Operational Readiness Director

6 months ago


Mississauga, Canada AECOM Full time

Company Description

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There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

**Job Description**:
AECOM is seeking a Operational Readiness Director to join our Transit & Rail Systems Team to work with multidisciplinary teams delivering an existing portfolio of projects.

**Responsibilities**:
+ Help develop strategic plans; build relationships with public and private clients (contractors) and the industry leaders.

+ Lead and manage a growing operational readiness team to deliver medium and large-scale projects with respect to Operational Readiness in industries such as rail & transit, buildings, aviation, healthcare etc. by ensuring suitable skills and competencies are identified, planned, and developed.

+ Contribute to key pursuit planning and bid and project delivery resource planning.

+ Help identify, attract, and assist in recruiting additional operational readiness, as well as retain, and develop staff to grow the operational readiness service.

+ Support projects in terms of Operational Readiness coordinating with internal assurance readiness groups and provide a dedicated liaison between the stakeholder groups.

+ Collaborates with clients and internal teams to create readiness strategies to ensure programmatic and transition requirements for implementation are met and delivered.

+ Leads consultation, engagement, procurement and development of content and plans.

+ Deep dive analysis of current state and review of findings.

+ RACI development in coordination with relevant stakeholders such as Systems and Commissioning leads.

+ Implementation of governance structures

+ Focus on stakeholder’s interface management to drive project deliverables.

+ Develop new, review existing and strategize opportunities to process and procedures considering project timelines.

+ Responsible for leading operational readiness functions; oversees the development, implementation and delivery of appropriate management governance, tool kits and skills to effectively manage the introduction, adoption and sustainment of operational readiness.

+ Creates and implements operational readiness strategies.

+ Provides support and coaching to clients and stakeholders on operational readiness principles and processes to ensure efficient and successful transitions.

+ Oversees the preparation of operational readiness management plans and works with internal and delivery teams and other stakeholders to execute the plans.

+ Performs quality control.

+ Reporting to Vice Principle level and works under mínimal supervision. Supervision received is essentially administrative with assignments given in terms of broad general objectives and limits.

**Qualifications**:
**Minimum Requirements**:
+ Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline + 10 years of experience in operational readiness, Project and Program Management and transformational change OR Technical Diploma + 12 years of experience in in operational readiness, Project and Program Management and transformational change OR Highschool + 14 years of relevant experience in operational readiness, Project and Program Management and transformational change.

+ 6+ years experience with business analysis

+ 6+ years experience with digital transformation

+ PMP

+ Driving License

**Preferred Qualifications**:
+ Used to implement and work under the principles of following standards such as ISO 15288 Systems Engineering Life Cycle processes & Requirements management.

+ 5 years experience in Systems Engineering and Transit & Rail industry

Additional Information

+ Sponsorship for Canadian employment authorization is not available for this position.

Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $145,000.00 - $200,000.00.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public

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