Accenture Construct - Systems Engineering & Integration Specialist/Lead, COM

Job Title Accenture Construct - Systems Engineering & Integration Specialist/Lead, COM Location Toronto, ON CA (Primary) Category Construction Management, Design, Engineering, 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" - (Internal Title: Project Management IV) - Systems Integration: - Lead system-level integration across projects, corridors, disciplines and delivery partners. - Establish the integration strategy, integration architecture and integration planning approach. - Identify integration dependencies, constraints and cross-project impacts. - Coordinate integration of infrastructure, track, signalling/train control, electrification, communications, stations, rolling stock interfaces, operations and maintenance. - Maintain an end-to-end railway perspective rather than assessing projects solely within individual contractual boundaries. - Interface Management: - Establish and maintain the program/corridor interface-management framework. - Identify physical, functional, operational, organizational and project-to-project interfaces. - Define interface requirements and coordinate Interface Control Documents (ICDs). - Ensure interfaces are assigned to appropriate owners and progressed through design and integration. - Coordinate interfaces between Metrolinx projects and adjacent/external railway stakeholders. - Requirements Engineering: - Establish and maintain system-level requirements and their allocation to projects/subsystems. - Support development and review of System Requirements Specifications (SRS/SyRS). - Maintain requirements traceability from stakeholder/business needs through design, integration, verification and validation. - Identify requirements that fall between contractual packages and coordinate their allocation. - Support requirements verification and validation evidence. - Verification & Validation: - Coordinate cross-system verification where evidence spans several projects or contracts. - Establish integration acceptance criteria. - Ensuring integration evidence demonstrates that interfaces and integrated functions meet system requirements. - Support progressive demonstration that the railway is ready for operational use. - Contribute to RAMS and hazard management activities, including maintaining relevant registers, records, and supporting documentation - Design Integration & Technical Reviews: - Support multidisciplinary integrated design reviews. - Review designs for system-level consistency and interface completeness. - Identify integration gaps, clashes, assumptions and unresolved dependencies. - Coordinate technical resolution across engineering disciplines and projects. - Maintenance & Lifecycle Engineering: - Experience developing maintenance strategies for complex railway or transit systems. - Ability to convert Operations & Maintenance needs into measurable engineering - Understanding of the relationship between systems engineering, asset management, maintenance engineering, RAM, system safety, testing and commissioning, and operational readiness. Working Conditions - Office-based - With all our roles, there is some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building relationships with clients, peers, leaders and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work/life needs HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL NEED: - Minimum of 12 years of experience in Project Management. - Degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Railway Engineering or a related engineering/technical discipline. - Holding a recognized Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. - Significant experience delivering complex multidisciplinary rail/transit systems. - Demonstrated experience in systems engineering, systems integration and interface management. - Strong knowledge of requirements engineering, system architecture, RAMS, V&V and configuration/change management. - Experience integrating multiple delivery packages and contractors within an operating railway environment. BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE: - Familiarity with ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 systems lifecycle principles. - Railway RAMS / safety lifecycle knowledge consistent with EN 50126 principles. - Experience with requirements-management tools such as IBM DOORS/DOORS Next or equivalent is desirable. - Experience with major rail programs involving signalling, electrification, track, stations, communications and operations is highly desirable. - Advanced skills in Microsoft Office - Proficient in Project Management software - Strong understanding of prevailing Project Management methods - Extensive knowledge of tools and metrics needed to evaluate project performance - Advanced skills in Microsoft Office - Proficient in Project Management software - 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 - Must have demonstrated experience relaying and receiving information (written and verbal) - Expert ability to work collaboratively and independently 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 - Demonstrated capability to supervise, delegate, and develop capacity - Tact to perceive and ameliorate conflict and tension - Effectively leads multi-resource Project Management teams - Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment by ensuring effective teamwork, promotion of innovation, and overall excellence - 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 the project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones 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 brand 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 Ontario $150,000 to $200,000 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.