Context

This role will be associated with the Go Expansion Program in Toronto

Missions/Main Duties

Roles and responsibilities for Senior Project Manager - Conventional Rail Signaling :

 

- Lead the end-to-end delivery of conventional rail signaling projects, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives are achieved.- Manage multidisciplinary project teams across engineering, installation, testing, commissioning, and handover phases.- Coordinate design, procurement, construction, and integration of conventional signaling systems with internal teams and external suppliers.- Oversee testing and commissioning strategies, including FAT, SAT, site testing, possession planning, and entry-into-service activities for signaling assets.- Act as the primary project interface, maintaining strong stakeholder relationships and providing clear project reporting and governance.- Lead project planning, risk management, resource allocation, and change control to ensure successful project execution.- Ensure compliance with railway standards, safety regulations, contractual obligations, and quality requirements.- Support tendering, bid reviews, project start-up activities, and project change management by providing delivery, commercial, and technical input.- Drive issue resolution and decision-making across project interfaces, including civil, track, power, communications, construction management, and rail operations stakeholders.- Lead project reviews and continuous improvement initiatives, capturing lessons learned to enhance future signaling project delivery.

Profile/Skills

The successful candidate demonstrates strong technical judgment and the ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary project environment. The role requires excellent organizational skills, a strong sense of accountability and the ability to manage priorities across complex engineering interfaces.

The candidate should also demonstrate:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and synthesis capabilities.
• Ability to prepare clear, concise and well-structured technical documents.
• Ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and manage technical interfaces effectively.
• Capacity to work with limited supervision and to adapt to evolving project environments.
• Strong problem-solving skills and practical approach to technical issue resolution.
• Ability to support delivery activities in office and site environments.
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The role requires practical and theoretical knowledge in several of the following areas:

• Systems engineering processes and lifecycle management.
• Requirements management and traceability.
• Interface management and multidisciplinary coordination.
• Railway systems integration and operational concepts.
• Conventional signaling principles.
• Testing, commissioning and operational readiness.
• Configuration management, change control and document control.
• Safety, quality and compliance processes applicable to transport systems.
• Knowledge of applicable railway, transit and engineering standards.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Railway Engineering or a related engineering discipline is required.

Registration, or eligibility for registration, as a Professional Engineer in Ontario is strongly preferred.

Postgraduate studies in systems engineering, railway engineering, project management or a related field would be considered an asset.

 

EXPERIENCE: 10-15 years

 

SALARY: CAD 170,000 - 220,000 annually

Workplace TypeHybrid