About the role
SYSTRA Canada is part of the SYSTRA group, an international consulting and engineering group, a world leader in the design of transport infrastructures. SYSTRA Canada is an engineering and consulting firm whose primary focus is to offer transportation solutions, whether for passengers or goods: feasibility studies of building a new railway line, increasing the capacity of the existing infrastructure, privatization of a railway.
Understand better who we are by visiting www.systracanada.com.
Context
This role involves leading rail and transit projects, overseeing teams, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality projects while fostering innovation and client satisfaction. The Director of Rail/Transit will drive technical excellence, manage operations, and deliver the design and construction.
Missions/Main Duties
- Project Leadership: Serve as the primary Project Manager or Team Leader, guiding rail and transit projects to meet client objectives, timelines, and budgets across various procurement models (e.g., Design-Bid-Build (DBB), Alliance, Progressive Design-Build (PDB), Public-Private Partnerships (P3)).
- Team Development: Mentor, train, and motivate professional staff to build a high-performing rail and transit team, fostering a collaborative environment that encourages innovation, accountability, and effective communication to address complex infrastructure challenges.
- Operational Management: Oversee daily project operations, including task assignments, scheduling, and quality reviews, ensuring deliverables meet established standards and align with the selected procurement model’s requirements.
- Technical Excellence: Supervise the preparation of technical reports and documentation, ensuring adherence to quality assurance processes and industry standards.
- Business Development: Support proposal development by defining project methodologies, schedules, and budgets, while actively pursuing new opportunities with provincial, regional, and municipal clients.
- Project Monitoring: Define program requirements, monitor deliverables for compliance, and collaborate with project engineers and discipline leads to develop budgets, schedules, and action plans.
- Risk Management: Address potential cost overruns, delays, or scope changes by developing and implementing corrective action plans, keeping clients and management informed.
- Industry Awareness: Stay current on trends, advancements, and regulations in rail and transit engineering to deliver cutting-edge solutions and maintain technical expertise.
- Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement: Foster a culture of collaboration by promoting trust, mutual respect, and open communication among project teams, clients, contractors, and stakeholders, ensuring alignment with project goals and procurement model requirements.
- Additional Duties: Perform other relevant tasks as required to support project success and organizational goals.
Profile/Skills
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field.
- License: Must be a Registered Professional Engineer in Canada.
- Experience: Minimum of 15 years of relevant technical/construction experience, including at least 5 years in technical/construction leadership and project delivery with Government Agencies.
- Leadership Skills: Proven ability to train, mentor, and lead a team of skilled professionals.
- Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Technical Knowledge: Deep understanding of rail and transit engineering, including provincial and municipal standards, guidelines, and stakeholder requirements.
- Regulatory Expertise: Thorough understanding of industry regulations and practices to ensure compliance and project success.
SYSTRA Canada is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce.
« SYSTRA Canada has an equal access employment program and encourages women, Indigenous peoples, visible minorities, and people with disabilities to apply. »
Note: In this description, the masculine gender is used for easy reading purposes and includes the feminine.
About SYSTRA Canada
SYSTRA Canada, membre du groupe SYSTRA, est une firme d’ingénierie et de consultation, principalement dédiée au transport des personnes et des marchandises.
Notre offre de services est groupée en trois marchés.
- Transport : dédié principalement au marché canadien du transport de passagers.
- Matériel roulant : offre des solutions clé en main pour les voitures de passagers, les wagons et les locomotives.
- Intercités et ferroviaire lourd : fournit des solutions spécifiquement adaptées au rail classique, à la fois pour le transport de passagers et des ressources minières et de marchandises.
SYSTRA Canada est une firme innovante qui fournit des services de consultation, d’ingénierie et de gestion de projets dans tous les secteurs du transport, dont la voie et l’infrastructure, le matériel roulant, l’exploitation ferroviaire, la signalisation et les télécommunications, les études économiques et financières, la commercialisation, le domaine institutionnel et les services d’appoint.
SYSTRA Canada, part of the SYSTRA group, is an engineering and consulting firm whose primary focus is to offer transportation solutions for passengers or goods.
Our service offer is grouped into three markets.
- Transit: focusing on the Canadian passenger mobility market.
- Rolling Stock: offering turnkey solutions for passenger cars, wagons and locomotives.
- Intercity & Heavy Rail: providing our clients with specific conventional rail solutions for transportation of both passengers and freight/mining resources.
We deliver innovative consulting, engineering and project management services in all fields of transportation, including track and infrastructure, rolling stock, railway operations, signalling and telecommunications, economic and financial studies, marketing, institutional and management consulting, as well as support services.
