Utilities Engineer - Interface Management (Senior)

Job summary

The Utilities Engineer is responsible for identifying, coordinating, and resolving interfaces between high-speed rail projects and existing utility infrastructure. This includes managing utility data, defining conflict resolution strategies, and ensuring third-party designs align with project constraints.

Job details

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 The Utilities Engineer – Coordination and Interface Management is responsible for the identification, coordination, and resolution of interfaces between the High-Speed Rail (HSR) project and existing utility infrastructure, utility owners, and municipalities. The role includes managing utility-related data, including Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) information across all quality levels (Quality Levels (QL-D to QL-A)), Geographic Information System (GIS) data, legacy records, and Computer-Aided Design (CAD) models. The position requires coordinating with stakeholders to define conflict resolution strategies and ensuring that third-party designs are developed, reviewed, and implemented in accordance with agreed requirements, schedule, and project constraints. It covers both: · The engineering of existing conditions (data collection, validation, and constraint identification); · The engineering of proposed solutions, through coordination with stakeholders to define, challenge, agree upon, and validate utility conflict resolution strategies. Missions/Main Duties Key Responsibilities: · Lead coordination with utility owners, municipalities, and third parties · Capture, validate and track stakeholder requirements and constraints · Oversee collection, validation, and integration of utility data (SUE QL-D to QL-A, GIS, legacy records) · Identify, assess, and manage utility constraints and conflicts · Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and traceability of utility data · Lead the definition of conflict resolution strategies (relocation, protection, accommodation) in collaboration with stakeholders · Coordinate with internal design teams (structural, track, etc) for conflict resolution · Challenge and validate proposed solutions from third parties · Ensure selected solutions are technically sound, feasible, and aligned with project constraints · Review and validate third-party designs against agreed solutions · Monitor the progress of design and implementation by utility owners / municipalities · Ensure compliance with schedule, scope, and agreed technical approaches · Ensure integration of both existing and proposed utilities into project models (CAD/3D) · Contribute to risk management and mitigation plans · Maintain coordination records, decisions logs, and interface tracking tools · Support interface management processes and contribute to overall project coordination Profile/Skills Requirements · 10+ years of experience in utilities coordination, infrastructure projects, or interface management within large-scale linear projects (rail, highways, pipelines) · Proven experience working with utility owners, municipalities, and third parties in complex, multi-stakeholder environments · Experience with Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE), including understanding of quality levels (QL-D to QL-A) and associated data limitations · Familiarity with utility relocation, protection, and accommodation strategies · Experience with utility data integration and management (GIS, CAD, legacy records) · Experience working in design coordination and validation environments where third-party deliverables must be reviewed and monitored · High-Speed Rail (HSR) or major infrastructure experience is considered a strong asset Skills and Competencies · Strong ability to lead and facilitate technical coordination meetings and workshops with multiple stakeholders · Ability to analyze both existing conditions and proposed solutions, and provide sound engineering judgment · Strong analytical thinking, rigor, and attention to detail, particularly in contexts with incomplete or uncertain data · Ability to challenge, validate, and drive consensus on technical solutions with external stakeholders · Experience in risk identification, mitigation, and follow-up, particularly related to utilities and third-party interfaces · Strong organizational skills, including the ability to manage complex data, multiple interfaces, and competing priorities · Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders · Ability to represent engineering interests effectively with senior leadership, clients, and external partners · Proactive mindset with strong ownership of issues and solutions · Ability to work in multidisciplinary and multicultural environments · Has a strong fluency in either English or French and willingness to learn the other. SYSTRA Canada is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that values applications from all and offers employment equity based on the merits and abilities of candidates and personnel. Note: In this description, the masculine gender is used for easy reading purposes and includes the feminine. We use AI-enabled tools in our recruitment platform (iCIMS) for tasks like resume parsing and candidate matching. These tools do not make hiring decisions; all applications are reviewed by a human recruiter, and final decisions are made by our hiring team. For questions about our hiring process or AI tools, please contact infocanada@systra.com. Workplace Type Hybrid

What you’ll do

The Utilities Engineer is responsible for identifying, coordinating, and resolving interfaces between high-speed rail projects and existing utility infrastructure. This includes managing utility data, defining conflict resolution strategies, and ensuring third-party designs align with project constraints.

Requirements

Candidates must have 10+ years of experience in utilities coordination or interface management for large-scale linear infrastructure projects. Proficiency in Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE), GIS, and CAD, along with strong stakeholder management skills, is required.

Listed skills

• Technical Documentation · Preferred
• Project Coordination · Preferred
• Data Validation · Preferred
• Risk Management · Preferred
• Communication Skills · Preferred
• Conflict Resolution · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Utilities coordination
• Interface management
• Subsurface Utility Engineering
• GIS
• CAD
• Stakeholder management
• Conflict resolution
• Data validation
• Infrastructure design
• Risk management
• Project coordination
• Technical documentation
• Engineering judgment
• Analytical thinking
• Communication skills
• Employment Equity
• Stakeholder Requirements
• Pipelines
• Analytical Thinking
• Organizational Skills
• Utility Engineering
• Willingness To Learn
• iCIMS (Recruitment Software)
• System Interface Management
• Computer-Aided Design
• Geographic Information Systems
• Artificial Intelligence
• Management
• Communication
• Conflict Resolution
• Consulting
• Data Collection
• Data Integration
• Feasibility Studies
• English Language
• French Language
• Leadership
• Risk Management
• Project Management
• Parsing
• Project Coordination
• Risk Analysis
• Coordinating
• Mitigation
• Detail Oriented

Job areas

• Engineering
• Transportation
• Consulting
• Management & Leadership
• UI Engineer
• Utilities & Power Distribution Engineer
• Electrical Engineers

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