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Context

The role is for Go Expansion Program and the role is associated with Delivery Partners for Metrolinx.

Missions/Main Duties

- Lead delivery of conventional signalling works within the Track team across GO Expansion corridors
- Manage interfaces between signalling, track, construction, and wider systems
- Oversee planning, delivery, and commissioning strategy to meet programme milestones
- Provide senior oversight of safety, quality, risk, and performance
- Act as key interface with Metrolinx and delivery stakeholders
- Provide dedicated senior leadership for conventional signalling delivery within an increasingly complex Track programme
- Strengthen integration between signalling, track, and construction activities
- Manage delivery risk and ensure alignment with programme schedule and commissioning requirements
- Support effective stakeholder engagement with Metrolinx at a senior level
- Significant experience in rail signalling delivery on major infrastructure programmes
- Experience operating at senior leadership level (Programme Manager / Delivery Director or equivalent)
- Strong understanding of delivery, staging, and commissioning within an operational railway




- Proven ability managing multidisciplinary interfaces and stakeholders
- Relevant engineering background or equivalent experience

Profile/Skills

- Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in good standing with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- 10+ years' progressive engineering infrastructure experience, preferably including at least
- 5 years in senior leadership of systems assurance for complex rail, transit or major brownfield capital programmes.
- Strong knowledge of Systems Assurance, RAMS, safety certification, IV&V;, Testing & Commissioning and systems engineering lifecycle processes.
- Knowledge of CENELEC EN 50126, EN 50128 and EN 50129, or equivalent IEEE/ISO 15288 systems engineering frameworks.
- Knowledge of relevant Ontario legislation and Metrolinx safety governance requirements.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, technical communication, negotiation and risk-management capability

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.

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Workplace Type

In office

📌 Conventional Signalling Director (Toronto)
🏢 SYSTRA
📍 Toronto