Senior Project Manager

Reference Number : 1087

Status : Permanent - Full-time

Annual Salary / Hourly Rate :

Number of positions to be filled : 1

Application Deadline : 12/01/2025

Did you know that VIA Rail is carrying out ambitious projects to modernize its services and infrastructure? From our new ultramodern train fleet to ongoing improvement of our infrastructure, we're building the future of transportation in Canada. Working for VIA Rail is being a part of a collective effort in sustainable mobility.

Did you know that VIA Rail is carrying out ambitious projects to modernize its services and infrastructure? From our new ultramodern train fleet to ongoing improvement of our infrastructure, we're building the future of transportation in Canada. Working for VIA Rail is being a part of a collective effort in sustainable mobility.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the Safety and reliability of VIA Rail's Legacy fleet. This is more than a project management position; it's an opportunity to lead transformative initiatives that directly impact customer experience and operational excellence across Canada's passenger rail network.

In this role, you will be accountable for end-to-end delivery, including developing robust business cases, managing costs and forecasts, mitigating risks, planning in detail, overseeing procurement and contract execution, and ensuring quality assurance.

The Senior Project Manager will lead a multidisciplinary team of engineering, production, and procurement experts, and monitor progress to deliver safe, reliable, and efficient rolling stock equipment.

Your leadership will ensure VIA Rail's fleet remains efficient, supporting sustainable transportation and enhancing the passenger experience for millions of Canadians.

Join us and lead projects that keep Canada moving.

Initiate the project:

• Conduct preliminary risk assessments to identify potential challenges and mitigation strategies.
• Prepare detailed cost estimates and financial forecasts to support investment decisions.
• Define project scope with engineering, success criteria, and key performance indicators.
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement to validate needs, expectations, and business priorities.

Executing the project:

• Lead and facilitate key project meetings, including gate reviews, project kick-offs, core team sessions, production readiness reviews, and contractor coordination meetings.
• Monitor and control the project budget in collaboration with the project controller, ensuring accurate financial tracking and consolidated forecasting.
• Update and consolidate the project schedule with the master planner, ensuring alignment with execution milestones and resource availability.
• Monitor and ensure timely delivery of project and contract deliverables, including documentation, equipment, and services.

Ending the project

• Ensure the initial requirements are met.
• Archives all important documentation.

Governance and communication:

• Manage stakeholder relationships by ensuring clear, consistent, and proactive communication throughout the project lifecycle.
• Prepare and deliver monthly project reports, including financial status, schedule updates, risk assessments, and progress against key milestones.
• Plan and lead quality and performance review sessions (Gate Review) to mark major program milestones.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business administration, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of project management experience in operations or transportation; a combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.
• Knowledge of rolling stock and revenue management (strong asset).
• Solid understanding of financial principles.
• Proven experience managing projects involving multifunctional teams and working within a matrix organization.
• PMP certification required.
• Practical expertise in project management tools and methodologies; familiarity with Microsoft SharePoint, EPM 2010, and Project Online is an asset.
• Bilingual in English and French (oral and written) is essential.

At VIA Rail, we are proud to be an employment-equity employer and we strive to form teams that reflect the diversity of Canadian society. We aim to remove barriers to employment accessibility and aspire to provide an inclusive and equitable work environment where everyone is valued, regardless of their identity or differences, to enable them to reach their full potential.

If you need assistance in making the recruitment process or the position you are applying for more accessible, please let us know. Alternate arrangements may be offered to individuals who request them at any stage of the recruitment process. All information received in relation to arrangements will be kept confidential.

Note that we will only contact those who are selected for an interview.

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