Director - East Harbor

Systra; Toronto; Presencial; CAD 180 000 - 240 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

SYSTRA Canada is seeking an Owners Representative Director - Stations to lead two alliance-delivered GO Expansion Station projects, reporting to the Stations Vice President. The role manages Metrolinx staff, consultants and contractors through planning, design, procurement, construction and commissioning.

You will drive best-practice health, safety, wellbeing and quality, deliver to schedule and budget, and coordinate with municipalities and utilities to minimize service disruption and ensure a

Qualificações

• Significant project management experience on large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team of professionals across planning, design, and construction.
• Strong knowledge of civil design and construction principles and practices.
• Experience coordinating with municipalities, utilities and external stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage scope, cost, schedule and quality in complex projects.

Responsabilidades

• Provides strategic and operational leadership to deliver two large-scale station projects through alliance contracting models.
• Leads scope, cost, schedule and quality management in collaboration with VP GO Expansion Stations Capital Delivery.
• Oversees construction, commissioning and deployment into operational service while minimizing impact on train service.
• Manages cross-functional teams including Metrolinx staff, consultants and contractors; defines roles and expectations.
• Ensures alignment with corporate project management standards and environmental requirements.
• Liaises with stakeholders to incorporate requirements and ensure coordinated delivery.

Conhecimentos

Project management

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Cost and schedule control

Communication

Contract management

Vendor management

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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 GO Expansion program is the largest transit infrastructure program in Canadian history. The GO Expansion Program will transform rail services in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), providing two-way all-day GO train service and improved passenger experience with quieter and faster electric locomotives. The GO

Expansion program includes Early Works, Off-corridor station and infrastructure upgrades, as well as an On-Corridor program to deliver new tracks, platforms, facilities, grade separations and electrification.

The MCS team is partnering with Metrolinx to deliver the GO Expansion program. MCS' mission is to transform Ontario's GO Rail Network into a Rapid Rail System through the delivery

of the GO Expansion Program and to provide exemplary support to Metrolinx. The MCS Program

Delivery Partner (Delivery Partner) team will achieve this by facilitating Metrolinx's creation of an

outstanding organizational capability for program management and, simultaneously bring our global

and local expertise to the direction and successful delivery of the GO Expansion program.

Missions/Main Duties

Reporting to the Stations Vice President, the Owners Representative Director - Stations will provide project management and leadership to the two Alliance delivered new stations on the GO Expansion Program.

This position manages a team of Metrolinx staff, consultants and contractors to deliver capital railway station infrastructure projects encompassing the planning, design, procurement, construction and commissioning phases, and in accordance with approved timelines, budget and project deliverables.

They will utilise their previous experience to drive a culture of best practice for health, safety, wellbeing, and quality.

What will I be doing?

• Provides strategic, tactical and collaborative leadership and direction to deliver two large-scale, multi stakeholder, capital infrastructure stations projects through alliance contracting models.
• Works hand in hand with the VP GO Expansion Stations Capital Delivery to lead all aspects of project delivery including scope, cost, schedule and quality management, and provides support as required to deliver the mandate
• Leads a high performing team in the delivery of station infrastructure projects on behalf of the VP GO Expansion Stations Capital Delivery, encompassing construction, commissioning, and deployment into operational service (e.g., tracks, grade separations, stations, platforms, parking, train support facilities) in accordance with corporate project management standards, procedures, controls and environmental requirements to minimize the impact on train service and to maintain a high level of customer service.
• Provides senior level leadership oversight and direction to employees and vendors engaged in interdependent project teams (e.g., defines team member roles, responsibilities, and expectations);
• Lead the developing project delivery strategies while providing overall administrative and technical leadership and oversight to capital projects consisting of multiple capital corridor infrastructure projects to ensure consistency and coordination of efforts and successful completion of the program.
• Integrates corporate requirements, commitments and initiatives into projects, including design requirements, environmental assessment conditions, community and municipal commitments, Passenger Charter, design excellence, and property acquisition conditions.
• Collaborate with other Metrolinx stakeholders to incorporate requirements, and ensure projects within CPG are implemented consistently, efficiently, safely, and in a coordinated manner.
• Oversee consultants and contractors in the delivery of scope of work, as defined in respective contracts, ensuring that corrective action and escalation is initiated when necessary.
• Manage project scope/requirements changes; handles change orders with contractors, including negotiating, processing and assessing cost and schedule impacts; ensures all are clearly identified and approved before progressing, and ensuring contract documents reflect addendums issued.

Profile/Skills

• Significant project management experience on large scale projects

• Demonstrates progressive experience in engineering and project management services associated with the planning, design, and construction of stations or similar large infrastructure projects.

• Experience leading a team of technical professionals.

• Demonstrated knowledge in the theories, principles and practices of civil design and construction, skill and proficiency in broad phases of engineering application.

• Knowledge of principles and practices of architecture, urban planning, engineering design and their application to the construction of infrastructure, facilities, and related works.

• Demonstrated experience successfully managing the competing objectives of many external and internal stakeholders.

• Must understand key performance indicator monitoring and engagement, directly linked to monthly measurement criteria established.

• Strong analytical and negotiation skills and experience with vendor management to manage development and delivery of externally provided products and services.

• Sound commercial and business acumen, with experience managing complex negotiations for construction projects to align with overall project objectives

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with experience managing a variety of internal and external stakeholders, including municipalities and third-party utility providers

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