VIA Rail Jobs Are Available All Over Canada & You Could Make Up To $35 An Hour
Job perks with VIA Rail include discounts on train travel! 💸
VIA Rail sign at a train station in Canada.
There are VIA Rail jobs available across the country and you could make up to $35 an hour.
If you're looking for work, VIA Rail is hiring for these positions in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Kingston, Ottawa and Montreal.
Job perks include paid training at full salary, many expenses paid on long trips (including hotel and meals), and many train travel discounts and privileges for you and your family after one year of work.
So, not only do some positions pay you to travel — like the On Train Service Attendants jobs — but you also get travel discounts just for working with the national railway company!
Station Attendants
Salary: $25.89 to $29.99 an hour
Location: Vancouver, Winnipeg, Kingston and Ottawa
Who Should Apply: VIA Rail is looking to hire Station Attendants to work at train stations in cities across Canada.
Station Attendants create and modify bookings, check tickets, announce and provide updates on train arrivals, departures or delays, assist passengers, ensure station cleanliness, and handle luggage and packages.
To get hired, you need to have a high school diploma, a valid driver's license, at least one year of customer service experience and the ability to communicate with a smile in English and French.
Also, the ability to handle weights up to 50 pounds — which is the equivalent of a large suitcase — is required.
If you get hired for this job, you'll have to be available to work a variable schedule that includes weekends and holidays.
Shifts vary between four, eight and 10 hours a day and can start as early as 4:30 a.m. or 7 a.m. and end as late as 11:30 p.m. or 1 a.m.
On Train Service Attendants — Food
Salary: $27.45 an hour
Location: Vancouver and Winnipeg
Who Should Apply: You need to have a high school diploma, at least one year of experience in customer service, the ability to speak English and French, and the ability to handle weights up to 50 pounds.
Also, the job required availability to work variable schedules and travel on each trip for five to six days.
Service Attendants — Food not only assist with luggage and ensure the safety of passengers on board but also sell and serve meals, including food and alcohol.
Jobs are available on the Winnipeg-Toronto, Winnipeg-Vancouver or Winnipeg-Churchill and Vancouver-Winnipeg routes.
Chefs
Salary: $30.33 to $35.57 an hour
Location: Vancouver and Winnipeg
Who Should Apply: You need to have a high school diploma, a current sanitation or food safe certificate, a Red Seal Certification and three years of experience in line cooking.
If you get hired, you'll work on board trains — on Winnipeg-Toronto, Winnipeg-Vancouver or Vancouver-Winnipeg routes — as a chef.
Duties include planning and directing food prep and cooking, preparing and cooking meals, adapting dishes for customers with food allergies or intolerances, ensuring the quality of food, and managing the requisition of food, kitchen supplies and equipment.
This job is available from March to October with the possibility of being called back for next year.
On Train Service Attendants
Salary: $27.45 an hour
Location: Montreal
Who Should Apply: VIA Rail is looking to hire people to work as Service Attendants and provide customer service on trains.
You will accompany passengers throughout their trip and help them with luggage, serve food, ensure their safety, and provide assistance as needed.
Since this job involves travel, you must be available to work variable schedules (including weekends and holidays) and able to be away from home on each trip for one to three days.
You also need a high school diploma, at least one year of customer service experience and the ability to speak English and French.
The ability to handle weights up to 50 pounds — which is the equivalent of a large suitcase — is required as well.