Director – Engineering Services (Signaling & Train Control)
Engineering | Full-time
Toronto
About the role:
- Lead signalling and train control engineering across the client’s capital expansion portfolio, covering conventional signalling, European Train Control System (ETCS), Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) and wayside systems.
- Act as senior technical authority, translating operational requirements into delivery requirements and guiding ETCS rollout, legacy-system migration and interoperability with dual-equipped fleets and mixed-traffic operations.
- Oversee design integrity, safety-critical circuits, logic and onboard interfaces through design, installation, testing, commissioning and operational acceptance.
- Manage interfaces across track, traction power/OCS, civil infrastructure, rolling stock, maintenance facilities and external railway operators.
- Ensure compliance with client standards, AREMA, CROR, CENELEC and Transport Canada requirements; oversee hazards, technical risks, variances and regulatory clearances.
- Lead and develop the engineering team and oversee consultants, delivery partners and specialist suppliers.
Experience:
- 10+ years’ railway signalling and train control engineering experience, including at least 5 years in senior leadership or director-level roles delivering complex brownfield/greenfield signalling, CBTC or safety-critical train control programmes.
- Proven ETCS design, testing and deployment expertise, plus knowledge of North American legacy track-circuit and block-signalling systems.
- Strong understanding of shared-corridor and mixed-traffic operations, including freight and intercity passenger interoperability.
- Expertise in CENELEC EN 50126/50128/50129, IEEE 1474, AREMA, Canadian Rail Operating Rules (CROR), systems engineering lifecycles and Transport Canada requirements.
Skills and Competencies:
- Strong multidisciplinary team leadership, delegation, mentoring, stakeholder management and conflict resolution; able to explain complex technical issues to senior and non-technical audiences.
- Analytical problem-solving, attention to detail and proactive risk management; able to prioritise competing demands, escalate risks and meet deadlines independently and collaboratively.
- Expert engineering methods, relevant engineering software and advanced Microsoft Office skills, with a commitment to ongoing professional development.
- Ability to align technical solutions with client goals, operational and business needs, and industry best practice.
Education:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or an equivalent technical engineering discipline.
Licenses OR Certifications:
- Active Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) status in good standing with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) is preferred, together with a comprehensive understanding of the Ontario Professional Engineers Act.
