Conventional Signalling Director

Systra; Toronto; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal Opportunity Employer

Employment equity policy

Job summary

SYSTRA Canada is seeking a senior leader to drive delivery of conventional signalling works within the Track team for major rail infrastructure programs. You will lead interfaces between signalling, track, construction and wider systems to meet programme milestones.

Reporting to Metrolinx stakeholders, you will provide senior oversight of safety, quality, risk and performance while shaping planning, staging and commissioning strategies across GO Expansion corridors.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership across large, multi-disciplinary rail projects.
• Strong knowledge of system assurance, RAMS, safety certification, IV&V, testing and commissioning.
• Familiarity with CENELEC EN 50126/50128/50129 or ISO/IEEE 15288 frameworks.
• Knowledge of Ontario legislation and Metrolinx safety governance requirements.
• Excellent stakeholder management and risk-management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of conventional signalling works within the Track team across GO Expansion corridors.
• Manage interfaces between signalling, track, construction and wider systems.
• Oversee planning, delivery and commissioning strategy to meet programme milestones.
• Provide senior oversight of safety, quality, risk and performance.
• Act as key interface with Metrolinx and delivery stakeholders.
• Strengthen integration between signalling, track and construction activities.
• Manage delivery risk and ensure alignment with programme schedule and commissioning requirements.
• Support effective stakeholder engagement with Metrolinx at a senior level.
• Bring senior leadership for conventional signalling delivery within an increasingly complex Track programme.
• Demonstrate strong leadership in multidisciplinary environments.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Technical communication

Negotiation

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Systems or Electrical Engineering

Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in good standing (PEO)

Job description

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.

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Context

The role is for Go Expansion Program and the role is associated with Delivery Partners for Metrolinx.

Missions/Main Duties

• Lead delivery of conventional signalling works within the Track team across GO Expansion corridors

• Manage interfaces between signalling, track, construction, and wider systems

• Oversee planning, delivery, and commissioning strategy to meet programme milestones

• Provide senior oversight of safety, quality, risk, and performance

• Act as key interface with Metrolinx and delivery stakeholders

• Provide dedicated senior leadership for conventional signalling delivery within an

  increasingly complex Track programme

• Strengthen integration between signalling, track, and construction activities

• Manage delivery risk and ensure alignment with programme schedule and commissioning requirements

• Support effective stakeholder engagement with Metrolinx at a senior level

• Significant experience in rail signalling delivery on major infrastructure programmes

• Experience operating at senior leadership level (Programme Manager / Delivery Director or equivalent)

• Strong understanding of delivery, staging, and commissioning within an operational railway

• Proven ability managing multidisciplinary interfaces and stakeholders

• Relevant engineering background or equivalent experience

Profile/Skills

• Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in good standing with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years' progressive engineering infrastructure experience, preferably including at least
• 5 years in senior leadership of systems assurance for complex rail, transit or major brownfield capital programmes.
• Strong knowledge of Systems Assurance, RAMS, safety certification, IV&V, Testing & Commissioning and systems engineering lifecycle processes.
• Knowledge of CENELEC EN 50126, EN 50128 and EN 50129, or equivalent IEEE/ISO 15288 systems engineering frameworks.
• Knowledge of relevant Ontario legislation and Metrolinx safety governance requirements.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, technical communication, negotiation and risk-management capability

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.

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Workplace Type

On-site