About the role
SYSTRA Canada is part of the SYSTRA group, an international consulting and engineering group, a world leader in the design of transport infrastructures. SYSTRA Canada is an engineering and consulting firm whose primary focus is to offer transportation solutions, whether for passengers or goods: feasibility studies of building a new railway line, increasing the capacity of the existing infrastructure, privatization of a railway.
Understand better who we are by visiting www.systracanada.com.
Context
This role involves leading rail and transit projects, overseeing teams, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality projects while fostering innovation and client satisfaction. The Director of Rail/Transit will drive technical excellence, manage operations, and deliver the design and construction.
Missions/Main Duties
- Project Leadership: Serve as the primary Project Manager or Team Leader, guiding rail and transit projects to meet client objectives, timelines, and budgets across various procurement models (e.g., Design-Bid-Build (DBB), Alliance, Progressive Design-Build (PDB), Public-Private Partnerships (P3)).
- Team Development: Mentor, train, and motivate professional staff to build a high-performing rail and transit team, fostering a collaborative environment that encourages innovation, accountability, and effective communication to address complex infrastructure challenges.
- Operational Management: Oversee daily project operations, including task assignments, scheduling, and quality reviews, ensuring deliverables meet established standards and align with the selected procurement model’s requirements.
- Technical Excellence: Supervise the preparation of technical reports and documentation, ensuring adherence to quality assurance processes and industry standards.
- Business Development: Support proposal development by defining project methodologies, schedules, and budgets, while actively pursuing new opportunities with provincial, regional, and municipal clients.
- Project Monitoring: Define program requirements, monitor deliverables for compliance, and collaborate with project engineers and discipline leads to develop budgets, schedules, and action plans.
- Risk Management: Address potential cost overruns, delays, or scope changes by developing and implementing corrective action plans, keeping clients and management informed.
- Industry Awareness: Stay current on trends, advancements, and regulations in rail and transit engineering to deliver cutting-edge solutions and maintain technical expertise.
- Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement: Foster a culture of collaboration by promoting trust, mutual respect, and open communication among project teams, clients, contractors, and stakeholders, ensuring alignment with project goals and procurement model requirements.
- Additional Duties: Perform other relevant tasks as required to support project success and organizational goals.
Profile/Skills
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field.
- License: Must be a Registered Professional Engineer in Canada.
- Experience: Minimum of 15 years of relevant technical/construction experience, including at least 5 years in technical/construction leadership and project delivery with Government Agencies.
- Leadership Skills: Proven ability to train, mentor, and lead a team of skilled professionals.
- Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Technical Knowledge: Deep understanding of rail and transit engineering, including provincial and municipal standards, guidelines, and stakeholder requirements.
- Regulatory Expertise: Thorough understanding of industry regulations and practices to ensure compliance and project success.
SYSTRA Canada is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce.
« SYSTRA Canada has an equal access employment program and encourages women, Indigenous peoples, visible minorities, and people with disabilities to apply. »
Note: In this description, the masculine gender is used for easy reading purposes and includes the feminine.
About SYSTRA Canada
SYSTRA Canada, membre du groupe SYSTRA, est une firme d’ingénierie et de consultation, principalement dédiée au transport des personnes et des marchandises.
Notre offre de services est groupée en trois marchés.
- Transport : dédié principalement au marché canadien du transport de passagers.
- Matériel roulant : offre des solutions clé en main pour les voitures de passagers, les wagons et les locomotives.
- Intercités et ferroviaire lourd : fournit des solutions spécifiquement adaptées au rail classique, à la fois pour le transport de passagers et des ressources minières et de marchandises.
SYSTRA Canada est une firme innovante qui fournit des services de consultation, d’ingénierie et de gestion de projets dans tous les secteurs du transport, dont la voie et l’infrastructure, le matériel roulant, l’exploitation ferroviaire, la signalisation et les télécommunications, les études économiques et financières, la commercialisation, le domaine institutionnel et les services d’appoint.
SYSTRA Canada, part of the SYSTRA group, is an engineering and consulting firm whose primary focus is to offer transportation solutions for passengers or goods.
Our service offer is grouped into three markets.
- Transit: focusing on the Canadian passenger mobility market.
- Rolling Stock: offering turnkey solutions for passenger cars, wagons and locomotives.
- Intercity & Heavy Rail: providing our clients with specific conventional rail solutions for transportation of both passengers and freight/mining resources.
We deliver innovative consulting, engineering and project management services in all fields of transportation, including track and infrastructure, rolling stock, railway operations, signalling and telecommunications, economic and financial studies, marketing, institutional and management consulting, as well as support services.