Accenture Construct - Senior Engineering Lead - Systems Engineering Management , COM

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.

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• (Internal Title: Engineering IV)
  • Forecast, direct, and execute appropriate means and methods to complete the task on a large-size, or high-complexity project from inception through to completion
  • Outline the human and material resources required to complete a project successfully
  • Manage the work and control the delivery of the project per plan
  • Monitor staff performance to ensure excellence and adherence to specified deadlines
  • Review and ensure adherence to the scope, schedule, and budget
  • Identify risks and implement mitigation strategies and contingency plans
  • Track, monitor, and report on performance against project requirements and address issues with corrective actions as appropriate
  • Evaluate project effectiveness by consulting with clients and project staff
  • Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, and presentations to various audiences including team and key stakeholders
  • Manage and support scope change negotiations
  • Clarify internal quality control checks and participate in quality issue resolution
  • Define success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout the project and program life cycle
  • Recommend and manage project and program expectations while delegating and managing deliverables with team members and stakeholders
  • Complete any tasks assigned by the Engineering V or higher in an efficient and timely manner

Working Conditions

• Office-based (5 Days a week in Office)

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• Experience:
  • 10-12+ years of progressive engineering lifecycle experience on major transit capital programs or complex industrial infrastructure projects, including at least 5 years focused on systems architecture, macro-level integration frameworks and brownfield configuration management.
  • Strong technical integration experience across at least two major transit disciplines, such as train control and signalling including CBTC and ETCS/ERTMS, communications networks, traction power and systems, or complex rolling stock interfaces.
  • Advanced knowledge and practical application of the Systems Engineering V-model and relevant standards including ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288, ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148 and CENELEC EN 50126, EN 50128 and EN 50129, together with applicable Transport Canada requirements.
  • Strong experience with enterprise requirements traceability tools such as IBM DOORS and Model-Based Systems Engineering tools such as Cameo, MagicDraw or Sparx Enterprise Architect, together with SysML/UML modelling methodologies.
  • Working knowledge of relevant Ontario legislation, including the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Ontario public-sector compliance requirements.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate and communicate complex multidisciplinary technical concepts, negotiate competing interface requirements, anticipate downstream technical risks and make robust architectural decisions in complex programme environments.
• Education:
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software/Computer Engineering or a closely related technical engineering discipline with a significant focus on rail infrastructure and safety-critical networks.
• Licenses OR Certifications:
  • Active Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) licence in good standing with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO), with a thorough understanding of the Ontario Professional Engineers Act.
• Skills and Competencies:
  • Strong understanding of prevailing Engineering means and methods in the area of specialty
  • Effectively lead a large Engineering team
  • Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment by ensuring effective teamwork, promotion of innovation, and overall excellence
  • Demonstrated functional acumen to support how solutions will address client goals while maintaining alignment with industry best practices
  • Proven capacity to anticipate, identify, and minimize risks
  • Expert ability to detect, capitalize on, and be sensitive to others' strengths
  • Tact to perceive and ameliorate conflict and tension
  • Capability to supervise, delegate, and develop capacity
  • Advanced skills in Microsoft Office
  • Expert knowledge of applicable Engineering-related software
  • Must maintain professional development to keep abreast of emerging technologies, methods, and best practices
  • Ability to arrange priorities and escalate competing risks to meet deadlines with minimum input from leadership
  • Keen eye for detail and adept problem-solving abilities
  • Must have demonstrated experience relaying and receiving information (written and verbal)
  • Expert ability to work collaboratively and independently in a structured, disciplined, technology-driven environment

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a new position.

The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role. It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.

Role Location Annual Salary Range

Toronto $121,000 to $182,000

What's in it for you

The biggest builds going. Hyperscale data centers, grid and generation, transit and rail, chip fabs, mines, water. If it's complex and it matters, it's on our list.

You own the outcome. Not a workstream. Not a deliverable. Whether the program lands.

AI that shows up on site. Program control that predicts instead of records. You'll use it, and you'll help shape it.

Scale without the distance. More than 5,000 practitioners across the Americas, EMEA and APAC, on a team small enough that people know your name.

Serious investment in you. Leadership development, technical upskilling and certification support.

Work that outlasts you. People will use what you build for forty years without knowing your name. That's the point.

Recognition that means something in this industry. Accenture Construct is ranked #6 globally in ENR's 2026 Top 50 Program Management Firms and #4 in Building Design + Construction's Top 80 Construction Management Firms for 2026.

About Accenture Construct

Accenture Construct is Accenture's global capital projects business.

The data centers behind AI. The grid behind the energy transition. The rail, water and airports everything else runs on.

We plan them, engineer them, deliver them and hand them over — and unlike most of this market, we're on the hook for whether they land on time. More than 5,000 practitioners across the Americas, EMEA and APAC. One team that owns the whole thing.