Rail Access Planner

SYSTRA Canada is part of the SYSTRA group, an international consulting and engineering group, a world leader in the design of transport infrastructures. SYSTRA Canada is an engineering and consulting firm whose primary focus is to offer transportation solutions, whether for passengers or goods: feasibility studies of building a new railway line, increasing the capacity of the existing infrastructure, privatization of a railway.

Context

The Rail Access Planner is responsible for providing strategic guidance that leads to integrated rail access plans and optimised rail access processes - driving for maximum access efficiency and safety.

Key Qualifications

• Experience as a professional rail access planner within the industry.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of access issues in a railway environment.
• Good knowledge and understanding of contractual issues in an access environment.
• Extensive awareness of safety issues in an operational railway environment.
• Knowledge of access improvement initiatives and an understanding of how to drive these through to bring the desired benefits.
• Experience planning complex, multidisciplinary construction works within operational corridors.
• Experience leading rail access staff.
• Experience with rail access booking systems.
• Ability to understand various rules and regulations that dictate strategic access.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing strategic access planning guidance and support based on industry best practice, knowledge and lessons learned.
• Identifying access plan constraints and developing strategies to alleviate.
• Support all parties to plan, book and utilise appropriate access aligned to associated work activity with maximum efficiency.
• Assessing and determining need for change to access planning processes and methods and implementing changes to deliver improved performance.
• Supporting with deconfliction analysis and implementation.
• Supporting with improving visibility of planned and booked works.
• Support with access specific negotiations.
• Support access innovation – aiming to achieve cost reduction and improving safety.
• Providing expertise to maximise the available working windows.
• Support with the use and optimisation of the Rail access planning tool.
• Assist with adherence to access process, procedure, and standards.
• Communicate and demonstrate planning best practice.

Profile/Skills

Technical Competencies Required

• Be a professional rail planner with at least fifteen years’ experience within the industry.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of access issues in a railway environment.
• Knowledge and understanding of contractual issues in an access environment.
• Extensive awareness of safety issues in an operational railway environment.
• Extensive knowledge of access improvement initiatives and an understanding of how to drive these through to bring the desired benefits.
• Have experience of planning complex, multidisciplinary construction works within operational corridors.
• Have experience of leading rail access staff.
• Have experience of rail access booking systems.
• Be able to understand various rules and regulations that dictate strategic access.

Equal Opportunity Employer

SYSTRA Canada is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that values applications from all and offers employment equity based on the merits and abilities of candidates and personnel.

Note: In this description, the masculine gender is used for easy reading purposes and includes the feminine.