CTO Manager

Aecon; Toronto; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental program

RRSP with company matching

Performance-based bonus

Job summary

ONxpress Civils Contractor General Partnership is seeking a Construction Technical Office Lead to oversee engineering support for major civil, rail, and infrastructure projects. You will supervise the CTO team and coordinate between design, construction, quality, and controls to ensure safe, efficient execution.

The ideal candidate holds a civil engineering degree with 7–10 years of rail/transport experience, strong constructability knowledge, and a track record in risk and change management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 7–10 years of experience in heavy civil, rail/transit, or major infrastructure projects.
• Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and overseeing technical offices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Construction Technical Office team for major civil, rail, transit projects.
• Coordinate technical activities across engineering, construction, quality, and controls.
• Review work plans, staging plans, and technical work packages.
• Ensure deliverables align with schedules, budgets, specs, and quality standards.
• Manage interfaces between design and construction for constructability.
• Provide guidance during planning, procurement, and construction phases.
• Identify and resolve technical issues and manage risks.
• Support change management and assess design changes impact.
• Participate in stakeholder meetings; communicate risks and decisions.
• Mentor engineers and coordinate staff development.
• Promote safety, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Excellent communication

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Analytical skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

P.Eng. designation (asset)

Tools

ACC

Aconex

Job description

Operating Sector: Primarily Track Alliance

Position Title: CTO Manager

Who We Are

The ONxpress Civils Contractor General Partnership, a partnership between FCC Canada Limited and Aecon Infrastructure Management Inc., is a multidisciplinary Civils Joint Venture (CJV) team with global expertise in delivering innovative solutions for both railway and civil construction projects. Working under Alliance agreements with Metrolinx, the team is helping to modernize railway construction across the GO Transit network.

An Alliance framework, which is relatively new in Canada, is a collaborative partnership between the owner and contractor, who work together with a best-for-project mindset. By streamlining decision making, the Alliance helps ensure that high-quality work is delivered, certified, and transferred in a progressive, transparent, and risk-managed manner.

The Alliance operates with a core focus on safety, efficiency, and sustainability, while fostering strong relationships with stakeholders and rights‑holders and contributing positively to local communities as a good neighbour. Through this collaborative approach, the Alliance is helping drive the modernization of key sections of the rail network as part of the GO Expansion Program.

If you're passionate about making a difference and want to be part of a progressive and modern way of working, we want to hear from you.

What You’ll do

The Construction Technical Office (CTO) Lead is responsible for overseeing the technical coordination and engineering support functions required to successfully deliver complex construction projects. The CTO Lead acts as the key liaison between design, construction, project controls, quality, and stakeholder teams to ensure construction activities are executed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with project requirements. The CTO Lead provides oversight for the assigned CTO team members and is the interface leader between Construction and Technical teams of the Project

The successful candidate will provide supervision and technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, supporting technical issue resolution, construction methodologies, temporary works coordination, and technical risk management.

• Lead the Construction Technical Office team and provide technical support for major civil, rail, transit, and infrastructure projects.
• Coordinate technical activities between engineering, construction, quality, commercial, and project controls teams.
• Review and support the development of, work plans, staging plans, and technical work packages.
• Ensure technical deliverables are aligned with project requirements, schedules, budgets, specifications, and quality standards.
• Manage technical interfaces between design and construction teams to ensure constructible and efficient project execution.
• Provide technical guidance to project teams during planning, procurement, and construction phases.
• Identify, evaluate, and resolve technical issues encountered during construction activities.
• Support risk identification, mitigation planning, and resolution of technical challenges.
• Review technical submissions, shop drawings, requests for information (RFIs), and field change requests.
• Monitor technical compliance with contractual obligations, applicable regulations, and industry standards.
• Support change management processes by assessing technical impacts associated with design changes and scope modifications.
• Participate in client, consultant, subcontractor, and stakeholder meetings as required.
• Track and communicate technical risks, assumptions, decisions, and project impacts.
• Mentor and support the development of engineers, coordinators, and technical personnel.
• Promote a culture of safety, innovation, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum 7-10 years of experience in heavy civil, transportation, rail, transit, or major infrastructure projects.
• Experience supporting or leading technical office, project engineering, field engineering, design coordination, or construction engineering functions.
• Strong understanding of construction methodologies, sequencing, staging, temporary works, and constructability principles.
• Experience coordinating technical activities across multidisciplinary project teams.
• Ability to interpret construction drawings, specifications, engineering reports, and contract documents.
• Knowledge of engineering standards, construction practices, and regulatory requirements relevant to major infrastructure projects.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced project environment.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience supporting technical risk management, issue resolution, and change management processes.
• Commitment to health and safety excellence and fostering an inclusive workplace.

Preferred Qualifications

• P.Eng. designation is considered an asset but is not required.
• Experience on rail, transit, transportation, bridges, tunnels, or other major infrastructure projects.
• Experience working in Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build, Alliance, or P3 delivery environments.
• Familiarity with Metrolinx projects, standards, and stakeholder requirements is an asset.
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers, coordinators, or technical staff.
• Proficiency with construction management and project collaboration platforms such as ACC and Aconex.

Expected compensation for this role is between $140,000.00-170,000.00 annually. Base salaries are determined according to multiple factors including skills, experience and potential impact on the role. Internal and external competitiveness are also taken into consideration. In addition to base salary ONxpress also offers a comprehensive medical and dental program, RRSP with company matching and the potential to participate in our discretionary, performance based bonus program.

This role is a newly created position.

As part of our commitment to fair and transparent hiring practices, ONxpress may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in screening and reviewing candidates. These tools are applied responsibly and in accordance with applicable privacy laws and ONxpress’ AI Usage Policy. All final decisions are made by qualified ONxpress team members.

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This position is with ONxpress Civils (“CJV” aka the Design & Construction team); the project segment responsible for the modernization and modification of the key area network, including countless innovations in the way the regional rail infrastructure is built.

We value diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply, regardless of whether they meet 100% of the qualifications listed. If you believe you have the skills and passion to excel in this role, we welcome your application and the opportunity to consider you for the position.

We are an Equal Employer. Should you need any accommodation through the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail].