Systems Design Manager, Rail

3 weeks ago

Calgary, Canada WSP Full time

**WSP **is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.

We have over 55,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 9,800+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

The excellence we bring to our work and to our workplace has been recognized far and wide. We are among the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies two years in a row, one of the Top 100 Sustainable Companies in the World (and among the Top 10 in Canada), and we earned Platinum Elite Recognition through our participation in more than half of Canada's Top 100 Infrastructure Projects.

At **WSP**:

- We value our people and our reputation
- We are locally dedicated with international scale
- We are future focused and challenge the status quo
- We foster collaboration in everything we do
- We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable

**CALGARY OR EDMONTON**:
**Why Work with WSP?**
- WSP strives for gender balanced representation, including mentorship, and collaboration.
- Be in charge of your own career growth by working collaboratively with your manager.
- Flexible benefits.
- Wellness time (to manage work life balance).
- Hybrid return to office policy (unless otherwise stated per project requirements).
- Opportunities to contribute to impactful projects locally and internationally.
- Be a part of a collaborative high performing team.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Lead multi-disciplinary teams of rail system design engineers;
- Lead the teams through the successful completion of large, complex rail and transit projects;
- Proactively track, analyze and report on actual performance against the plan, and prepare cost and schedule reporting, both for clients and as part of internal reporting processes. Address change management matters promptly and professionally with clients and internal departments;
- Analyze systems-related project delivery risks, establish contingency plans and identify trigger events and responsibility for initiating mitigating action;
- Maintain regular communication with clients regarding project status and project quality, and proactively resolve issues;
- Prepare project work plans and schedules, and obtain management/client approval;
- Prepare and review proposals, and provide written comments for design and technical proposal submissions by consultants and/or design-build or PPP consortium;
- Accountable for the overall integration and completion of rail systems designs, including but not limited to, Traction Power Substations (TPS), Overhead Contact System (OCS), rail signaling, communication, electrical, mechanical, stray current/Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
- Review technical documents for tender; ensure appropriate quality control processes were implemented, and work cooperatively with counterparts in other departments/organizations to meet client requirements;
- As senior technical leader in the team, provide mentoring, assistance, encouragement and motivation to team members, including assisting the Director with the establishment of development and performance goals, fostering an environment focused on achievement, and formal and informal performance review; and
- Other duties as assigned.

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- A University Degree in engineering, planning or equivalent, with 10+ years in the delivery of the design for complex rail systems. Project or system design management experience on large, complex rail and transit engineering and construction projects is preferred.
- Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Alberta (APEGA), or eligible to register for a professional designation in Canada within one year of the date of hire;
- Experience leading multi-disciplinary rail system design teamss; concurrently managing issues, scope and quality while bringing projects to successful completion within the cost and time requirements;
- Experience with complex transit infrastructure, including light rail, commuter rail and subway technologies, facilities, stations and associated infrastructure;
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including experience making technical presentations to senior management, elected officials, project owners, and the public;
- Exceptional interpersonal skills; the ability to work well with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience; competence in clear, concise and tactful communication with senior management, clients, peers and staff;
- Adaptability and flexibility including the ability to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity and change;

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