AECOM Mississauga is hiring a VP Stations & Rail Systems Delivery.
The VP Stations & Rail Systems Delivery is accountable for delivering stations and rail systems for a major transit infrastructure program under a Target Price Agreement and Progressive Design-Build model. The role provides executive leadership from delivery through revenue service ensuring work meets safety schedule funding quality operational readiness and stakeholder requirements.
Working in a collaborative owner-partner environment the Vice President leads integrated teams of design-build partners consultants contractors operations representatives and public-sector stakeholders. The role oversees project agreement performance commercial and schedule outcomes risk and readiness for service.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Executive Delivery Leadership
- Lead delivery of stations and rail systems from notice to proceed through completion and revenue service.
- Build a delivery culture focused on safety accountability collaboration and execution.
- Align delivery with approved funding operational needs and program objectives.
- Make delivery decisions within delegated authority and lead resolution of complex issues.
Progressive Design-Build Management
- Lead owner-side management of the Progressive Design-Build delivery phase.
- Maintain effective governance with the development and delivery partners.
- Administer target price commitments commercial mechanisms risk-sharing arrangements and performance requirements.
- Resolve issues collaboratively while protecting the Owners interests and value-for-money objectives.
- Oversee dispute avoidance and resolution.
Stations and Rail Systems Delivery
- Oversee station works including civil structural architectural mechanical electrical vertical transportation accessibility and customer experience elements.
- Lead delivery of rail systems including signalling communications traction power SCADA digital infrastructure fare interfaces and station systems.
- Address property utility municipal construction and operating corridor interfaces.
- Ensure technical operational safety accessibility and customer requirements are met.
Systems Integration Testing and Commissioning
- Lead integrated testing and commissioning across stations rail systems infrastructure rolling stock interfaces and operations.
- Oversee systems assurance verification certification readiness reviews and handover.
- Coordinate operational readiness with operations maintenance safety and regulatory stakeholders.
- Drive progress toward substantial completion in-service readiness and final acceptance.
Commercial Risk and Stakeholder Leadership
- Manage delivery against approved cost and schedule baselines.
- Oversee risk project controls forecasting change contingency claims and emerging commercial issues.
- Provide clear reporting to executive leadership and governance bodies.
- Build effective relationships with municipalities transit and utility organizations regulators government representatives and communities.
- Align capital delivery with operations safety and customer experience.
Safety Quality and ESG
- Champion worker passenger and public safety.
- Ensure quality management is embedded throughout delivery.
- Advance environmental accessibility equity inclusion and community commitments.
Qualifications :
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Construction Management Transportation Project Management or a related discipline AND 12 years of heavy infrastructure delivery experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education including 4 years of leadership
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional Engineer (.) designation.
- Masters degree in engineering business administration or a related field.
- Ideally 20 years of progressively senior infrastructure delivery experience including at least four years in a leadership role.
- Executive leadership experience on complex transit rail or transportation projects valued at more than $1 billion.
- Experience delivering major programs through Progressive Design-Build Design-Build Alliance PPP or comparable delivery models.
- Demonstrated experience with stations rail systems systems integration testing and commissioning.
- Track record leading large multidisciplinary teams and delivery partners.
- Extensive experience managing commercial contractual risk and stakeholder matters in public infrastructure.
- Experience delivering major transit or rail programs under a Target Price Agreement and Progressive Design-Build model.
- Experience leading station and rail systems integration on a large multi-package program including interfaces with an operating corridor.
- Experience bringing a major transit project through testing commissioning operational readiness and entry into revenue service.
- Experience working with public-sector owners government oversight bodies Board committees and municipal or regulatory stakeholders.
- Experience with executive-level commercial governance dispute avoidance and collaborative issue resolution.
Additional Information :
- This is a newly created role
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
📌 VP, Stations and Rail Systems Delivery (Mississauga)
🏢 AECOM
📍 Mississauga
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