Accenture, is a multidisciplinary consulting firm providing integrated consulting solutions on complex capital projects, including Program and Project Management, Project Controls, Engineering, Technical Advisory, Construction Management, and Technology Integration Services. Our team thrives on embracing and navigating technical challenges within the Transportation and Infrastructure, Industrial and Manufacturing, Energy and Utilities, and Buildings and Facilities markets. Our core focus is supporting project owners through collaborative and integrated partnerships to deliver projects that improve the world around us.

THE WORK:

(Internal Title-Project Management V)

• The Senior Manager of Rail Access Planning will provide senior leadership to a rapidly growing team responsible for the Integrated Delivery Planning Centre (IDPC) OR Integrated Delivery Planning Centre (IPDC) OR Integrated Planning and Delivery Centre (IPDC) and short-term rail access planning teams to align with our newly formed EAS standards, disruptive calendar and commercial requirements for all of client rail networks
• This individual will be responsible for the creation and introductions of new safety measures process and procedure for suppliers and delivery teams DT (SSOW and DWWP) to promote a more efficient, productive and safer working environment, for our contractor, while protecting the on-track performance and Customer satisfaction CSAT. The role focuses will focus on in leading the team on in resolving project to project access conflicts challenges, and concerns, all relative prioritization issues related to access and deployment within client and its partners. liaising with Spearheads the short-term planning teams, senior management, delivery leads and all other areas of Capital Projects Group (CPG) in the coordination of construction activities utilizing T-minus schedules to ensure proper execution of the long-term contractual plans (Engineering Access Statement EAS)
• Managing and overseeing of the skills and observations of a team of Production specialists that monitor production productivity and efficiency levels, safety and deficiencies during construction activities on or near the rail corridor as they are occurring. Support the IPDC team, which provides direction and decision-making to all CPG project activities that are occurring in real time, supporting Network Operations Control (NOC) and all its functions
• Provides guidance to the rail access planning team in the permission approval and oversight of all non-rail movement rail access activities on the corridors, ensuring that client has widespread corporate knowledge of all interventions to client-owned corridors
• Works closely with the rail corridor access team on behalf of CPG, to prioritize pre-filtered requests for access to the corridor for construction purposes
• Gives guidance in optimizing the rail corridor access activities to ensure the impact to on customer service is minimized, while balancing priority work on various corridors to enable the implementation of GO Expansion and Regional Express Rail programs
• Provides oversight for long-term planning through a team that plans operational rail access around pre-filtered corridor access requests and designs the access event to facilitate maximum productivity for the requesting group, coordinating with other similarly timed access requests to minimize network disruption. This group will highlight and address any project-to-project conflict issues that arise based on the vast number of projects being conducted in the network
• Commercial Contracts: Review and provide support to the Rail Corridor Access portion of all agreements with commercial and process for accessing client Rail Corridors. Develop and proposed access opportunities required to perform works. This includes the development of the access regime for all contracts network wide
• Long Term Planning: This group plans and designs operational rail access around pre-filtered corridor access requests and designs the access event in a way to facilitate maximum productivity for the requesting group, coordination with other similarly timed access requests in an effort to minimize the network disruption. This group will highlight and address any project-to-project conflict issues that arise based on the vast number of projects being conducted in the network.
• OnCorr: Responsible for ensuring that the language within the OnCorr contracts is align related to Network access as represents within the long-term plan and to allow client to implement the planned to reduce any risks as we transition and project to project conflicts
• Flagging: This group is responsible for long term planning of resources to support all programs to specific work events. The team also allocates the best protection of works with the resources available for maximum productivity and safe operations of the network
• Work Plans: This group reviews and compares the work plans for upcoming events against the schedule and operations to ensure limited impact to both customers and operations all while facilitating maximum productivity
• Work Block Design group. This group plans and designs operational rail access around pre-filtered corridor access requests and designs the access event in a way to facilitate maximum productivity for the requesting group, coordination with other similarly timed access requests, in an effort to minimize the network disruption
• Work Block Production Field Supervision: This group is responsible for monitoring work activities in the field for compliance to the work block design, and safety compliance to CROR regulations and best practices, with a mandate to help maximize the safe productivity of work being done on the network
• NOC Rail Corridor Access Control Centre Coordination: This group is responsible for being the 24 by 7 point of contact within the Control Centre to monitor, communicate and share information on the progress of work blocks. Respond to real time work block challenges from the context of the Control Centre, and to coordinate activities required with managing the train service around the work activities. Ensuring the business is protected and ready for revenue service
• Directly supports the achievement of key strategic business objectives for the delivery integration department and provides regular performance updates against the established Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the rail access planning team, RCACCPG

Working Conditions

• May be required to visit operational or construction environments with possible exposure to disagreeable or difficult working conditions
• May be required to be available to investigate incidents outside of regular office hours to maintain business relationships and address issues as they arise
• Travel is required within client territory to perform investigation activities, attend meetings, and provide consultation

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Experience:

• Minimum of 18 years of experience in Project Management. (10) years’ experience in transportation, or related experience.
• Proficient in the use of Network Access Planning Tool (NAPT)
• Proficient in the use of Vault with the ability to facilitate training of Delivery teams to enable the development of a robust Engineering Access statement (EAS) within the system

Education:

• Completion of a Technical degree, Transportation or, a related discipline – or a combination of education, training and experience deemed equivalent.
• A Master of Business Administration is an asset.

Licenses OR Certifications:

• Holding a recognized Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Environmental, safety, or regulatory transportation courses or certifications would be an asset.

Skills and Competencies:

• Effective written, oral, presentation and interpersonal skills to articulate and present advice, options and recommendations to senior management, executives and business clients on fare systems or fare collection programs, projects and technology solutions
• Interpersonal and oral or written presentation skills to manage all facets of rail access planning-related services to ensure construction works are planned and coordinated for safety, track protection is provided, and that the works are safely and effectively executed
• Leading transformational change, risk management and assessment initiatives to adapt to new or changing requirements and lead change throughout the CPG organization , reflecting on lessons learned to analyze, evaluate, and define problems or challenges, identify alternatives, and make timely decisions to manage risk and address issues
• Knowledge of project management and related systems requirements and development methodologies, to support the delivery of a portfolio of very large inter-dependent projects with high complexity, risk, and organizational impact; experience with leading and managing project development, project progress, related staff and project resources, monitoring project activities for adherence to timelines, and monitoring project performance results, ensuring alignment with corporate project management methodologies and processes
• Knowledge of risk assessment principles and practices to manage and monitor the assessment of construction works and schedules for contractor compliance with rail corridor access terms and conditions