Permits, Licences and Authorizations (PLA) Specialist – Alto project / Cadence

Systra; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA Canada, a leading transportation engineering and consulting firm, seeks a PLA Specialist to manage permits and authorizations for the Alto high-speed rail project. You will coordinate submissions, liaise with authorities, and ensure regulatory compliance across environmental and engineering inputs.

The role requires a minimum of five years of environmental experience, strong organizational skills, and fluency in French and English.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in environment or related field.
• Strong understanding of regulatory processes and permitting workflows.
• Ability to coordinate multiple dossiers in parallel and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent oral and written communication in French and English.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate preparation, review and submission of permit applications; gather required technical, environmental and administrative information; ensure document quality and completeness.
• Collaborate with environmental, engineering, design, construction and project management teams; interface with technical specialists to integrate inputs into applications; support authorities and respond to information requests.
• Track permit progress, adherence to deadlines and authorization conditions; identify regulatory risks and propose mitigation measures; maintain document traceability and regulatory compliance of the project.

Skills

Regulatory processes

Coordination

Documentation management

Bilingual French/English

Project collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in environment/engineering

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.

Context

As part of the Alto high-speed rail project, SYSTRA, within the Cadence consortium, is seeking a Permits, Licences and Authorizations (PLA) Specialist to support the planning, co-ordination, and monitoring of the regulatory and administrative requirements necessary to advance the project.

The incumbent will play a central role in identifying required approvals, developing permitting strategies, and co-ordinating the related processes with the relevant authorities.

Missions/Main Duties

• Coordination des demandes: Coordonner la préparation, la révision et le dépôt des demandes d’autorisations. Recueillir et valider les informations techniques, environnementales et administratives requises. Veiller à la qualité, à la cohérence et à l’exhaustivité des documents soumis.
• Coordination interdisciplinaire et relations avec les autorités: Collaborer avec les équipes environnement, ingénierie, conception, construction et gestion de projet. Assurer l’interface avec les spécialistes techniques afin d’intégrer les intrants requis aux demandes. Appuyer les échanges avec les autorités compétentes et coordonner les réponses aux demandes d’information.
• Suivi, conformité et gestion documentaire: Assurer le suivi de l’avancement des demandes, des échéances et des conditions d’autorisation. Identifier les risques réglementaires et proposer des mesures d’atténuation. Assurer la traçabilité des documents, des correspondances et des engagements réglementaires. Contribuer au suivi de la conformité réglementaire du projet.

Profile/Skills

Formation: Baccalauréat en environnement, génie ou discipline connexe

Nombre d’année d’expérience Minimum de 5 ans en environnement

Compétences techniques :

• Bonne compréhension des processus réglementaires.
• Capacité à coordonner plusieurs dossiers en parallèle et à gérer des échéanciers serrés.
• Excellentes habiletés en organisation, en analyse et en suivi documentaire.
• Excellentes aptitudes en communication orale et écrite, en français et en anglais.

Qualités personnelles :

• Rigueur et sens de l’organisation.
• Autonomie et proactivité.
• Esprit de collaboration

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.

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.For questions about our hiring process or AI tools, please contact [e-mail].

Note: In this description, the masculine gender is used for easy reading purposes and includes the feminine.

Workplace Type

Hybrid