Analyst Resource and Capacity Planning

Posting Start Date: 3/20/26Join 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:The Analyst Resource and Capacity Planning develops, validates, supports and drives improvements to the integration of demand and resource plans, to provide a cohesive assessment of capacity and capability across all key resource and capacity planning groups, ensuring sufficient capacity exists to meet the expected demand. The role develops, updates, improves and maintains models, creates simulations and multiple scenarios as well as generates strategic and variance analyses of alternative operating methods and practices, articulating their relative merits and value.POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:Performs resource planning functions including the development and improvement of monthly, annual and multi-year forecasts for resource drivers such as train & people starts, workload metrics (car miles, train miles etc.), train productivity, train speed, locomotive productivity, fuel, car fleets and other key performance indicators. Assists with the integration and summation of the plansDevelops variance reporting and scorecards against the corporate targets developed in #1 and the moving forecast. Collects, validates and improves data quality, analyzes the results and provides executive summaries to senior management and executive levels with any recommendations as requiredAnalyzes key operations metrics based on forecasts and initiatives, and develops insights to inform the target setting process over the annual and multi-year time frames providing ranges and multiple scenariosSupports and leads the Resource and Capacity Planning process creating quarterly assessments of capability to meet the firm demandDevelops improves and maintains models for the assessment of resource supply, trends and constraints, in order to improve the Capacity planning process. This involves business leadership in the development or implementation of new technology and dashboardsWorks with cross functional stakeholders to ensure supply plans are in place and aligned with the required capacity, while strengthening relations with stakeholders and internal customers to integrate and consolidate processesPOSITION REQUIREMENTS:Bachelors in, science, mathematics, statistics, economics or another related field2+ years of work experience, railroad, transportation or supply chain fieldWorking knowledge of forecasting KPIs, demand and supplyComputer skills in word processing, advance Excel, statistical software, data base and project managementExcellent written and verbal communication skills necessaryAdvance problem-solving abilitiesWorking knowledge of statistical methodsWorking knowledge of data scienceAbility to provide advice, influence and persuade othersWHAT CPKC HAS TO OFFER:Flexible and competitive benefits packageCompetitive company pension and/or retirement plansEmployee share purchase planPerformance incentive planAnnual fitness subsidyPart-time studies programPRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:Drug TestingThis position is subject to a negative company drug test.Background InvestigationCriminal history checkEducation verificationProfessional referencesSocial Security Number verificationBECOMING A RAILROADER:As an employee with a North American presence, the possibility does exist that the location of your position may be changed based on organizational requirements.Management Conductor ProgramBecoming a qualified conductor or locomotive engineer is the single best way for a management employee to learn the business at CPKC. You may be required to obtain a certification or to maintain your current certification/qualification as a conductor or locomotive engineer.CULTURE OF INCLUSION:For our U.S. applicants, CPKC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, inclusive of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For Canadian applicants CPKC is an employment equity employer committed to the principles of employment equity and inclusion. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply including: women, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), members of the LGBTQ+ community and people with disabilities. Accommodations for the job application process can be provided, as appropriate, upon request. All applicant information will be managed in accordance with the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).Req ID: 105730Department: Network & Capacity ManagementJob Type: Full-TimePosition Type: Non-UnionLocation: Kansas City, MissouriCountry: United States% of Travel: 0-10%# of Positions: 1Job Grade: 5Job Available to: Internal & External#LI-ONSITE#LI-PC1