Mainline Track Alignment Designer — Hybrid Work

SYSTRA; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid workplace

Job summary

SYSTRA Canada is expanding its Trackwork Design team and seeking a designer to develop and optimize mainline horizontal and vertical alignments in accordance with project requirements, applicable codes, operational criteria, and engineering best practices.

The designer prepares and reviews alignment drawings, profiles, and geometry reports, coordinating with civil, structures, utilities, and roadway disciplines while supporting design reviews and options development.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in railway/LRT horizontal and vertical alignment design.
• Knowledge of track geometry standards, speed and comfort criteria and constructability constraints.
• Experience coordinating alignment with structures, utilities, roadways, drainage, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop horizontal and vertical alignments for mainline track systems.
• Prepare and review alignment plans, profile drawings, and geometry reports.
• Perform alignment checks for compliance with design criteria, safety requirements, and operational constraints.
• Coordinate design interfaces with civil, structural, systems, utilities, and roadway disciplines.
• Identify and resolve geometric conflicts affecting constructability and system integration.
• Support interdisciplinary design workshops, reviews, and technical coordination meetings.
• Contribute to options development, comparative assessments, and value engineering studies.
• Review design changes and assess impacts on alignment, interfaces, and project requirements.
• Maintain design documentation and support change control processes.

Skills

Railway alignment design

Track geometry standards

Interdisciplinary coordination

Value engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

SYSTRA Canada is expanding its Trackwork Design team and seeking a designer to develop and optimize mainline horizontal and vertical alignments in accordance with project requirements, applicable codes, operational criteria, and engineering best practices.

The designer prepares and reviews alignment drawings, profiles, and geometry reports, coordinating with civil, structures, utilities, and roadway disciplines while supporting design reviews and options development.