Director - Engineering

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities, and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

You'll Be Responsible For:

• Provide strategic leadership and technical oversight for rail engineering across the capital program, including engineering governance, technical integration, design assurance and discipline support.

• Translate high-level Systems Engineering requirements into practical rail delivery requirements and provide technical leadership and problem-solving support to project delivery teams throughout design and construction.

• Lead the review and validation of permanent way, rail structures, special railway infrastructure and alignment designs, ensuring compliance with relevant organizational standards, AREMA guidelines, Transport Canada requirements and applicable regulations.

• Lead the management and resolution of interfaces between rail infrastructure and other railway disciplines, including signalling/CBTC, traction power/OCS, civil structures and stations, ensuring rail infrastructure forms part of a safe and fully integrated railway system.

• Provide senior oversight of rail-related technical risks, engineering variances, technical reviews and contractor and consultant submissions.

• Lead, mentor and develop the Engineering team and drive technical compliance and accountability across external engineering consultants and delivery partners.

• This is a key engineering leadership role within a Systems Engineering & Integration organization and has been created as part of a recent organizational transformation. The role is required to provide strategic technical oversight, engineering governance, asset lifecycle management and interface design for rail infrastructure across the capital program.

• The position will ensure rail infrastructure and technical modifications are safely designed, compliant with applicable standards and effectively integrated with signalling, traction power, civil, structural and other railway systems.

• This oversight is critical to managing technical and interface risk, supporting project delivery teams, safeguarding capital investment and ensuring new rail infrastructure can be safely and reliably integrated into operation.

You’ll Need To Have:

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

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related technical discipline, with a strong focus on rail infrastructure.

• 10+ years of progressive railway engineering infrastructure experience, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership capacity focused on track design, permanent way construction and multidisciplinary integration on large-scale capital transit programs.

• Strong technical knowledge of track engineering, AREMA standards, Transport Canada regulatory requirements and systems engineering lifecycle principles.

• Knowledge of relevant Ontario legislation, including the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Ontario Professional Engineers Act.

• Demonstrated senior leadership, stakeholder management and technical communication capability, with experience resolving complex multidisciplinary railway interfaces, managing technical risks and influencing project teams, contractors and engineering consultants.

Our values

Safety first - Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.
 

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organization.

We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable with-in the role.