Rail Track Projects Manager: Lead Safe, On-Time Delivery

ONxpress Transportation Partners Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental program

RRSP with company matching

Discretionary performance bonus

Job summary

ONxpress Civils, the Design & Construction arm of the GO Transit modernization, seeks a senior Project Manager, Track Works to lead complex railway track projects. You will integrate plans, safety, and stakeholder commitments, delivering safe, on-time results across live rail environments with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities include development of execution plans, managing budgets and interfaces with civil, utilities, and operations, plus mentoring coordinators and engineers.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Civil Engineering or related discipline; equivalent experience considered.
• 7-10+ years of railway or heavy civil construction experience, including track work delivery.
• Strong knowledge of railway track construction methods, sequencing, tolerances, testing, commissioning, and rail access constraints.
• Experience with project planning, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, procurement, subcontract management, risk management, and change management.

Responsibilities

• Lead safe, on-time, on-budget delivery of railway track construction projects from planning through commissioning and close-out.
• Develop execution strategies, construction plans, staging plans, schedules, resource forecasts, and recovery plans.
• Manage multidisciplinary teams, subcontractors, suppliers, and field crews in live rail environments.
• Oversee track construction activities including ballast placement, rail and tie installation, turnouts, crossings, welding, rail stressing, tamping, surfacing, and track geometry verification.
• Review designs, drawings, specifications, and construction methodologies for constructability and sequencing.
• Coordinate interfaces with civil, utilities, structures, signalling, communications, traction power, operations, and other stakeholders.
• Plan and manage rail access requirements, possessions, closures, permits, work zones, isolations, and hand-back conditions.
• Lead readiness reviews and critical-shift planning for resources, materials, equipment, and safety controls.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, productivity, cash flow, subcontractor performance, and change control processes.
• Support procurement and mobilization of track materials, equipment, and testing resources.
• Champion safety, quality, environmental compliance, risk management, and incident investigations.
• Build relationships with clients, railway operators, designers, subcontractors, and internal teams.
• Lead project meetings, provide progress reporting, manage risks, and drive issue resolution.
• Oversee testing, commissioning, turnover, and final acceptance; mentor team members.

Skills

Railway construction

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Scheduling

Risk management

Budgets & cost control

Education

Civil Engineering degree or diploma

Professional Engineering (P.Eng.) designation considered an asset

Tools

Microsoft 365

Project scheduling software

Document control systems

Job description

ONxpress Civils, the Design & Construction arm of the GO Transit modernization, seeks a senior Project Manager, Track Works to lead complex railway track projects. You will integrate plans, safety, and stakeholder commitments, delivering safe, on-time results across live rail environments with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities include development of execution plans, managing budgets and interfaces with civil, utilities, and operations, plus mentoring coordinators and engineers.