Rail Signals and Systems Specialist

Requisition ID: 18895
Department: Transit Services Dept.
Service: Transit Engineering Services
Branch: Rail Systems Administration Branch
Employment Type: 1 Full-time Permanent
- Work Hours: 35.00 hours per week
Affiliation: ATU 1760
Salary Information: $65,279.76 - $92,588.86 annually (2023 rates of pay)
Location: Transit Service, 1500 St.Laurent
City: Ottawa, ON
Job Category: Transit Services - OC Transpo
Application Close: 08/09/2025

**JOB SUMMARY**

Rail Operations manages the delivery of diesel and electric rail services, including management of the thirty-year P3 contract with the Rideau Transit Maintenance Group for the rail maintenance contract for the LRT system, ensuring safe and reliable operations that meet service standards, comply with all regulatory safety and operating requirements, and provide a safe, reliable, efficient, effective, on time, courteous and cost-effective rail service to a growing and diverse City of Ottawa. Rail Systems oversees the life cycle management and implementation of capital projects within Rail Operations.
- You also: oversee the work of contractors; provide direction and comment to system expansions; complete technical review of rail signaling and control system failures; track reliability issues and identify trends to the Management team.

**EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE**

Completion of 3 year Engineering Technology diploma in Electrical, Computer or related field.
University degree in Electrical, Communication or Computer Engineering is desirable
- Minimum of 6 years of experience with rail signaling & train control systems.

**CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES**
- Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) is desirable

**KNOWLEDGE**
- Deployment, operation, and/or maintenance of communication-based train control and communication systems
- Understanding of system upgrade processes, configuration management, change management, regression testing, and safety certification to support greenfield and brownfield deployment of train control systems
- Train control systems including communication-based, automatic train protection, centralized traffic control, block and cab signaling, track circuit technology, wireless technology, and communications equipment.
- Understanding of light rail systems integration issues including integration between train control, traction power, tunnel ventilation, and rail communication systems
- Data collection, validation, analysis, and uses
- Project management methodologies, tools and standards, including those methodologies, standards and tools that are specific to rail systems
- Applicable health and safety legislation, including the rights and duties of workers
- Familiarity with control center equipment / operating environments is desirable

**COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES**
- Strong written and oral communications skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical requirements to different stakeholders who have varying degrees of technical knowledge
- Able to work independently, with minimum supervision, and collaboratively with all staff as part of a team
- Able to research and analyze issues, interpret trial results, make decisions, develop appropriate solutions and formulate recommendations
- Possess organizational skills and flexibility to plan, initiate, organize and prioritize own work, and to deal effectively with multiple projects/demands, conflicting priorities, pressures and deadlines
- Manage issues and problems through to satisfactory resolution
- Thorough, self-motivated and reliable
- Organized and attentive to detail
- Exhibit tact, discretion and sound judgment
- Analytical
- Effective interpersonal skills

**WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW**
- Language Requirement: English oral, reading, writing
- Experience and formal training combined with demonstrated performance and ability may substitute for stipulated academic requirements.
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The City of Ottawa provides accommodation to applicants during all parts of the hiring process, upon request. If contacted to proceed to the selection process, please advise us if you require any accommodation.