Accenture Construct - Director – Engineering (Track)

Comtech; Toronto; On-site; CAD 174,000 - 261,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Construct in Toronto is seeking a senior track engineering leader to oversee multidisciplinary railway design within large capital transit programs. You will drive technical governance, safety, and integration across signaling, traction power, civil and station interfaces.

The role requires deep expertise in track engineering, AREMA guidelines, and regulatory requirements, plus strong leadership and stakeholder communication. Ontario regulatory familiarity is highly valued.

Qualifications

• 10+ years progressive railway engineering infra experience with leadership.
• Strong knowledge of track engineering, AREMA, and TC requirements.
• Experience resolving multidisciplinary railway interfaces and managing technical risks.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and technical oversight for track engineering across the client capital program.
• Lead review and validation of permanent way, track structures, and alignment designs to meet standards.
• Senior oversight of track-related risks, engineering variances, and contractor submissions.
• Lead Track Engineering team and ensure compliance across external consultants.

Skills

Railway engineering

AREMA standards

Leadership

Systems engineering

Stakeholder management

Technical communication

Project interfaces

Risk management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Civil/Mechanical Eng

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Comtech Group Inc. (Comtech), part of 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.

Job Title

Location

Toronto, ON CA (Primary)

Category

Job Type

Full-time

THE WORK:

You've Never Been Satisfied with “Good Enough.”

You didn't get into this to manage one piece of a project. You got into it to change how the world gets built.

At Accenture Construct, that's the job. You'll help deliver the data centers, power grids, rail networks, factories and public infrastructure that keep communities moving — smarter, safer and more sustainably.

You'll work alongside people who think big and act bold: project managers, engineers, technologists and strategists who pair real-world delivery with AI. And you won't be handed a slice of it. We take on whole programs, from early strategy through construction and handover, and we stand behind how they land.

Because “good enough” builds the past. You're here to build what's next.

• Provide strategic leadership and technical oversight for track engineering across the client capital program, including engineering governance, technical integration, design assurance and track discipline support. Translate high-level Systems Engineering requirements into practical track delivery requirements and provide technical leadership and problem-solving support to project delivery teams throughout design and construction.
• Lead the review and validation of permanent way, track structures, special trackwork and alignment designs, ensuring compliance with client'sstandards, AREMA guidelines, Transport Canada requirements and applicable regulations. Lead the management and resolution of interfaces between track and other railway disciplines, including signaling/CBTC, traction power/OCS, civil structures and stations, ensuring track infrastructure forms part of a safe and fully integrated railway system.
• Provide senior oversight of track-related technical risks, engineering variances, technical reviews and contractor and consultant submissions. Lead, mentor and develop the Track Engineering team and drive technical compliance and accountability across external engineering consultants and delivery partner.
• This is a key engineering leadership role within the newly created Systems Engineering & Integration organizationand has been created as part of the recent client reorganization. The role is required to provide strategic technical oversight, engineering governance, asset lifecycle management and interface design for track infrastructure across the capital program.
• The position will ensure track infrastructure and technical modifications are safely designed, compliant with applicable standards and effectively integrated with signaling, traction power, civil, structural and other railway systems. This oversight is critical to managing technical and interface risk, supporting project delivery teams, safeguarding capital investment and ensuring new rail infrastructure can be safely and reliably integrated into operation
• Working Conditions
  • Office-based (5 Days a week in Office)

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Experience:
  • 10+ years of progressive railway engineering infrastructure experience, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership capacity focused on track design, permanent way construction and multidisciplinary integration on large-scale capital transit programs.
  • Strong technical knowledge of track engineering, AREMA standards, Transport Canada regulatory requirements and systems engineering lifecycle principles.
  • Knowledge of relevant Ontario legislation, including the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Ontario Professional Engineers Act.
  • Demonstrated senior leadership, stakeholder management and technical communication capability, with experience resolving complex multidisciplinary railway interfaces, managing technical risks and influencing project teams, contractors and engineering consultants
• Education:
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related technical discipline, with a strong focus on rail infrastructure.
• Licenses OR Certifications:
  • Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in good standing with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) preferred.
• Skills and Competencies:
  • Expert grasp of prevailing engineering means and methods in the area of specialty
  • Sound understanding of applicable engineering-related software
  • Effectively leads multi-resource engineering teams
  • Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment by ensuring effective teamwork, promotion of innovation, and overall excellence
  • Tact to perceive and ameliorate conflict and tension
  • Demonstrated capability to supervise, delegate, and develop capacity
  • Demonstrated functional acumen to support how solutions will address client goals while maintaining alignment with industry best practices
  • Proven success in providing on-site leadership for project teams by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones
  • Competent in understanding interdependencies between technology, operations, and business needs
  • Advanced skills in Microsoft Office
  • Must maintain professional development to keep abreast of emerging technologies, methods, and best practices
  • Ability to arrange priorities and elevate competing risks to meet deadlines with minimum input from leadership
  • Keen eye for detail and adept problem-solving abilitieswith a track record for meeting deadlines
  • Must have demonstrated experience relaying and receiving information (written and verbal)in a demanding multidisciplinary project environment
  • Expert ability to work collaboratively and independently on creative and analytical tasks in a structured, disciplined, technology-driven environment
  • Proven capacity to anticipate, identify, and minimize risks
  • Expert ability to detect, capitalize, and be sensitive to others' strengths

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a new position.

The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role. It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.

Role Location Annual Salary Range

Toronto $174,000 to $261,000

What's in it for you

The biggest builds going. Hyperscale data centers, grid and generation, transit and rail, chip fabs, mines, water. If it's complex and it matters, it's on our list.

You own the outcome. Not a workstream. Not a deliverable. Whether the program lands.

AI that shows up on site. Program control that predicts instead of records. You'll use it, and you'll help shape it.

Scale without the distance. More than 5,000 practitioners across the Americas, EMEA and APAC, on a team small enough that people know your name.

Serious investment in you. Leadership development, technical upskilling and certification support.

Work that outlasts you. People will use what you build for forty years without knowing your name. That's the point.

Recognition that means something in this industry. Accenture Construct is ranked #6 globally in ENR's 2026 Top 50 Program Management Firms and #4 in Building Design + Construction's Top 80 Construction Management Firms for 2026.

The data centers behind AI. The grid behind the energy transition. The rail, water and airports everything runs on.

We plan them, engineer them, deliver them and hand them over — and unlike most of this market, we're on the hook for whether they land on time. More than 5,000 practitioners across the Americas, EMEA and APAC. One team that owns the whole thing.

Accenture Infrastructure & Capital Projects Inc. (Accenture I&CP), formerly Comtech Group Inc., now a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture, is committed to providing accessible employment practices that comply with local legislative requirements. If you require accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process, please notify the People and Culture Team by emailing [e-mail]. Accenture I&CP offers our employees a competitive compensation package with comprehensive employee benefits, and an inclusive environment that fosters teamwork & entrepreneurial spirit. Accenture I&CP is an equal opportunity employer.To provide you with the most effective recruiting process, Accenture I&CP may use artificial intelligence to create insights on how your candidate information matches the requirements of the role you have applied to. The final decision will always be taken by then hiring team after considering your candidate profile in full. As a candidate you can choose to opt out of this artificial intelligence screening process by emailing [e-mail] and be rest assured that this will not negatively impact your opportunity for employment with Accenture.

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