Posted 3 months ago
Mainline Alignment Designer - Track
@ SYSTRA
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
SYSTRA Canada is hiring a Mainline Alignment Designer for its Trackwork Design team. The role develops and optimizes mainline horizontal and vertical track alignments, coordinates alignment interfaces with other disciplines, and supports design reviews and change control. The position is full-time and hybrid, and requires a degree or diploma in civil engineering and 5+ years of railway or LRT alignment design experience.
Responsibilities:
- Develop horizontal and vertical alignments for mainline track systems
- Prepare and review alignment plans, profiles and geometry reports
- Coordinate alignment interfaces with civil, structural, systems and utilities disciplines
- Identify and resolve geometric conflicts
- Contribute to options development and value engineering studies
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's degree or technology diploma in civil engineering or related discipline
- 5+ years of railway or LRT alignment design experience
- Knowledge of track geometry standards, speed and comfort criteria
- Experience coordinating with structures, utilities, roadways and drainage
- Knowledge of the local area is an asset
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-07-27
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-10
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (preferred), College diploma (required) |
| Fields of study | Civil 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
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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 | 164 |
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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.
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Context
We are looking to grow our Trackwork Design team and seeking a designer that would develop and optimize mainline horizontal and vertical alignments in accordance with project requirements, applicable codes, operational criteria, and engineering best practices. This includes producing alignment layouts, vertical profiles, and geometry calculations that support concept, preliminary, and detailed design stages.
The role prepares and reviews alignment drawings, profiles, and geometry reports, verifying that all technical outputs are coordinated, internally consistent, and aligned with system performance, safety, and constructability requirements.
The designer coordinates alignment interfaces with a wide range of disciplines, including structures, utilities, roadways, drainage, property, stops, cable containment, overhead catenary system (OCS), grounding and bonding, and wayside equipment. This involves identifying conflicts, resolving interface constraints, and ensuring alignment decisions are integrated across the broader corridor design.
The role supports design reviews by presenting alignment concepts, responding to technical comments, and incorporating agreed revisions into the design. The designer also contributes to value engineering exercises and manages alignment-related changes arising from options analysis, helping
evaluate alternatives based on technical, operational, cost, and spatial considerations.
Missions/Main Duties
- Develop horizontal and vertical alignments for mainline track systems.
- Prepare and review alignment plans, profile drawings, and geometry reports.
- Perform alignment checks for compliance with design criteria, safety requirements, and operational constraints.
- Coordinate design interfaces with civil, structural, systems, utilities, and roadway disciplines.
- Identify and resolve geometric conflicts affecting constructability and system integration.
- Support interdisciplinary design workshops, reviews, and technical coordination meetings.
- Contribute to options development, comparative assessments, and value engineering studies.
- Review design changes and assess impacts on alignment, interfaces, and project requirements.
- Maintain design documentation and support change control processes.
Profile/Skills
Education/Experience : Bachelor’s degree/Technology Diploma in Civil Engineering or related discipline;
- 5+ years’ experience in railway / LRT horizontal and vertical alignment design;
- knowledge of track geometry standards, speed and comfort criteria and constructability constraints;
- experience coordinating alignment with structures, utilities, roadway's, drainage, property, operations and maintenance (Knowledge of the local area would be considered an asset).
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
HybridJournal
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