Utilities Engineer – Interface Management (Intermediate)

SYSTRA Canada; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA Canada, a leading engineering and transportation consultancy, seeks an experienced Utilities Engineer – Coordination and Interface Management. You will identify, coordinate, and resolve interfaces between the High-Speed Rail project and existing utility assets, data, and stakeholders, ensuring alignment with schedule and requirements.

You will manage SUE data, GIS, and CAD models, supporting conflict resolution strategies and collaboration with internal design teams to minimize risks and

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of utilities coordination, infrastructure projects, or interface management.
• Experience working with utility owners, municipalities, and third parties.
• Experience working on transit and rail infrastructure projects.
• Working knowledge of Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) (QL-D to QL-A).
• Understanding of utility relocation, protection, and accommodation strategies.
• Experience with utility data integration (GIS, CAD, legacy records).
• Experience supporting design coordination or reviewing third-party deliverables.
• Experience in large infrastructure or linear projects is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with utility owners, municipalities, and third parties on a day-to-day basis.
• Capture, validate, and track stakeholder requirements and constraints.
• Support the collection, validation, and integration of utility data (SUE QL-D to QL-A, GIS, legacy records).
• Identify utility conflicts and support their assessment.
• Contribute to ensuring the accuracy and completeness of utility data.
• Participate in the development of conflict resolution strategies (relocation, protection, accommodation).
• Coordinate with internal design teams (structural, track, etc) for conflict resolution.
• Review third-party proposals and identify inconsistencies or risks.
• Support validation of proposed solutions against project requirements.
• Track progress of third-party design and provide visibility on status and issues.
• Ensure utility data and solutions are properly integrated into project models (CAD/3D environments).
• Support risk identification and mitigation efforts.
• Maintain coordination records, decision logs, and interface tracking tools.
• Support interface management processes and overall coordination activities.

Skills

Stakeholder coordination

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Communication

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Team collaboration

Bilingual English/French

Tools

GIS

CAD

SUE (QL-D to QL-A)

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.

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Context

The Utilities Engineer – Coordination and Interface Management is responsible for the identification, coordination, and resolution of interfaces between the High-Speed Rail (HSR) project and existing utility infrastructure, utility owners, and municipalities.

The role includes managing utility-related data, including Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) information across all quality levels (Quality Levels (QL-D to QL-A)), Geographic Information System (GIS) data, legacy records, and Computer-Aided Design (CAD) models.

The position requires active participation in stakeholder coordination, supporting the definition of conflict resolution strategies and ensuring that third-party designs are aligned with agreed requirements, schedule, and project constraints.

It Covers Both

• The engineering of existing conditions (data collection, validation, and constraint identification);
• The engineering of proposed solutions, through coordination with stakeholders to define, challenge, agree upon, and validate utility conflict resolution strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate with utility owners, municipalities, and third parties on a day-to-day basis
• Capture, validate, and track stakeholder requirements and constraints
• Support the collection, validation, and integration of utility data (SUE QL-D to QL-A, GIS, legacy records)
• Identify utility conflicts and support their assessment
• Contribute to ensuring the accuracy and completeness of utility data
• Participate in the development of conflict resolution strategies (relocation, protection, accommodation)
• Coordinate with internal design teams (structural, track, etc) for conflict resolution
• Review third-party proposals and identify inconsistencies or risks
• Support validation of proposed solutions against project requirements
• Track progress of third-party design and provide visibility on status and issues
• Ensure utility data and solutions are properly integrated into project models (CAD/3D environments)
• Support risk identification and mitigation efforts
• Maintain coordination records, decision logs, and interface tracking tools
• Support interface management processes and overall coordination activities

Requirements

• 5–10 years of experience in utilities coordination, infrastructure projects, or interface management
• Experience working with utility owners, municipalities, and third parties
• Experience working on transit and rail infrastructure projects
• Working knowledge of Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) (QL-D to QL-A)
• Understanding of utility relocation, protection, and accommodation strategies
• Experience with utility data integration (GIS, CAD, legacy records)
• Experience supporting design coordination or reviewing third-party deliverables
• Experience in large infrastructure or linear projects is an asset

Skills And Competencies

• Ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders in a structured manner
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail, particularly when working with utility data
• Ability to assess both existing conditions and proposed solutions with guidance
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to identify inconsistencies and raise technical concerns
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks
• Team-oriented mindset and ability to work in multidisciplinary environments
• Has a strong fluency in either English or French and willingness to learn the other.

Salary Range for this role is approx $90,000 - $110,000

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.

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

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 [email protected].

Workplace Type: Hybrid