Accenture Construct - Senior Project Manager - Conventional Signalling - Track Team, COM

Job Title

Accenture Construct - Senior Project Manager - Conventional Signalling - Track Team, COM

Location

Toronto, ON CA (Primary)

Category

Project Management

Job Type

Full-time

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.

Visit us here to learn more about Accenture Construct | Capital Projects Business

• (Internal Title: Project Management IV)
  • The Senior Project Manager - Conventional Signalling, will provide project management leadership for the delivery of the conventional signalling programme within the Track team.
  • The role will support the planning, development and implementation of signalling projects across multiple corridors and work packages, ensuring alignment with programme objectives, delivery milestones and operational requirements.
• Key responsibilities include:
  • Leading the planning and delivery of conventional signalling projects from development through commissioning.
  • Managing project scope, schedule, budget, risks and interfaces.
  • Coordinating stakeholders across clients, consultants and contractors.
  • Supporting the development of delivery, staging and commissioning strategies.
  • Managing consultants, contractors and technical specialists.
  • Monitoring programme performance and implementing mitigation actions where required.
  • Supporting governance, reporting and senior management decision-making.
  • Ensuring signalling works are delivered safely and in accordance with programme requirements and commissioning milestones
• Working Conditions
  • Office-based (5 Days a week in Office)

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• Experience:
  • Minimum 10 years' experience managing major rail, transit or infrastructure projects.
  • Experience delivering complex railway systems or rail infrastructure projects through planning, design, construction and commissioning phases.
  • Strong understanding of project management principles, including scope, schedule, cost, risk and stakeholder management.
  • Experience managing consultants, contractors and multidisciplinary teams.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience working within large transportation programmes is preferred.

• Education:
  • Degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management or related discipline.
• Licenses OR Certifications:
  • PMP designation and/or Professional Engineer designation considered an asset
• 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.