning, budgets, risk management, cloud and on-premises environments, disaster recovery, vendor relationships, documentation, and infrastructure projects. The role drives modernization, service continuity, governance, and continuous improvement while translating technical risks and opportunities into recommendations for business and executive stakeholders.

Coordinates production planning, refurbishment activities, parts availability, repairs, deliveries, and production priorities across multiple workshops. Maintains ERP and inventory data, supports production reporting, quality compliance, stock returns, material exception tracking, and continuous improvement initiatives. Collaborates with production, procurement, stores, quality assurance, manufacturing, painting, and material-handling teams to prevent shortages and meet deadlines.

Coordinates restoration, refurbishment, parts movement, sub-assemblies, inspections, and production priorities to support the Master Production Schedule. Tracks parts availability and deliveries, expedites shortages, maintains production and inventory data in business systems, supports ordering and returns, and assists with reporting, rework tracking, quality compliance, ERP/EAM initiatives, and continuous improvement across the Remanufacturing and Repair Centre.

Gère les achats de biens et services, notamment les appels d’offres, l’évaluation des soumissions, les bons de commande et les relations fournisseurs. Coordonne les livraisons, le fret, le dédouanement et la logistique, tout en résolvant les écarts de facturation et les réclamations. Surveille les stocks, optimise les niveaux et la rotation des articles, et recommande la gestion des stocks excédentaires ou obsolètes. Veille également au respect des politiques d’approvisionnement et des exigences gouvernementales.

Maintains hotel rooms and facilities, including cleaning, bed-making, laundry, linen handling, and replenishing supplies. Supports reception by assisting with guest check-in and checkout, room assignments, reservations, inquiries, payments, daily records, and cash reconciliation. Provides courteous customer service and information about hotel and community services. Works assigned shifts, including weekends, while following workplace health, safety, and operational procedures.

Inspects, maintains, repairs, tests, and refurbishes passenger and freight railcars and their components. Performs preventive maintenance, diagnoses equipment failures, works from plans, uses hand tools and testing instruments, and operates lifting and material-handling equipment. The role requires adherence to safety procedures, teamwork, shift and weekend availability, outdoor work in varied weather, and the ability to work on uneven terrain.

Contrôleur ou contrôleuse de la circulation ferroviaire de réserve responsible for safely and efficiently coordinating train and railway equipment movements. The role ensures compliance with Canadian railway operating rules, maintains accurate incident reports and records, communicates with train crews and maintenance teams, and covers vacancies at the rail traffic control office. Guaranteed work is 80 hours every two weeks, with shift, weekend, holiday, and irregular assignments required.

Safely coordinate the movement of trains and on-track equipment, enforce Canadian Rail Operating Rules, maintain accurate logs and incident reports, and communicate with train crews, maintenance, mechanical, telecommunications, management, and other railways. The role requires shift availability, including weekends and holidays, strong organization and record keeping, independent work under pressure, computer skills, and compliance with health and safety requirements.

Technicians inspect, maintain, repair, and refurbish passenger and freight cars and their components, ensuring safety and functionality.

Install, repair, maintain and fabricate high- and low-pressure piping systems, plumbing fixtures, pumps, valves and related equipment on buildings and rolling stock. Read plans, perform pipe welding, select materials, and work independently or as part of a team following safety standards and codes.

Provides onboard passenger reception and customer service on the Northlander train. Responsibilities include assisting with boarding, baggage, seating, food and beverage orders, payments, safety announcements, passenger inquiries and complaints, onboard cleanliness, sales promotion, inventory, reporting, and coordinating safe boarding at intermediate stops. This reserve role requires flexible, variable scheduling, including weekends, holidays, evenings, nights, split shifts, and availability two hours before departure.

Inspect, maintain, repair, and refurbish passenger and freight rail cars and their components, ensuring adherence to safety standards.