Signaling Project Manager

Accenture Construct; Toronto; On-site; CAD 141,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leadership development

Technical upskilling

Certification support

Job summary

Accenture Construct is seeking an experienced Rail Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of major signaling projects in a complex, multi-bundle rail environment. You will coordinate schedules, risks, interfaces, and governance across internal teams, clients, and Tier 1 suppliers.

The role demands strong stakeholder management, PMP certification, and a Bachelor’s degree, with a base pay range illustrated for Toronto and a focus on program-level outcomes and on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years rail infrastructure project management.
• Strong background in signalling and/or train control programs.
• Proven experience on large, multi bundle, gated rail projects.
• Comfortable managing complex stakeholder and contractor interfaces.
• Experience in ETCS / CBTC / re signalling programs.
• Worked with Tier 1 supplier interface.

Responsibilities

• Manager to support delivery of the ETCS corridor re signalling program, focused on Stage Gate progression, schedule, risk, interfaces, and readiness for NTP and construction.
• Manage schedule, assumptions, risks, and access constraints (white periods, closures).
• Coordinate interfaces with Alstom, GTCS, Onboard, RHPL, NOC/BRC.
• Track IVA actions, Stage Gate success criteria, and governance deliverables.
• Manage and implement the assigned projects from inception through to completion.
• Develop project plans and delegate deliverables to stakeholders, including clients.
• Determine and manage the human and material resources required to complete projects.
• Formulate a resource allocation strategy and distribute work and budgets.
• Exercise authority in managing the work and delivery per project plans.
• Review adherence to scope, schedule, and budget.
• Identify risks and mitigation strategies and contingency plans.
• Monitor and report on performance against requirements, milestones, budgets, and KPIs.
• Establish and deliver progress reports, proposals, and presentations to audiences.
• Oversee quality control and manage internal quality checks.
• Define success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties.
• Complete tasks assigned by Project Management V or higher.

Skills

Rail PM

ETCS

PMP

Stakeholder mgmt

Risk mgmt

Schedule mgmt

Resource planning

Leadership

MS Office

PM software

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Project Management software

Job description

You've Never Been Satisfied with “Good Enough.”

You didn't get into this to manage one piece of a project. You got into it to change how the world gets built.

At Accenture Construct, that's the job. You'll help deliver the data centers, power grids, rail networks, factories and public infrastructure that keep communities moving — smarter, safer and more sustainably.

You'll work alongside people who think big and act bold: project managers, engineers, technologists and strategists who pair real-world delivery with AI. And you won't be handed a slice of it. We take on whole programs, from early strategy through construction and handover, and we stand behind how they land.

Because “good enough” builds the past. You're here to build what's next.

Visit us here to learn more about Accenture Construct | Capital Projects Business

(Internal Title: Project Management IV)

• Manager to support delivery of the ETCS corridor re signalling program, focused on Stage Gate progression, schedule, risk, interfaces, and readiness for NTP and construction. The role is delivery oriented and non design.
• Manage schedule, assumptions, risks, and access constraints (white periods, closures)
• Coordinate interfaces with Alstom, GTCS, Onboard, RHPL, NOC/BRC
• Track IVA actions, Stage Gate success criteria, and governance deliverables
• Manage and implement the assigned projects from inception through to completion
• Develop new project or program plans and expectations in consultation with and delegating deliverables to stakeholders, including clients
• Determine and manage the human and material resources required to complete assigned projects successfully
• Formulate a resource allocation strategy and utilize this to distribute work and budgets
• Exercise authority in managing the work and control the delivery of the projects per project plans
• Review and ensure adherence to the overall scope, schedule, and budget
• Identify risks and entrench mitigation strategies and contingency plans
• Monitor and report on performance against project requirements, schedule, milestones, budgets, quality measures, and KPIs, and address issues with corrective actions as appropriate to ensure excellence and adherence to specified deadlines
• Evaluate the project's effectiveness by consulting with clients and other stakeholders
• Establish and deliver progress reports, proposals, and presentations to various audiences, including the project team, client executives, key stakeholders, and Operations
• Oversee ongoing quality control, participate in quality issue resolution, and manage internal quality control checks for the project
• Define success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout the project and program life cycle
• Complete any tasks assigned by Project Management V or higher in an efficient and timely manner

Working Conditions

• Office-based (5 Days a week in Office)

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Experience:

• Minimum of 12 years rail infrastructure project management
• Strong background in signalling and/or train control programs
• Proven experience on large, multi bundle, gated rail projects
• Comfortable managing complex stakeholder and contractor interfaces
• Experience in ETCS / CBTC / re signalling programs
• Worked with Tier 1 supplier interface

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Licenses OR Certifications:

• Holding a recognized Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Skills and Competencies:

• Strong understanding of prevailing Project Management methods
• Extensive knowledge of tools and metrics needed to evaluate project performance
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office
• Proficient in Project Management software
• Must maintain professional development to keep abreast of emerging technologies, methods, and best practices
• Ability to arrange priorities and elevate competing risks to meet deadlines with minimum input from leadership
• Keen eye for detail and adept problem-solving abilities
• Must have demonstrated experience relaying and receiving information (written and verbal)
• Expert ability to work collaboratively and independently in a structured, disciplined, technology-driven environment
• Proven capacity to anticipate, identify, and minimize risks
• Expert ability to detect, capitalize, and be sensitive to others' strengths
• Demonstrated capability to supervise, delegate, and develop capacity
• Tact to perceive and ameliorate conflict and tension
• Effectively leads multi-resource Project Management teams
• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment by ensuring effective teamwork, promotion of innovation, and overall excellence
• Demonstrated functional acumen to support how solutions will address client goals while maintaining alignment with industry best practices
• Proven success in providing on-site leadership for the project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role. It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.

Role Location Annual Salary Range

Toronto $141,000 to $211,000

What's in it for you

• The biggest builds going. Hyperscale data centers, grid and generation, transit and rail, chip fabs, mines, water. If it’s complex and it matters, it’s on our list.
• You own the outcome. Not a workstream. Not a deliverable. Whether the program lands.
• AI that shows up on site. Program control that predicts instead of records. You’ll use it, and you’ll help shape it.
• Scale without the distance. More than 5,000 practitioners across the Americas, EMEA and APAC, on a team small enough that people know your name.
• Serious investment in you. Leadership development, technical upskilling and certification support.
• Work that outlasts you. People will use what you build for forty years without knowing your name. That’s the point.
• Recognition that means something in this industry. Accenture Construct is ranked #6 globally in ENR’s 2026 Top 50 Program Management Firms and #4 in Building Design + Construction’s Top 80 Construction Management Firms for 2026.

About Accenture Construct

Accenture Construct is Accenture's global capital projects business.

The data centers behind AI. The grid behind the energy transition. The rail, water and airports everything else runs on.

We plan them, engineer them, deliver them and hand them over — and unlike most of this market, we’re on the hook for whether they land on time. More than 5,000 practitioners across the Americas, EMEA and APAC. One team that owns the whole thing.