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SYSTRA Canada

Conventional Signalling Director

  • Toronto, ON, Canada

Full-time

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10+ years' progressive engineering infrastructure experience, preferably including at least
Posting language
English
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Original 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.

Understand better who we are by visiting www.systracanada.com.

Context

The role is for Go Expansion Program and the role is associated with Delivery Partners for Metrolinx.

Missions/Main Duties

  • Lead delivery of conventional signalling works within the Track team across GO Expansion 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 Metrolinx 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 Metrolinx at a senior level
  • Significant experience in rail signalling delivery on major infrastructure programmes
  • Experience operating at senior leadership level (Programme Manager / Delivery Director or equivalent)
  • Strong understanding of delivery, staging, and commissioning within an operational railway
  • Proven ability managing multidisciplinary interfaces and stakeholders
  • Relevant engineering background or equivalent experience

Profile/Skills

  • Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in good standing with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
  • 10+ years' 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

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].

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Responsibilities

Lead delivery of conventional signalling works across GO Expansion corridors, coordinating interfaces with track, construction, and other systems while overseeing planning, commissioning, safety, quality, risk, and performance. Provide senior leadership and serve as a key interface with Metrolinx and delivery stakeholders to keep work aligned with programme milestones and operational railway requirements.

Requirements

Requires a P.Eng. in good standing with PEO, a bachelor's or master's degree in systems engineering, electrical engineering, or a related discipline, and at least 10 years of progressive infrastructure experience. Candidates should bring senior leadership experience in complex rail or transit programmes and strong knowledge of systems assurance, RAMS, safety certification, IV&V, testing and commissioning, relevant standards, and Ontario and Metrolinx safety requirements.

Skills

  • Conventional Rail Signalling
  • Programme Delivery
  • Systems Assurance
  • RAMS
  • Safety Certification
  • Testing And Commissioning
  • Systems Engineering
  • Risk Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Multidisciplinary Interface Management
  • Railway Staging
  • Safety Governance
  • Technical Communication
  • Negotiation
  • CENELEC Standards
  • Leadership

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Categories

  • Engineering
  • Management & Leadership
  • Transportation
  • Consulting
  • Construction

Keywords

  • Conventional Signalling
  • GO Expansion
  • Metrolinx
  • Rail Infrastructure
  • Track
  • Systems Assurance
  • RAMS
  • Safety Certification
  • Independent Verification And Validation
  • Testing And Commissioning
  • Systems Engineering Lifecycle
  • CENELEC EN 50126
  • CENELEC EN 50128
  • CENELEC EN 50129
  • IEEE
  • ISO 15288
  • Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)
  • Professional Engineers Ontario
  • Operational Railway
  • Programme Management
  • Delivery Leadership
  • Risk Management
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Safety Governance
  • Brownfield Capital Programmes
  • Rail Transit
  • Systems Integration

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