Senior Requirements Specialist

WSP Canada; Canada; On-site; CAD 105,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global professional services firm is seeking a Senior Requirements Specialist to join their Rail Systems Engineering team. In this role, you will manage requirements, conduct analysis, and collaborate with key stakeholders on major rail projects. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in Requirements Management and strong communication skills. This opportunity offers attractive pay, flexible work options, and the chance to contribute to transformative transportation projects.

Benefits

Flexible Work Options

Comprehensive Benefits

Career Growth Opportunities

Qualifications

• 7 - 10 years experience in Requirements Management and Engineering.
• Experience with rail and transit projects.
• Ability to think creatively and deliver high-quality work.

Responsibilities

• Conduct Requirements Analysis and manage the requirements baseline.
• Directly liaise with Design leads and Project managers.
• Maintain a good understanding of industry standards.

Skills

Requirements Management

Systems Engineering

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree in Engineering/Science

Tools

IBM DOORS NG

Job description

Overview

The Opportunity: Senior Requirements Specialist / Systems Engineer for our Rail Systems Engineering team. Supporting the planning and execution of systems requirements activities for a major urban rail project. Reporting to the System Engineering Manager/Lead, you will work collaboratively with a team of Chief Engineers and Specialists across rail & transit Project Managers, Systems Engineers, Signals Engineers, Analysts, and Coordinators.

As a member of the Rail & Transit team, you will be given opportunities to use your transferable skills to define processes, create execution plans, and be the technical lead for some projects.

You will be supported by management to deliver Systems engineering assignments and professional skills to become a strong leader in the consulting environment.

Why choose WSP?

• We value and are committed to upholding a culture of inclusion and belonging
• Our Flexible Work Policy - we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.
• A Canadian success story - we\'re proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.
• Enhance the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
• Outstanding career opportunities - we\'re growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday - we\'re open to your ideas and trying new things.
• A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it\'s like to be a part of our journey.

We offer attractive pay, flexible work options, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platform as well as great savings programs, and a clear vision for the future.

#WeAreWSP

What you can expect to do here:

• Conduct Requirements Analysis, Traceability, and appropriate allocation of requirements to responsible parties.
• Responsible for eliciting, deriving and decomposing requirements.
• Responsible for managing requirements repository in IBM DOORS NG, maintaining configuration control, and ensuring synchronization with external systems and design activities to support design compliance, traceability, and alignment across all project teams and design activities.
• Manage the requirements baseline, track changes, and conduct version control.
• Assess impact of proposed changes.
• Provide technical assistance to the Requirements management team and all other stakeholders.
• Report progress and issues to Systems Engineering Management.
• Directly liaise with Design leads, Project managers, System assurance and other Systems engineers as required to support inputs/outputs between processes.
• Maintain a very good understanding of the project\'s domain, industry standards, and best practices.

What you\'ll bring to WSP:

• Degree (or equivalent) in Engineering/Science (preferably Systems Engineering).
• 7 - 10 years\' progressive experience in Requirements Management and Engineering with significant experience in rail and transit projects.
• Demonstrable strength in a minimum of one of the following:
• IEC 15288: 2015
• Requirements Management
• Experience with DOORS Next is desirable.
• INCOSE ASEP or CSEP certification is desirable.
• Membership, or eligible for membership, for Professional Engineer (P.Eng.).
• Ability to think creatively, work independently and deliver high quality work with minimal supervision sometimes within short timelines.
• Possess good organizational, administrative, interpersonal, verbal communication, and writing skills.
• Ability to work in teams and generate a spirit of cooperation while coordinating diverse activities and groups; people management and negotiating skills within a team environment.
• Good interpersonal skills with proven ability to work effectively as part of a multi- disciplined team.
• Able to hold competent technical discussions with Client representatives.
• Able to interface with domain specialists, design managers and construction project managers, in a competent professional manner.
• Broad experience of delivery within major infrastructure projects.
• Knowledge of railway systems and / or operation within infrastructure projects / technology development and implementation projects.
• Available for occasional overtime work.

Compensation

Salary range (in British Columbia): $105,800 - $145,400

The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The salary range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.

WSP is one of the world\'s leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.

We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

At WSP:

• We value our people and our reputation
• We are locally dedicated with international scale
• We are future focused and challenge the status quo
• We foster collaboration in everything we do
• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable

Please Note:

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