Director of Engineering

Director – Engineering Services (Signaling & Train Control)

Engineering | Full-time

Toronto

About the role:

• Lead signalling and train control engineering across the client’s capital expansion portfolio, covering conventional signalling, European Train Control System (ETCS), Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) and wayside systems.
• Act as senior technical authority, translating operational requirements into delivery requirements and guiding ETCS rollout, legacy-system migration and interoperability with dual-equipped fleets and mixed-traffic operations.
• Oversee design integrity, safety-critical circuits, logic and onboard interfaces through design, installation, testing, commissioning and operational acceptance.
• Manage interfaces across track, traction power/OCS, civil infrastructure, rolling stock, maintenance facilities and external railway operators.
• Ensure compliance with client standards, AREMA, CROR, CENELEC and Transport Canada requirements; oversee hazards, technical risks, variances and regulatory clearances.
• Lead and develop the engineering team and oversee consultants, delivery partners and specialist suppliers.

Experience:

• 10+ years’ railway signalling and train control engineering experience, including at least 5 years in senior leadership or director-level roles delivering complex brownfield/greenfield signalling, CBTC or safety-critical train control programmes.
• Proven ETCS design, testing and deployment expertise, plus knowledge of North American legacy track-circuit and block-signalling systems.
• Strong understanding of shared-corridor and mixed-traffic operations, including freight and intercity passenger interoperability.
• Expertise in CENELEC EN 50126/50128/50129, IEEE 1474, AREMA, Canadian Rail Operating Rules (CROR), systems engineering lifecycles and Transport Canada requirements.

Skills and Competencies:

• Strong multidisciplinary team leadership, delegation, mentoring, stakeholder management and conflict resolution; able to explain complex technical issues to senior and non-technical audiences.
• Analytical problem-solving, attention to detail and proactive risk management; able to prioritise competing demands, escalate risks and meet deadlines independently and collaboratively.
• Expert engineering methods, relevant engineering software and advanced Microsoft Office skills, with a commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Ability to align technical solutions with client goals, operational and business needs, and industry best practice.

Education:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or an equivalent technical engineering discipline.

Licenses OR Certifications:

• Active Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) status in good standing with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) is preferred, together with a comprehensive understanding of the Ontario Professional Engineers Act.