Tramcite - Interface Manager

Siemens; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work hours

Telecommuting

Profit sharing

Vacation buy/sell

Disability accommodations

Job summary

Siemens Mobility Canada seeks an Interface Manager to lead core interfaces on the Connexion Capitale project in Québec. You will implement interface contracts across Civil, Rolling Stock and other stakeholders.

You will coordinate with design, construction, maintenance, suppliers, authorities and operators to ensure system compatibility, traceability, and timely delivery. Fluency in French and English is required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in project and engineering teams.
• Relevant experience in complex rail projects with system integration and interfaces.
• International experience and strong interpersonal abilities.
• Fluent in French and English.

Responsibilities

• Oversees maintenance and updating of the interface register and tracking of all Interface Sheets.
• Leads interface coordination meetings and manages interactions with project stakeholders.
• Collaborates with design, construction, maintenance, suppliers, project owners, authorities and operators to ensure compatibility and compliance across interfaces.
• Establishes interface monitoring and communication tools to promote transparency and information sharing.
• Supports project schedule management by identifying interface-related impacts and reflecting them in timelines.

Skills

10+ years exp

Rail project experience

System integration

Interpersonal skills

Bilingual FR/EN

Job description

We are looking for dedicated and talented people who tackle ever-changing challenges, customer needs, and questions from colleagues with clever concepts and creativity. We embrace change and work with curious minds re-inventing the future of work. Join us and let us focus together on what's truly important: making lives better with new ideas and the latest technology around the world.

Why you'll love working for Siemens!

• Freedom and a healthy work- life balance- Embrace our flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.
• Solve the world's most significant problems - Be part of exciting and innovative projects.
• Engaging, challenging, and fast evolving, cutting edge technological environment.
• Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.
• Profit sharing available.
• Rewarding vacation entitlement with the opportunity to buy and sell your vacation depending on your lifestyle.
• Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology and sustaining communities and make a positive impact on the community.
• Participate in our celebrations, social events and offsite business events.
• Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get paid for them!
• Employee perks and discounts.
• Diversity and inclusivity focused.

Siemens is proud to be an eight-time award winner of Canada's Top 100 Employers, Canada's Greenest Employers 2022, Canada's Top Employers for Young People 2022 and Greater Toronto's Top Employers 2022.

The Project

The TramCité Project - Systems Contract, awarded to the Connexion Capitale General Partnership (Siemens Mobility and AtkinsRealis), is one of the largest public transportation projects in Québec and brings together experts responsible for delivering complex and innovative systems.

The project includes the design, integration, and commissioning of essential systems required for the operation of the future tramway, incorporating state-of-the-art technologies in rail systems, signaling, power supply and traction electrification, telecommunications, operations control, and passenger information.

By joining the Connexion Capitale project team, you will contribute to a transformative, sustainable, and high-profile project in a collaborative, stimulating work environment focused on technical excellence.

Position Overview

The Interface Manager will play an essential role in the Project, as he/she will lead internal, external, and exterior interfaces, according to the interface management plan. The interface process aims to identify, specify, coordinate, resolve, and close all interfaces. This plan is aligned with the contractual and technical requirements. He/she is responsible for implementing the provisions of the interface contracts with Civil, Rolling Stock and other stakeholders.

What you will do?

• Oversees the continuous maintenance and updating of the project interface register and ensures rigorous tracking and management of all associated Interface Sheets (FDIs).
• Leads interface coordination meetings and manages interactions with assigned project stakeholders to facilitate effective communication, issue resolution, and interface alignment.
• Collaborates with design, construction, maintenance, suppliers, project owners, authorities, and operators to ensure compatibility of technical solutions and compliance across multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Establishes and maintains interface monitoring and communication tools to promote transparency, support information sharing, and facilitate effective stakeholder engagement.
• Supports project schedule management by identifying interface-related impacts and ensuring interface activities are reflected in project timelines and reporting.
• Ensures all technical interface decisions are properly documented, traceable, and integrated within the project management system.
• Manages configuration control activities related to interfaces, ensuring changes and anomalies are identified, tracked, communicated, and accurately reflected within interface documentation.
• Initiates and coordinates evolution reviews when system, design, or configuration changes are identified, following actions through to implementation and closure.
• Prepares and contributes to monthly interface management reports, providing updates on interface status, key issues, risks, and mitigation activities within assigned areas of responsibility.
• Identifies interface and integration risks, assesses potential impacts, and recommends mitigation measures to prevent technical conflicts, project delays, and integration challenges.
• Supports successful project delivery by ensuring effective interface management, controlling technical complexity, and fostering collaboration across all project stakeholders.

What will you need to succeed?

• 10+ years of experience in project and engineering team
• Relevant experience in complex rail projects with system integration and interfaces
• International experience and strong interpersonal abilities
• Fluent in French and English

Why you'll love working for Siemens!

• Freedom and a healthy work- life balance- Embrace our flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.
• Solve the world's most significant problems - Be part of exciting and innovative projects.
• Engaging, challenging, and fast evolving, cutting edge technological environment.
• Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.
• Profit sharing available.
• Rewarding vacation entitlement with the opportunity to buy and sell your vacation depending on your lifestyle.
• Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology and sustaining communities and make a positive impact on the community.
• Participate in our celebrations, social events and offsite business events.
• Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get paid for them!
• Employee perks and discounts.
• Diversity and inclusivity focused.

The successful candidate for this position must be fluent in French and English (oral and written) to perform the duties and responsibilities of the role.

• The role requires interaction with French and/or English speaking customers and suppliers across Canada and/or abroad.
• The role requires regular interaction with Siemens colleagues based in Quebec, Ontario, nationally and internationally.

About us.

We share our ideas and champion the people behind them.

Siemens Mobility is a separately managed company of Siemens AG. As a leader in transport solutions for more than 175 years, Siemens Mobility is constantly innovating its portfolio. Its core areas include rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, a comprehensive software portfolio, turnkey systems as well as related services. With digital products and solutions, Siemens Mobility is enabling mobility operators worldwide to make infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience and guarantee availability. In fiscal year 2022, which ended on September 30, 2022, Siemens Mobility posted revenue of €9.7 billion and had around 38,200 employees worldwide. Further information is available at: www.siemens.com/mobility.

In Canada, Siemens Mobility has been providing solutions to the transportation industry for more than 40 years, including railway infrastructure maintenance services on the rail networks in Quebec and Ontario, light rail vehicles in Edmonton and Calgary, trainsets delivered to VIA Rail Canada, new trainsets for Ontario Northland that will bring back Northeastern passenger rail to Ontario that are expected to be delivered in 2026, an order for locomotives for Montreal's exo and the rail electrification and overall system maintenance of the light rail transit network in Kitchener-Waterloo. Our footprint also includes dispatching services operated from Dorval, Québec, to more than 25 railways across Canada covering over 3,400 miles of track.

Today, Siemens Mobility provides customers with full-service capabilities for the entire life cycle of their projects to help evolve our growing cities while supporting Canada's sustainability goals.

Siemens is committed to creating a diverseenvironment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Upon request,Siemens Canada will provide reasonable accommodation for disabilities tosupport participation of candidates in all aspects of the recruitment process.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

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