Conventional Signaling Delivery Director – Track Team

THE WORK:

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.

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(Internal Title: Engineering V)

• Lead delivery of conventional signalling works within the Track team across corridors
• Manage interfaces between signalling, track, construction, and wider systems
• Oversee planning, delivery, and commissioning strategy to meet programme milestones
• Provide senior oversight of safety, quality, risk, and performance
• Act as key interface with client and delivery stakeholders
• Provide dedicated senior leadership for conventional signalling delivery within an
• increasingly complex Track programme
• Strengthen integration between signalling, track, and construction activities
• Manage delivery risk and ensure alignment with programme schedule and commissioning requirements
• Support effective stakeholder engagement with client at a senior level

Working Conditions

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

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Experience:

• Minimum of 15+ years of experience in progressive engineering infrastructure experience, preferably including at least 5 years in senior leadership of systems assurance for complex rail, transit or major brownfield capital programmes.
• Strong knowledge of Systems Assurance, RAMS, safety certification, IV&V, Testing & Commissioning and systems engineering lifecycle processes.
• Knowledge of CENELEC EN 50126, EN 50128 and EN 50129, or equivalent IEEE/ISO 15288 systems engineering frameworks.
• Knowledge of relevant Ontario legislation and Metrolinx safety governance requirements.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, technical communication, negotiation and risk-management capability

Education:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline

Licenses OR Certifications:

• Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in good standing with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).

Skills and Competencies:

• Expert grasp of prevailing engineering means and methods in the area of specialty
• Sound understanding of applicable engineering-related software
• Effectively leads multi-resource engineering teams
• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment by ensuring effective teamwork, promotion of innovation, and overall excellence
• Tact to perceive and ameliorate conflict and tension
• Demonstrated capability to supervise, delegate, and develop capacity
• 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 project teams by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones
• Competent in understanding interdependencies between technology, operations, and business needs
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office
• Must maintain professional development to keep abreast of emerging technologies, methods, and best practices
• Ability to arrange priorities and escalate competing risks to meet deadlines with minimum input from leadership
• Keen eye for detail and adept problem-solving abilities with a track record for meeting deadlines
• Must have demonstrated experience relaying and receiving information (written and verbal) in a demanding multidisciplinary project environment
• Expert ability to work collaboratively and independently on creative and analytical tasks 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

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 recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a new position.

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 $145,000 to $218,000

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.