East Area Team Lead

Here at Mott MacDonald, we are experts in engineering, management, and development services supporting multisector project work in over 150 countries. One of the largest employee-owned companies in the world, we pride ourselves in our ability to deliver exceptional outcomes through the connected thinking of our 20,000+ talented consultants. Sustainability and innovation are at the heart of all of our sectors which, in North America include Advisory, Built Environment, Energy, Transportation, and Water.

Purpose of the Job
Due to continued growth, Mott MacDonald's Canadian Transit and Urban Mobility Group is looking to hire an adaptable and self-motivated individual to manage our Rail Infrastructure teams in Toronto, reporting to our Canadian Rail Infrastructure Lead and to provide project management expertise on transit and rail infrastructure projects.

• With our Rail Infrastructure team’s increasing workload and growing portfolio of Transit (rail and bus based) projects, there is a need to provide additional line management support and to provide better local focus for each team and management support for dedicated transit Infrastructure projects.
• Together with the Canadian Rail Infrastructure Lead, the Area Lead will manage the national team resource loading, team development and well-being.
• The Area Lead will be responsible for the wellbeing of the local team members, including managing the workload and working hours together with ensuring resource is available for all on-going and newly won projects.
• The Area Lead will manage the technical and commercial proposal response for Rail Infrastructure bids and provide input to multi-discipline proposal responses. The Area Lead will also perform the role of PM for any Rail Infrastructure, or predominantly Rail Infrastructure projects.

The Role
Ensuring MMCL’s Rail Infrastructure is resourced to meet the workload, you will manage a multi-discipline team of engineering professionals and technical staff in the development, delivery and setting-to-work of Infrastructure Engineering within MM’s North American rail and rail-related projects.

• You will manage the Rail Infrastructure team in your area covering disciplines including Track Engineering, Alignment Design, Project Management, and other railway disciplines related to civil/structural engineering.
• The successful applicant will help shape and manage the teams locally through development, growth, supervision, and support. You and your partner Area Lead will be responsible for sharing and managing resource concerns, both under and over utilization, and identifying additional resource needs.
• Within this role, you will also manage the proposal response for Rail Infrastructure bids and provide input to multi-discipline proposal responses; you will also function as PM for any Rail Infrastructure, or predominantly Rail Infrastructure projects.
• You will work with clients, key delivery partners, contractors and service providers as well as maintaining relationships with members of the Rail Infrastructure Practice across North America and other transportation related teams.
• The Rail Infrastructure Team Area Lead is part of the management team of Rail Infrastructure in Canada.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead the Rail Infrastructure team in Toronto (East)
• Managing the team resources, including:
  • Team growth, in coordination with the Canada national lead
  • Team workload and wellbeing
  • Team member development
  • Budgets
• Working with the NASA Rail Infrastructure Practice Lead, Canada Rail Infrastructure Lead and other Area Lead, support the continued growth of the Canada Rail Infrastructure Team
• Provide strategic and tactical direction for Rail Infrastucture Engineering and Engineering of Rail Infrastructure activities in your Area.
• Drive the development and on-going review/update of all engineering of Infrastructure processes and practices used within Mott MacDonald
• Manage small to medium sized projects that are focused on Rail Infrastructure activities.
• Work with other PMs to resource their project as appropriate, working with the national lead and other Area lead as necessary
• Manage multiple stakeholders
• Attend meetings and make presentations at appropriate levels, up to and including project, MM Practice, Senior Client staff and MM NASA management meetings.
• Personal values
  • Act as a role model for Mott MacDonald’s vision and values, behaving in ways that are in alignment with corporate related procedures
  • Take responsibility of your own and others' health and safety, and of those who may be affected in the day-to-day delivery of this role by taking personal responsibility for working to corporate and project Health and Safety rules, especially mental health, and well-being
  • Ensure professional, courteous and cooperative relationship with team members and stakeholders; establish a work environment in which trust and respect is highly valued
  • Promote equality, diversity and inclusivity in the workplace and adopt appropriate behavior when interacting with colleagues
  • Take necessary care to properly protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of corporate information from unauthorized disclosure, modification or destruction. Never knowingly put Mott MacDonald information or information systems at risk
• Preferred attributes
  • Ability to conduct your work independently
  • Accurate and detail-oriented
  • Proactive self-starter who’s also flexible and able to adapt and learn
  • Confident and positive attitude
  • Ability to build and harbour good working relationships with our business partners, suppliers, contractors, and clients
  • Flexibility to travel
  • Experience in working within a Global business
  • Digital aptitude

Candidate Specification:

• Bachelor's degree in civil/structural engineering, mechanical engineering, or equivalent
• Demonstrable Team Leadership and Project Engineering/Management experience
• Minimum 5 years’ progressive experience in team leadership and people management
• Minimum 15 years’ progressive experience in the rail focussed work of which at least 5 years should be in Rail Infrastructure
• P.Eng in Alberta, BC or Ontario or able to register
• Good communication skills and English fluency
• Good interpersonal skills with proven ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplined team.
• Able to hold competent technical discussions with Client representatives
• Able to interface with domain specialists, design managers and construction project managers, in a competent professional manner
• Broad experience of delivery within major infrastructure projects
• Knowledge of railway systems and / or operation within infrastructure projects / technology development and implementation projects

As part of our highly competitive benefits, Mott MacDonald is dedicated to fostering and promoting its staff's career growth and advancement. Our teams are comprised of bright and enthusiastic people who wish to make a difference to the world that we live in. If you share that vision and don’t have all the experience outlined in this posting, we still want to hear from you
Let’s discuss how we can help you take the next step in your career and how you can participate in an exciting new chapter for Mott MacDonald in North America.

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA). Mott MacDonald Canada Limited will provide accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

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We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business , seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunity to contribute.