Posted 9 days ago
Conventional Signalling Director
@ SYSTRA
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
SYSTRA Canada is hiring a Conventional Signalling Director for the GO Expansion Program, associated with Metrolinx delivery partners. The role leads conventional signalling delivery within the Track team across GO corridors, managing interfaces with track, construction and wider systems. The position is full-time and on-site.
Responsibilities:
- Lead conventional signalling delivery across GO Expansion corridors
- Manage interfaces between signalling, track and construction
- Oversee planning, delivery and commissioning strategy
- Provide senior oversight of safety, quality, risk and performance
- Act as key interface with Metrolinx and delivery stakeholders
Requirements summary:
- P.Eng. in good standing with PEO
- Bachelor's or Master's in systems, electrical or related engineering
- 10+ years of infrastructure experience, 5 in senior systems assurance leadership
- Knowledge of RAMS, safety certification and IV&V
- Knowledge of EN 50126, EN 50128, EN 50129 or IEEE/ISO 15288
- Knowledge of Ontario legislation and Metrolinx safety governance
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-29
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-29
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-29
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 10+ years |
| Management experience | 5+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office, Outdoors, Client sites |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | P.Eng., PEO |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required), Master’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering |
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SYSTRA
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Full company description
SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and mobility solutions. For more than 65 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure. With its 11,000 employees, the Group's mission is to connect people and bring territories closer together in the 80 countries where it operates. By making travel more fluid, the infrastructures designed by SYSTRA bring communities together, develop social integration and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure. A signature for transport solutions, SYSTRA supports its partners and clients throughout the lifecycle of their projects. SYSTRA is involved at a very early stage in the design phase, right through to the deployment and maintenance test phases. SYSTRA provides all of its services in more than 80 countries worldwide and generates 80% of its turnover internationally. KEY FIGURES - €1.3 bn in sales in 2024 - 2nd international engineering company for Mass Transit & Rail* - 3d for Bridges* - 6th in the Transport sector* * Engineering News-Record (ENR) ranking, 2025
- LinkedIn followers
- 360,472
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 10,091
- Reported office locations
- 72 rue Henry Farman, Paris, 75015, FR
- Business categories
- Railroad
- Cyber Security
- Consulting
- Infrastructure
- Transportation
- Public Transportation
- Asset Management
- Smart Cities
- Project Management
- Civil Engineering
- Other recorded names
- SYSTRA
- Specialties
- Project management
- Design
- Sustainable and environmental studies
- Construction supervision
- Testing Commissioning
- Operation Maintenance
- Transport planning & Preliminary studies
- Infrastructure
- Systems engineering
- and Operation & Maintenance engineering
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and mobility solutions. For more than 65 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure. With its 11,000 employees, the Group's mission is to connect people and bring territories closer…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Engineering Services |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Paris |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Specialties | Project managementDesignSustainable and environmental studiesConstruction supervisionTesting CommissioningOperation MaintenanceTransport planning & Preliminary studiesInfrastructureSystems engineeringand Operation & Maintenance engineering |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 159 |
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SYSTRA Canada is part of the SYSTRA group, an international consulting and engineering group, a world leader in the design of transport infrastructures. SYSTRA Canada is an engineering and consulting firm whose primary focus is to offer transportation solutions, whether for passengers or goods: feasibility studies of building a new railway line, increasing the capacity of the existing infrastructure, privatization of a railway.
Understand better who we are by visiting www.systracanada.com.
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.
For questions about our hiring process or AI tools, please contact [email protected].
Workplace Type
On-siteJournal
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