Hazmat and Emergency Management Officer

About the position Join CPKC, North America’s first transnational railroad connecting U.S. Canada and Mexico, where your career drives progress and safety is paramount. We connect communities, fuel economic growth, and provide meaningful work in a culture that values diversity, accountability, and pride. With opportunities for training, development, and advancement, you’re not just building a career—you’re part of something bigger. Together, we move goods, connect people, and create lasting change. Your future starts here. PURPOSE OF THE POSITION: To provide expertise, instruction, and direct emergency management response functions for CPKC and outside agencies involving actual or potential releases of dangerous commodities/hazardous materials. Plan, organize and direct corporate activities related to dangerous commodities/hazardous materials, risk management, loss prevention, and loss reduction and ensure a safe environment for the public and employees. This also includes developing a relationship with the emergency response community within your territory and providing training and collaboration for emergency preparedness. Support inter-departmental operations related to Dangerous Commodities/HazMat and are able to safely and physically respond to sensitive incidents. This position is based in the Southern United States, where CPKC has offices, with a preference for Louisiana.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring a safe, cost-effective response to hazardous and non-hazardous materials emergencies allowing the safe operation of trains
• Plan and execute courses of action necessary to facilitate the successful conclusion to an uncontrolled release of a hazardous material and return the railway and the impacted community to normal operations
• Manage emergency responders’ competencies through identification of deficiencies, implementing and providing training and ensuring proper equipment maintenance
• Act as a liaison between the company, various Government regulatory agencies, customers and shippers to ensure the interests of the company are maintained with regards to the management of hazardous materials
• Manage company hazardous materials operational issues within their respective geographical territories by implementing and administering government and company procedures for the safe transportation of hazardous materials
• Manage all correspondence concerning accidents, leaking or defective containers/equipment and /or violations involving hazardous materials reportable to Transport Canada, United States Department of Transportation (US DOT) and Transportation Safety boards (US and Canada) and appropriate Mexican government authorities
• Manage, plan and execute emergency response drills for employees, contractors, customers and the community
• Provide oversight and expertise in the management and maintenance of company-owned emergency response equipment and storage facilities
• Develop and provide training to internal personnel, contractors, provincial, state, county and local governments on various railroad and hazardous materials issues
• Manage, plan, and execute emergency response drills for employees, contractors, customers, and the community and hazardous materials issues
• Audit customers shipments and observe operations at tank car shipper loading and unloading facilities to ensure conformance to tank car specifications, securement and documentation

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of previous relevant experience
• Mechanical railroad or HazMat experience is desirable
• Tank Car expertise preferred with understanding of railroad operations preferred
• Advance Tank Car Specialist experience a plus
• prior knowledge and/or experience in Emergency Response preferred
• Must be willing to be on call and travel within an assigned territory
• Ability to speak in front of varied, dynamic groups of people required
• Ability to work and communicate with all levels of management and Federal agencies required
• Demonstrated knowledge of IMDG and 49 CFR
• Ability to manage budgets and capital projects as assigned
• Strong computer skills, specifically MS Office required
• Demonstrated capability to manage the mitigation of leaking HazMat cars
• Able to implement Incident Command and obtain NIMS100, 200 and 300 and above as needed
• Ability to prepare field reports
• Drug Testing: This position is subject to a negative company drug test.
• Background Investigation: Criminal history check, Education verification, Professional references, Driver’s license verification and driving history, Passport verification, Social Security Number verification

Nice-to-haves

• Preferred Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental, Occupational Safety and Health, Industrial Hygiene, Fire Science or related field
• Firefighting Service and/or Wildland Fire experience is an asset

Benefits

• Flexible and competitive benefits package
• Competitive company pension and/or retirement plans
• Employee share purchase plan
• Performance incentive plan
• Annual fitness subsidy
• Part-time studies program