Fionamcdonagh

Since I'm new to this site not sure where to post???
What is the job market like for train drivers/ crew dispatcher? My hub is chatting to bombardier at the moment but I think putting feelers out is a good plan Incase all falls through.
Which are better sites to look at?thank you

Former Lancastrian

CP Rail and CN Rail are the 2 x biggest employers in that specific area.
Burlington Northern and Omnitrax are smaller players.
Bombardier makes the trains for domestic and overseas market as opposed to providing rail services though Im sure they have test drivers etc.

Fionamcdonagh

Thanks for reply. The jobs he was talking to bombardier aren't passenger jobs although he said even here when he's driving he doesn't deal with passengers that's down to conductors etc.. They make the trains he's familiar with so it's a plus I guess? Have looked at CN and sent off application. My way of thinking is more applications sent more chances of a yes??

Siouxie

Here you go - they are called Locomotive Engineers or Train Crew Engineers or Railway and yard locomotive engineers here.



http://www.cpr.ca/en/careers/operati...conductor.aspx vacancies

http://www.careerontrack.ca/listings.aspx vacancies

http://www.simplyhired.ca/a/jobs/lis.../l-toronto,+on

http://viarail.cvmanager.com/careers...job&jobid=1868 vacancies

http://jobs.cn.ca/en/index.sn vacancies



Some statistics for you: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/q...ics/7361.shtml

Aviator

The chances of getting a job with CP, CN or Via as an engineer are very very slim. There are many young people here and who already work form them lining up for the jobs. One would have to do time as a conductor for possibly years before getting a seat up front.