Salary Information: $100,318.40 - $125,434.40

Employment Type: Regular

New or Existing Vacancy: New

Weekly Hours: 35 Off Days: Saturday and Sunday Shift: Day (Hybrid)

Posted On: October 30, 2026

Last Day to Apply: November 13, 2026

Reports to: Senior Design Engineer, Traction Power

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), North America's third largest transit system and recognized as one of the top places to work in the GTA has introduced its new 2024-2028 TTC Corporate Plan - Moving Toronto, Connecting Communities which continues the TTC’s legacy of delivering service to hundreds of millions of customers a year. The TTC’s new vision and mission statements also help promote the many environmental, social equity and economic benefits that the TTC provides:

Vision: Moving Toronto towards a more equitable, sustainable, and prosperous future.

Mission: To serve the needs of transit riders by providing a safe, reliable, effective, and accessible mass public transit service through a seamless integrated network to create access to opportunity for everyone.

The full Plan can be viewed on ttc.ca.

We are currently seeking one Electrical and Traction Power Design Engineers, to join our Streetcar Overhead Engineering team

The Overhead Engineering team of TTC’s Streetcar Infrastructure Department leads and manages projects related to electrical power distribution across its streetcar network. The Design Engineer, Electrical and Traction Power is an exciting opportunity for a passionate electrical engineers who enjoy both design work and working closely with on-site and operational teams.

What You Will Do

As a Design Engineer, Electrical and Traction Power,



you will provide engineering design expertise to work associated with the TTC's electrical and traction power systems. In addition, you will play a crucial role in providing engineering support to our operational maintenance staff in the field, who keep the system running on a 24-hour basis.

Other responsibilities of your role will include:

- Planning, scheduling, and producing detailed designs, contract specifications and engineering drawings for electrical and traction power projects.
- Coordinating and guiding TTC staff and/or consultants, contractors, suppliers and manufacturers in related design work; checking and approving designs, resolving design issues and ensuring compliance with TTC standards and specifications.
- Preparing engineering calculations, designs and specifications for both planned and emergency work, and supporting testing and commissioning of new systems.
- Working closely with operational teams to investigate, evaluate, and test new, existing or proposed systems, components and/or construction methods; troubleshooting operational problems, malfunctions/faults; recommending alternate design, procedures, equipment, materials and related solutions.
- Participating in estimating, budgeting, and procurement processes as required.
- Performing feasibility studies,



surveys and assessments of existing systems and equipment; conducting quality assurance and ensuring conformance to design; reporting safety, reliability, quality and other issues.

Skills

- Apply the principles and practices of quality assurance
- Apply analytical skills
- Communicate in a variety of mediums
- Demonstrate specialized expertise and knowledge in the assigned field
- Use office technology, software and applications
- Plan and organize activities / projects to meet section and organizational goals

What Qualifications Do You Bring

- Registration with the Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) as a licensed Engineer.
- A university degree in a related discipline (i.e. Electrical Engineering), or a combination of education, training and experience deemed to be equivalent.
- Demonstrated experience leading projects, applying electrical engineering principles, methods and practices, and demonstrated knowledge of applicable codes and standards.
- Proven experience in the design of related electrical and/or traction power systems and associated equipment.
- Previous field experience, dealing with multiple internal and external stakeholders; Experience working within a unionized environment is an asset.
- Strong working knowledge of switch gear, emergency power supplies, lighting, power distribution systems and other associated systems/equipment maintained and rehabilitated by the Overhead Engineering section.
- Sound judgement, supported by well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and technical report writing skills, and a proven ability to coordinate and direc

📌 Design Engineer, Electrical and Traction Power (Toronto)
🏢 Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
📍 Toronto