Vice President Technical Services Engineering
Vice President Technical Services Engineering
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02-05-2025
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Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express as well as the PRESTO fare payment system. We are also building new and improved rapid transit including GO Expansion Light Rail Transit routes and major expansions to Torontos subway system to get people where they need to go better faster and easier. Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario.
At Metrolinx equity diversity and inclusion are essential to living our values of serving with passion thinking forward and playing as a team.
Our Capital Projects Group workforce is made up of driven and dedicated professionals who care deeply about working together to deliver infrastructure and make a positive impact in our communities. Join us as we build a knowledgeable and collaborative team that courageously changes how transit projects will be delivered.
Our Capital Project Group (GO&UP) Office is seeking a Vice President CPG Technical Services and Engineering. Reporting into the Executive Vice President within a multidisciplinary environment will provide senior strategic direction and leadership on behalf of the CPG Function related to the integration delivery and support of all Capital Project Groups and the associated projects and assets that will deliver value to Metrolinxs clients and meet the businesss strategic objectives and accountable for all Engineering and Assurance decisions related to the specified CPG Projects.
What will I be doing
- Provides strategic engineering leadership and technical expertise to enable the mandate of CPG portfolio and ensure their projectbased activities delivered.
- Designs builds and manages high performing teams to deliver a broad range of complex projects and programs.
- Reviewing design submissions to evaluate that safety performance and business processes are adhered to.
- Assuring design proposals to ensure compliance with Metrolinx and Industry Standards.
- Leads a technical services and engineering team to support successful delivery of transit infrastructure.
- Providing technical leadership and specialist guidance to motivate the project teams and contractors to meet key performance indicators.
- Working with project management commercial and planning teams to prepare remits and review engineering deliverables to control costs schedule quality and productivity activities across a variety of forms of contracts.
- Provides leadership and direction to the definition and control of technical and functional interfaces between independent systems.
- Collaborating with industry experts to develop requirements and remits gain approvals/authority to deliver cost efficient solutions.
- Promoting systems integration tools for Requirements Management Validation and Verification Building Information Modelling and upskilling teams to deliver.
- Provides consultation direction advice and guidance regarding delivery aligned with systems safety assurance.
- Champions the Integrated Operating model capabilities interactions and governance of the delivery of project with regards to Systems Safety Assurance.
- Establishes benchmarks goals and objectives that reflect corporate strategy and direction including appropriate metrics (KPIs) monitoring systems and reporting functionalities for all assets as well as all engineering activities/components of projects.
- Ensures engineering compliance with federal provincial and local/municipal legal regulatory and policy requirements related to railway rail transit and transportation related facilities
- Directs regular reviews of monthly quarterly and annual program reports
- Supports the delivery of projects and functions within budget parameters.
- Reviews and champions cost effectiveness and prudent management of engineering assurance and process.
- Responsible for compliance with Metrolinx financial and budgeting programs
- Along with the President and CEO CCO CFO SMT and the Board is held responsible for the financial health of the organization and stewardship of all financial and other resources.
- Creates a working environment that is aligned with the organizations desire to be an employer of choice
What Skills and Qualifications Do I Need
- Completion of a degree in Engineering from an accredited University or a related discipline
- Minimum fifteen 15 years experience in progressively senior engineering leadership roles experience leading large complex construction projects from conception to build; experience in the transportation industry and public sector in Canada an asset
- Professional Engineering (. qualification or the ability to attain this status is required international equivalent is acceptable until qualification is achieved as required by the asset group; MBA and/or a Project Management Professional (PMP) accreditation is considered an asset
- Indepth knowledge of Railway legislation and transport Canada Rules and Regulations as well as applicable International legislation regulations guidelines and standards
- Crossfunctional expertise and leadership skills within the Capital Planning Group and Operations domains
- Extensive knowledge of financial theories principles and practices procurement fiscal planning modern controllership frameworks and the overall business planning estimates expenditure and allocations plan processes
- Knowledge of the principles of accountability and risk management
- Knowledge of Human Resources legislation
- Knowledge of budget development and management processes
- Project management principles and practices including budget and schedule controls
- Highly developed political acuity to handle politically sensitive situations
- Collaboration partnership building relationship management and negotiation skills
- Interpersonal and oral/written/presentation communication skills
Dont Meet Every Requirement
If youre excited about working with Metrolinx but your past experience doesnt quite align with every qualification of this posting we encourage you to apply. You just might be the right candidate for this or other roles. We are always looking for great talent to join our team.
We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from members of equitydeserving communities including those who identify as Indigenous Black racialized women people with disabilities and people with diverse gender identities expressions and sexual orientations.
Accommodation:
We value the unique skills and experiences each person brings to Metrolinx and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment. We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act so if you require accommodation during the hiring process please let our Recruitment team know by contacting us at:or email.
Application Process:
All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Metrolinx will be using email to communicate with you for all job competitions. It is your responsibility to include an updated email address that is checked daily and accepts emails from unknown users. As we send timesensitive correspondence we recommend that you check your email regularly. If no response is received we will assume you are no longer interested in pursuing the opportunity. Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate.
Should it be determined that any background information provided is misleading inaccurate or incorrect Metrolinx reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of your application.
We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
WE ARE AN EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE EMPLOYER.
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