Job Description Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express, as well as the PRESTO fare payment system. We are also building new and improved rapid transit, including GO Expansion, Light Rail Transit routes, and major expansions to Toronto’s subway system, to get people where they need to go, better, faster and easier. Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario.

At Metrolinx, equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to living our values of serving with passion, thinking forward and playing as a team.

CPG’s workforce is made up of driven and dedicated professionals who care deeply about working together to deliver infrastructure and make a positive impact in our communities. Join us as we build a knowledgeable and collaborative team that courageously changes how transit projects will be delivered.

As a Manager for the Ontario Line South Civil Project, you will take a leading role in delivering one of the most complex and high-profile infrastructure projects in the province. This position offers the opportunity to manage and oversee the engineering, design, and construction of critical civil works—including stations, tunnel and related infrastructure along the southern portion of the Ontario Line. You will provide strategic oversight across all phases of project delivery, ensuring engineering, design, and construction activities meet defined objectives related to scope, budget, schedule, safety, and quality. Working in close collaboration with internal teams, contractor, consultants, and external stakeholders, you will play a key role in driving successful outcomes for this transformative transit project.

What will I be doing?

• Lead and Manage Project Delivery: Drive efficient and coordinated delivery of major capital infrastructure elements, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives, engineering standards, design specifications, budgets, schedules, and regulatory requirements.
• Contractor Oversight: Monitor and ensure contractor compliance with contract requirements, with a focus on safety, quality, environmental requirements, cost, and schedule. Oversee site reviews, audits, and commissioning activities.
• Performance Monitoring & Reporting: Monitor and achieve project objectives in terms of scope, schedule and cost. Identify, assess, and resolve complex project risks and issues and initiate corrective actions proactively. Determine what requires escalation and initiate appropriate process. Provide consistent performance updates to Senior Management and key stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, including municipal agencies (e.g., City of Toronto, TTC), utility companies, and regulatory bodies.
• Cross-package Integration: Coordinate with interfacing projects to ensure seamless integration and alignment across all stakeholder groups.
• Health, Safety & Environmental Compliance: Promote a culture of safety. Foster and manage a safe and healthy work environment. Ensure project teams, contractors and trades comply with health, safety and environmental standards that meet or exceed legislated requirements. Monitor projects to ensure compliance with Occupational Health and Safety Act, regulations, and codes as well as Metrolinx policies and standards.
• Foster a One Team Culture: Work in a collaborative environment alongside internal and external partners, including Metrolinx employees, consultants, and contractors, ensuring unity and shared project success.
• Team Leadership: Provide direction and mentorship to staff and consultants involved in all aspects of the project from technical design and cost estimating to field execution and administrative tasks.

What Skills and Qualifications Do I Need?

• Proven experience in managing large-scale rail and transit infrastructure projects.
• Post-secondary degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation. PMP certification is considered an asset.
• Demonstrated exceptional leadership capabilities, with strong communication, stakeholder management, and conflict resolution skills.
• Extensive experience in contract administration, including managing consultant/contractor performance, claims, and schedule compliance.
• Experience in managing various procurement and project delivery models. Experience with Public-Private Partnership (P3) contracts is considered beneficial.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams within a complex, matrixed organizational environment.
• Working knowledge of applicable codes, standards, and legislative requirements, including Ontario’s Contract Laws, Construction Liens Act, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Environmental Assessment Act, and Professional Engineers Act.
• Strong organizational and time management skills with excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication abilities, including presentation skills.
• Possess a valid Ontario Class ‘G’ driver’s license to travel to various site locations, meetings, operational facilities, etc., meeting and maintaining the corporate standard for a good driving record.

Don’t Meet Every Requirement? If you’re excited about working with Metrolinx but your past experience doesn’t quite align with every qualification of this posting, we encourage you to apply. You just might be the right candidate for this or other roles. We are always looking for great talent to join our team.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from members of equity-deserving communities, including those who identify as Indigenous, Black, racialized, women, people with disabilities, and people with diverse gender identities, expressions and sexual orientations.

Accommodation We value the unique skills and experiences each person brings to Metrolinx and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment. We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act so if you require accommodation during the hiring process, please let our Recruitment team know by contacting us at: 416-202-5601 or email hr.recruitment@metrolinx.com .

Application Process All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Metrolinx will be using email to communicate with you for all job competitions. It is your responsibility to include an updated email address that is checked daily and accepts emails from unknown users. As we send time-sensitive correspondence, we recommend that you check your email regularly. If no response is received, we will assume you are no longer interested in pursuing the opportunity. Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate.

For Internal applicants, with the recent implementation of the Internal Mobility Policy, the internal recruitment process has changed for non-union roles. Candidates must be in their current role for 12 months prior to applying for another role and each applicant must be in good standing (not participating in a Performance Improvement Plan). Please review all provisions of the policy before submitting your application.

Should it be determined that any background information provided is misleading, inaccurate or incorrect, Metrolinx reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of your application.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

WE ARE AN EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE EMPLOYER.