Track Alignment (Design) Lead

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

We are looking for a Track Alignment Lead to lead the team of Track Designers and deliver design on the Hamilton LRT Project.

Missions/Main Duties

• Lead the development and coordination of LRT/tram track alignments from concept through detailed design.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, stakeholders, and construction partners to ensure alignment integration and constructability.
• Review track geometry, design criteria, standards, and technical deliverables.
• Balance operational speed, safety, maintainability, and multidisciplinary design constraints to develop practical track alignment solutions at intersections, structures, and elevated guideways.
• Lead, supervise, and provide technical guidance to engineers, designers, and technicians.
• Support project planning, risk management, and client communications.
• Lead the design of the guideway and trackform structural systems, including ballasted track, slab track, special trackwork, transitions, and related elements.
• Define guideway loading design criteria, technical requirements, and structural design details.
• Coordinate closely with multidisciplinary teams, including geotechnical, structural, drainage, utilities, roadway, lighting, OCS, grounding and bonding, wayside equipment, alignment, noise and vibration, and cable containment designers.
• Review and validate drawings, specifications, and design calculations to ensure technical accuracy, completeness, and compliance with project requirements.
• Support constructability assessments, installation staging, and resolution of field issues during construction and installation.
• Provide technical input to ensure successful integration of guideway and trackform design with adjacent civil, structural, and systems interfaces.

Profile/Skills

Education/Experience - Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering.

• 10 years of experience in guideway and trackform structural design for rail or LRT projects.
• Communicate effectively in both English and French, including coordination with French-speaking technicians.
• Experience with Autodesk Civil 3D for track alignment design, modelling, and drawing production.
• Located within the project time zone to support day-to-day coordination, meetings, and collaboration with project teams and stakeholders.
• P.Eng. designation preferred; consideration will be given to candidates working toward professional registration.
• Reference Salary Range for the role is between $160,000 - $185,000, dependent on the experience.

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 infocanada@systra.com.