Deployment Bid Technical Lead

Hitachi; Toronto; On-site; CAD 109,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental plan

Vision plan

Retirement savings match

Job summary

Hitachi Rail Canada Inc. in Toronto is seeking a Deployment Bid Technical Lead to drive bid activities for Solutions Deployment, coordinating with global teams to meet schedule, cost and quality targets. Strong leadership and Bid/Proposals experience are essential.

The role requires an engineering or science background, CBTC expertise, and excellent English communication. Base salary range CAD 109,040–140,016 with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science required.
• At least 8 years of experience in urban railway (CBTC).
• At least 5 years deploying CBTC solutions on projects and 2+ years bidding/proposals.

Responsibilities

• Drive deployment bid activities and manage all deployment milestones.
• Consolidate functional deployment estimates including labour hours and risks.
• Support Bid Manager with milestones and customer workshops.
• Interface with customers to present/clarify the solution and attend workshops.
• Review requirements and develop Installation SOW for subcontractors.
• Coordinate with Heads of Departments for schedule, scope, and cost sign-off.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Bid & Proposals

Project management

Team management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science

Tools

Polarion

DOORS

MS Office

Visio

JIRA

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Job ID: R1012947

Date Posted: 2026-07-07

Company Name: Hitachi Rail Canada Inc.

Profession (Job Category): Engineering & Science

Job Schedule: Full time

Remote: No

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Job Description

The Deployment Bid Technical Lead is responsible for supporting bid activities on behalf of the Solutions Deployment organization. They coordinate with functions within Solutions Deployment organization during the Bid to achieve company objectives of securing the new opportunity in terms of meeting agreed program duration, financial and quality targets. This role requires a solid understating of site activities and managerial foundation to lead the Solutions Deployment effort in a bid to ensure the following:

• Defined/planned and estimated accurately for Bids within the Bid schedule timeline and cost agreed with the Bid Manager
• Delivered according to approved schedule and budget with PMO for the project

The Deployment Bid Technical Lead is the focal point to manage the Solutions Deployment deliverables on bids as well as to consolidate the estimates from the various entities around the world within Solutions Deployment for the entire signaling system. They also ensure consistency of cost estimates including HOD validation.

Key Accountabilities

• Drive the deployment bid activities and manage all the deployment milestones for the Bid
• Consolidate and review the functional Solutions Deployment estimates including labour hours, risks and opportunities, assumptions, conditions of offer and 3rd party estimates
• Support the Bid Manager for milestones through contributing slides, participation in milestone meetings (BKO, BBR, BCR, BLR, BSR and CSR)
• Support capture lead and sales team through interfacing with customers to present / clarify the solution and attend workshops
• Review and assess requirements
• Prepare Installation Statement of Work (SOW) for subcontractor quotation during Bid process
• Develop scope split matrix for the project for Deployment activities
• Organize estimate validation with various HODs within Solution Deployment organization prior to submission to Bid Manager
• Organize handover review of successfully awarded Bids with other functions within the Solutions Deployment organization to
• review schedule, estimates, key assumptions, and deliverables submitted during the Bid process
• Liaise with the other functions for the following activities:
• a) Project schedule development
• b) Technical solution feasibility
• c) Scope split responsibility for the project
• d) Development of the HW List
• e) Technical Description document creation
• f) Compliance matrices to be submitted to the customer
• Solutions Deployment consolidated estimate and sign-off sheet
• Installation Scope of Works (SOW)
• Migration Plan (for brownfield opportunities)

Key Requirements

• University graduate (Bachelors degree is minimum) with an engineering or science background
• At least 8 years of experience in the urban railway industry (specifically CBTC)
• At least 5 years of experience on deploying a CBTC solution on a project
• At least 2 years of experience working on Bids and Proposals
• Experience leading multidisciplinary team
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English
• Proven customer communication management skills
• Work package management experience
• Familiar with requirement analysis tools (such as Polarion, DOORS)
• Excellent knowledge of current and legacy desktop publishing software (e.g. MS Suite, Visio, DOORS, Adobe Acrobat, JIRA)

Base Salary : $109,040 – $140,016

The Company provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:

• Health, Dental and Vision plans - 100% of premiums are company-paid
• Retirement Savings Plan with a company match