Utilities Engineer – Interface Management (Senior)

SYSTRA Canada Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

SYSTRA Canada Inc. is seeking an experienced Utilities Engineer – Coordination and Interface Management to lead cross‑functional coordination between the HSR project and existing utilities.

You will manage SUE data, GIS/CAD models, and multi‑party interfaces to define conflict resolution strategies. The role emphasizes collaboration with utility owners, municipalities, and internal design teams to ensure feasible, compliant solutions while maintaining schedule and project constraints.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience coordinating utilities on large-scale linear projects.
• Proven ability to work with utility owners, municipalities, and third parties.
• Experience with SUE and understanding quality levels QL-D to QL-A.
• Experience with GIS/CAD data integration and legacy records.
• Strong leadership in design coordination and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead coordination with utility owners, municipalities, and third parties
• Capture, validate and track stakeholder requirements and constraints
• Oversee collection, validation, and integration of utility data (SUE QL-D to QL-A, GIS, legacy records)
• Identify, assess, and manage utility constraints and conflicts
• Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and traceability of utility data
• Lead the definition of conflict resolution strategies in collaboration with stakeholders
• Coordinate with internal design teams for conflict resolution
• Review and validate third-party designs against agreed solutions
• Monitor progress of design and implementation by utility owners/municipalities
• Ensure integration of existing and proposed utilities into project models (CAD/3D)
• Contribute to risk management and mitigation plans
• Maintain coordination records and interface tracking tools
• Support interface management processes and overall project coordination

Skills

Utilities coordination

Stakeholder management

SUE knowledge

Interface management

Data analysis

Tools

GIS

CAD

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 coordinating with stakeholders to define conflict resolution strategies and ensuring that third-party designs are developed, reviewed, and implemented in accordance 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.

Missions/Main Duties

Key Responsibilities

• Lead coordination with utility owners, municipalities, and third parties
• Capture, validate and track stakeholder requirements and constraints
• Oversee collection, validation, and integration of utility data (SUE QL-D to QL-A, GIS, legacy records)
• Identify, assess, and manage utility constraints and conflicts
• Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and traceability of utility data
• Lead the definition of conflict resolution strategies (relocation, protection, accommodation) in collaboration with stakeholders
• Coordinate with internal design teams (structural, track, etc) for conflict resolution
• Challenge and validate proposed solutions from third parties
• Ensure selected solutions are technically sound, feasible, and aligned with project constraints
• Review and validate third-party designs against agreed solutions
• Monitor the progress of design and implementation by utility owners / municipalities
• Ensure compliance with schedule, scope, and agreed technical approaches
• Ensure integration of both existing and proposed utilities into project models (CAD/3D)
• Contribute to risk management and mitigation plans
• Maintain coordination records, decisions logs, and interface tracking tools
• Support interface management processes and contribute to overall project coordination

Profile/Skills

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in utilities coordination, infrastructure projects, or interface management within large-scale linear projects (rail, highways, pipelines)
• Proven experience working with utility owners, municipalities, and third parties in complex, multi-stakeholder environments
• Experience with Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE), including understanding of quality levels (QL-D to QL-A) and associated data limitations
• Familiarity with utility relocation, protection, and accommodation strategies
• Experience with utility data integration and management (GIS, CAD, legacy records)
• Experience working in design coordination and validation environments where third-party deliverables must be reviewed and monitored
• High-Speed Rail (HSR) or major infrastructure experience is considered a strong asset

Skills And Competencies

• Strong ability to lead and facilitate technical coordination meetings and workshops with multiple stakeholders
• Ability to analyze both existing conditions and proposed solutions, and provide sound engineering judgment
• Strong analytical thinking, rigor, and attention to detail, particularly in contexts with incomplete or uncertain data
• Ability to challenge, validate, and drive consensus on technical solutions with external stakeholders
• Experience in risk identification, mitigation, and follow-up, particularly related to utilities and third-party interfaces
• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to manage complex data, multiple interfaces, and competing priorities
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to represent engineering interests effectively with senior leadership, clients, and external partners
• Proactive mindset with strong ownership of issues and solutions
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary and multicultural environments
• Has a strong fluency in either English or French and willingness to learn the other.

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