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 theguideway and trackform structural systems, including ballasted track, slab track, special trackwork, transitions, and related elements.
- Defineguideway loading design criteria, technical requirements, and structural design details.
- Coordinate closely with multidisciplinary teams, includinggeotechnical, structural, drainage, utilities, roadway, lighting, OCS, grounding and bonding, wayside equipment, alignment, noise and vibration, and cable containmentdesigners.
- Review and validatedrawings, specifications, and design calculationsto ensure technical accuracy, completeness, and compliance with project requirements.
- Supportconstructability 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 - Bachelors degree inCivil EngineeringorStructural Engineering.
- 10 years of experiencein guideway and trackform structural design forrail 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.
Workplace TypeHybrid
