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.

In the Engineering & Safety division (ESD) we play a key role in ensuring the safe reliable and cost-effective service of our transit system as the Metrolinx engineering technical authority and owner of more than $20 billion in assets and growing to $60 billion by 2030.

To promote an equitable diverse and inclusive environment we provide the following:

• Parental Leave Top-Up

• Lactation Accommodation

• Competitive Pension Plan

• Annual Learning Reimbursement

• Mentorship Program

• Recognition of Prior Public Sector Service for Vacation Entitlements

The Engineering & Safety division is seeking a Vice President Track. This executive leader accountable for all track infrastructure across the network. This role oversees engineering standards asset condition regulatory compliance and long-term capital strategy to ensure the system remains safe reliable and performance driven.

As the Track Asset Owner you provide engineering governance and strategic oversight to ensure track infrastructure remains safe resilient and compliant.. You will be responsible for approval of new track infrastructure before it is placed into service and establishing proactive risk-based investment plans that shift the organization from reactive maintenance to lifecycle-driven asset management.

This is a strategic engineering leadership role requiring deep heavy rail expertise strong capital planning capability and executive stakeholder influence.

This role is an in office position (5 days per week) based at our 20 Bay Street location. Our team is highly collaborative and much of our work benefits from in person co creation relationship building and hands on partnership with leaders across the organization. We offer flexibility in start and end times while maintaining core business hours for shared availability across the team.

What will I be doing

• Provides leadership and technical expertise to ensure the mandate of ESD - Track portfolio groups and project-based activities are prioritized aligned and delivered to meet project milestones program and organizational goals and objectives.

• Accountable for ensuring the development and implementation of track standards track assurance and systems engineering integration across CPG and Operations.

• Leads a technical engineering design and delivery team to establish and maintain track engineering standards to support successful delivery of transit infrastructure.

• Provides leadership to the definition and control of technical and functional interfaces between independent systems (e.g. track) and related maintenance and operation.

• Accountable for technical assurance of all new track infrastructure assets across multiple project delivery partners

• Directs the establishment of a comprehensive plan to create KPIs to support both On-time Performance of all Metrolinx owed services in collaboration with the operations executive team and external Contractors.

• Provides oversight and direction to the establishment of service and quality standards consistent with Metrolinxs strategic position and industry standards to ensure a strategy for long term sustainability of assets and quality processes for inspection and scheduled maintenance.

• Directs the development of a strategic operating model and criteria to monitor the quality and the performance of Metrolinx assets.

• Provides oversight to projects and operations milestones to ensure established timelines quality control objectives/standards and budget/cost objectives are achieved/exceeded.

• Responsible for development of long-term Asset Management Plans optimizing asset lifecycle investment and ensuring timely capital investment to minimize operational and safety risk.

• 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 in the transportation industry and public sector in Canada an asset

• Professional Engineering (.) qualification or the ability to attain this status is required; MBA and/or a Project Management Professional (PMP) accreditation is considered an asset.

• In-depth knowledge of Railway legislation and transport Canada Rules and Regulations as well as applicable International legislation regulations guidelines and standards.

• Cross-functional expertise and leadership skills within Capital Planning and Operations and Maintenance domains an asset.

• Proven ability to develop and ensure the implementation of the strategic business and operational plans necessary to ensure sound strategies plans and initiatives.

• 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.

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 equity-deserving 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 time sensitive 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.

For Internal applicants with the recent implementation of the Internal Mobility Policy the internal recruitment process has changed for non-union roles. Candidates must be in their current role for 12 months prior to applying for another role and each applicant must be in good standing (not participating in a Performance Improvement Plan). Please review all provisions of thepolicy before submitting your application.

Should it be determined that any background information provided be 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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