Accenture Construct - Director - Systems Assurance (Lakeshores), COM - (ENGEN61.8)

Comtech Group Inc. (Comtech), part of Accenture, is a multidisciplinary consulting firm providing integrated consulting solutions on complex capital projects, including Program and Project Management, Project Controls, Engineering, Technical Advisory, Construction Management, and Technology Integration Services. Our team thrives on embracing and navigating technical challenges within the Transportation and Infrastructure, Industrial and Manufacturing, Energy and Utilities, and Buildings and Facilities markets. Our core focus is supporting project owners through collaborative and integrated partnerships to deliver projects that improve the world around us.

Location: Toronto, ON CA (Primary)

Job Type: Full-time

THE WORK:

You've Never Been Satisfied with “Good Enough.”

You didn't get into this to manage one piece of a project. You got into it to change how the world gets built.

At Accenture Construct, that's the job. You'll help deliver the data centers, power grids, rail networks, factories and public infrastructure that keep communities moving — smarter, safer and more sustainably.

You'll work alongside people who think big and act bold: project managers, engineers, technologists and strategists who pair real-world delivery with AI. And you won't be handed a slice of it. We take on whole programs, from early strategy through construction and handover, and we stand behind how they land.

Because “good enough” builds the past. You're here to build what's next.

- Provide strategic leadership and technical oversight for Systems Assurance across the Lakeshores portfolio, including engineering governance,



systems integration and safety certification.
- Establish, implement and adapt Systems Assurance and Safety Certification processes; govern the end-to-end V-model lifecycle through design, IV&V;, Testing & Commissioning and operational handover; and oversee integration across ATS, CBTC, SCADA, trackside infrastructure and cybersecurity.
- Lead risk and hazard management activities, including hazard logs, FMECA and risk analysis, support safety certification and regulatory processes, and oversee technical submittals and assurance activities undertaken by delivery partners and engineering consultants.
- This is a key Systems Assurance leadership role required to provide strategic technical oversight, engineering governance and safety assurance for the Lakeshores portfolio.
- The role is required to provide assurance that rolling stock, signalling, traction power and associated transit systems are safely designed, integrated and commissioned in accordance with applicable RAMS and safety requirements.
- The position is currently vacant within the approved SE&I; Systems Assurance organisation structure and is required to support delivery of the client's program.

- Working Conditions
- Office-based (Working 5 days from office)

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

- Experience:




- 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 the client's safety governance requirements.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, technical communication, negotiation and risk-management capability.

- Education:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.

- Licenses OR Certifications:

- Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in good standing with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).

- Skills and Competencies:

- Expert grasp of prevailing engineering means and methods in the area of specialty
- Sound understanding of applicable engineering-related software
- Effectively leads multi-resource engineering teams
- Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving workplace by ensuring effective teamwork, promotion of innovation, and overall excellence
- Tact to perceive and ameliorate conflict and tension
- Demonstrated capability to supervise, delegate, and develop capacity
- Demonstrated functional acumen to support how solutions will address client goals while maintaining alignment with industry best practices
- Proven success in providing on-site leaders

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