Posted 3 months ago
Senior Project Manager - Conventional Signaling
@ SYSTRA
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
SYSTRA Canada is hiring a Senior Project Manager for conventional rail signaling projects tied to the Go Expansion Program in Toronto. The role leads end-to-end delivery across engineering, installation, testing, commissioning and handover, and requires 10-15 years of experience. Compensation is CAD 170,000-220,000 annually, with a hybrid arrangement.
Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end delivery of conventional rail signaling projects
- Manage multidisciplinary teams through testing and handover
- Oversee FAT, SAT, site testing and entry-into-service activities
- Manage planning, risk, resources and change control
- Ensure compliance with railway standards and safety regulations
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
- 10-15 years of relevant experience
- Professional Engineer registration in Ontario strongly preferred
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of conventional signaling and railway integration
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-08-08
- 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 | 10+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office, Outdoors |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | Professional Engineer (Ontario) |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Railway 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 | 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.
Understand better who we are by visiting www.systracanada.com.
Context
This role will be associated with the Go Expansion Program in Toronto
Missions/Main Duties
Roles and responsibilities for Senior Project Manager - Conventional Rail Signaling :
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of conventional rail signaling projects, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives are achieved.- Manage multidisciplinary project teams across engineering, installation, testing, commissioning, and handover phases.- Coordinate design, procurement, construction, and integration of conventional signaling systems with internal teams and external suppliers.- Oversee testing and commissioning strategies, including FAT, SAT, site testing, possession planning, and entry-into-service activities for signaling assets.- Act as the primary project interface, maintaining strong stakeholder relationships and providing clear project reporting and governance.- Lead project planning, risk management, resource allocation, and change control to ensure successful project execution.- Ensure compliance with railway standards, safety regulations, contractual obligations, and quality requirements.- Support tendering, bid reviews, project start-up activities, and project change management by providing delivery, commercial, and technical input.- Drive issue resolution and decision-making across project interfaces, including civil, track, power, communications, construction management, and rail operations stakeholders.- Lead project reviews and continuous improvement initiatives, capturing lessons learned to enhance future signaling project delivery.
Profile/Skills
The successful candidate demonstrates strong technical judgment and the ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary project environment. The role requires excellent organizational skills, a strong sense of accountability and the ability to manage priorities across complex engineering interfaces.
The candidate should also demonstrate:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong analytical and synthesis capabilities.
- Ability to prepare clear, concise and well-structured technical documents.
- Ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and manage technical interfaces effectively.
- Capacity to work with limited supervision and to adapt to evolving project environments.
- Strong problem-solving skills and practical approach to technical issue resolution.
- Ability to support delivery activities in office and site environments.
The role requires practical and theoretical knowledge in several of the following areas:
- Systems engineering processes and lifecycle management.
- Requirements management and traceability.
- Interface management and multidisciplinary coordination.
- Railway systems integration and operational concepts.
- Conventional signaling principles.
- Testing, commissioning and operational readiness.
- Configuration management, change control and document control.
- Safety, quality and compliance processes applicable to transport systems.
- Knowledge of applicable railway, transit and engineering standards.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Railway Engineering or a related engineering discipline is required.
Registration, or eligibility for registration, as a Professional Engineer in Ontario is strongly preferred.
Postgraduate studies in systems engineering, railway engineering, project management or a related field would be considered an asset.
EXPERIENCE: 10-15 years
SALARY: CAD 170,000 - 220,000 annually
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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