Posted 9 days ago
Tracks Engineering Director
@ SYSTRA
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
SYSTRA Canada is hiring a Tracks Engineering Director for the Metrolinx Go Expansion Program, a senior leadership role providing strategic technical oversight for track engineering across the capital program. The work covers track design assurance, interface management with signalling, traction power, civil and stations, and leading the track engineering team and consultants. The role is full-time and on-site.
Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic track engineering leadership across the Metrolinx capital program
- Lead review and validation of permanent way, track structures and alignment designs
- Manage track interfaces with signalling, traction power, civil and stations
- Oversee track technical risks, variances and consultant submissions
- Lead, mentor and develop the Track Engineering team
Requirements summary:
- Licensed P.Eng. preferred
- Bachelor's or Master's in Civil or Mechanical Engineering
- 10+ years railway infrastructure experience, 5+ in senior leadership
- Knowledge of AREMA and Transport Canada requirements
- Knowledge of Ontario OHSA and Professional Engineers Act
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 | Director |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 10+ years |
| Management experience | 5+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | P.Eng. |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required), Master’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Civil Engineering, Mechanical 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 is for Go Expansion Program and associated with the Delivery Partners for Metrolinx on the program.
Missions/Main Duties
Provide strategic leadership and technical oversight for track engineering across the Metrolinx capital program, including engineering governance, technical integration, design assurance and track discipline support. Translate high-level Systems Engineering requirements into practical track delivery requirements and provide technical leadership and problem-solving support to project delivery teams throughout design and construction.
Lead the review and validation of permanent way, track structures, special trackwork and alignment designs, ensuring compliance with Metrolinx standards, AREMA guidelines, Transport Canada requirements and applicable regulations. Lead the management and resolution of interfaces between track and other railway disciplines, including signalling/CBTC, traction power/OCS, civil structures and stations, ensuring track infrastructure forms part of a safe and fully integrated railway system.
Provide senior oversight of track-related technical risks, engineering variances, technical reviews and contractor and consultant submissions. Lead, mentor and develop the Track Engineering team and drive technical compliance and accountability across external engineering consultants and delivery partner.
This is a key engineering leadership role within the newly created Systems Engineering & Integration organization at Metrolinx and has been created as part of the recent Metrolinx reorganization. The role is required to provide strategic technical oversight, engineering governance, asset lifecycle management and interface design for track infrastructure across the capital program.
The position will ensure track infrastructure and technical modifications are safely designed, compliant with applicable standards and effectively integrated with signalling, traction power, civil, structural and other railway systems. This oversight is critical to managing technical and interface risk, supporting project delivery teams, safeguarding capital investment and ensuring new rail infrastructure can be safely and reliably integrated into operation.
Profile/Skills
- Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in good standing with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) preferred.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related technical discipline, with a strong focus on rail infrastructure.
- 10+ years of progressive railway engineering infrastructure experience, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership capacity focused on track design, permanent way construction and multidisciplinary integration on large-scale capital transit programs.
- Strong technical knowledge of track engineering, AREMA standards, Transport Canada regulatory requirements and systems engineering lifecycle principles.
- Knowledge of relevant Ontario legislation, including the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Ontario Professional Engineers Act.
- Demonstrated senior leadership, stakeholder management and technical communication capability, with experience resolving complex multidisciplinary railway interfaces, managing technical risks and influencing project teams, contractors and engineering consultants
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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