Technical Director High Speed Rail
Technical Director High Speed Rail
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Job Description
AECOMs Transportation practice is seeking a candidate for the role of Director of Engineering in the Transit & Rail group. The position is located in AECOMs Montreal office. Responsibilities for the position will include:
Leading the engineering design for major projects and pursuits. Managing and growing the transit & rail business across Canada which includes planning design testing & commissioning. Collaborating with the northAmericanwide freight and transit rail market sector leadership to share staff share work and win proposals. Periodic reporting on KPIs (project progress pursuits wins & bookings client satisfaction survey scores revenue). Tracking project performance. Followingup on project issues (financial quality safety client satisfaction lessons learned). Reporting for same. Developing client and partner relationships. Recruiting new staff (identifying staffing needs cultivating key hires writing requisitions guiding recruiter reviewing candidates interviewing recommending hires). Developing capture plans writing proposals team building and business development. Managing engineering staff including hiring and performance management. Managing projects or leading the engineering effort on major projects including preparing monitoring and forecasting budgets costs scopes project schedules also sourcing and engaging staff and building teams. Managing subcontractors and suppliers. Supporting the ISO quality process. Demonstrating leadership in Health Safety and Environment (HS&E).Includes completing all assigned training occasionally delivering key training on behalf of management ensuring that staff have completed their training reporting safety observations incidents and near misses investigating incidents involving own staff (if any) and completing safety observations when visiting sites / offices etc. Some travel within Canada will be required.
Qualifications :
Minimum Requirements
- BA/BS 10 YORE; all including a minimum of four years of leadership
- PMP or PEng or MBA or equivalent experience
- Experience as a project director and/or project manager on projects/programs with capital costs of >CAD$1000000.
Preferred Qualifications
- 15 years experience is preferred Have staff management experience.
- Have experience developing and implementing successful business plans / strategies
- Experience in transit and freight rail engineering including:
- Experience with AREMAbased heavyrail signal design.
- In depth knowledge of applicable laws standards and regulations pertaining to railroad and transit signal systems and highwayrail grade crossing warning systems.
- Must specifically include knowledge of AREMA C&S Recommended Practices CROR and industry standards.
- Bilingual French and English speaking as a preference
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
