Accenture Construct - Senior Project Manager - Conventional Signalling - Track Team, Com

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At Accenture Construct, that's the job. You'll help deliver the data centers, power grids, rail networks, factories and public infrastructure that keep communities moving — smarter, safer and more sustainably.
You'll work alongside people who think big and act bold: project managers, engineers, technologists and strategists who pair real-world delivery with AI. And you won't be handed a slice of it. We take on whole programs, from early strategy through construction and handover, and we stand behind how they land.
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(Internal Title: Project Management IV)
The Senior Project Manager - Conventional Signalling, will provide project management leadership for the delivery of the conventional signalling programme within the Track team.
The role will support the planning, development and implementation of signalling projects across multiple corridors and work packages, ensuring alignment with programme objectives, delivery milestones and operational requirements.
Key responsibilities include:
Leading the planning and delivery of conventional signalling projects from development through commissioning.
Managing project scope, schedule, budget, risks and interfaces.
Coordinating stakeholders across clients, consultants and contractors.
Supporting the development of delivery, staging and commissioning strategies.
Managing consultants, contractors and technical specialists.
Monitoring programme performance and implementing mitigation actions where required.
Supporting governance, reporting and senior management decision-making.
Ensuring signalling works are delivered safely and in accordance with programme requirements and commissioning milestones
Working Conditions
Office-based (5 Days a week in Office)
Experience:
Minimum 10 years' experience managing major rail, transit or infrastructure projects.
Experience delivering complex railway systems or rail infrastructure projects through planning, design, construction and commissioning phases.
Strong understanding of project management principles, including scope, schedule, cost, risk and stakeholder management.
Experience managing consultants, contractors and multidisciplinary teams.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Experience working within large transportation programmes is preferred.
Education:
Degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management or related discipline.
Licenses OR Certifications:
PMP designation and/or Professional Engineer designation considered an asset
Skills and Competencies:
Expert grasp of prevailing engineering means and methods in the area of specialty
Sound understanding of applicable engineering-related software
Effectively leads multi-resource engineering teams
Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment by ensuring effective teamwork, promotion of innovation, and overall excellence
Tact to perceive and ameliorate conflict and tension
Demonstrated capability to supervise, delegate, and develop capacity
Demonstrated functional acumen to support how solutions will address client goals while maintaining alignment with industry best practices
Proven success in providing on-site leadership for project teams by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones
Competent in understanding interdependencies between technology, operations, and business needs
Advanced skills in Microsoft Office
Must maintain professional development to keep abreast of emerging technologies, methods, and best practices
Ability to arrange priorities and elevate competing risks to meet deadlines with minimum input from leadership
Keen eye for detail and adept problem-solving abilities with a track record for meeting deadlines
Must have demonstrated experience relaying and receiving information (written and verbal) in a demanding multidisciplinary project environment
Expert ability to work collaboratively and independently on creative and analytical tasks in a structured, disciplined, technology-driven environment
Proven capacity to anticipate, identify, and minimize risks
Expert ability to detect, capitalize, and be sensitive to others' strengths
Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a new position.
The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role. It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.
Role Location Annual Salary RangeToronto $145,000 to $218,000
What's in it for you
The biggest builds going. Hyperscale data centers, grid and generation, transit and rail, chip fabs, mines, water. If it's complex and it matters, it's on our list.
You own the outcome. Not a workstream. Not a deliverable. Whether the program lands.
AI that shows up on site. Program control that predicts instead of records. You'll use it, and you'll help shape it.
Scale without the distance. More than 5,000 practitioners across the Americas, EMEA and APAC, on a team small enough that people know your name.
Serious investment in you. Leadership development, technical upskilling and certification support.
Work that outlasts you. People will use what you build for forty years without knowing your name. That's the point.
Recognition that means something in this industry. Accenture Construct is ranked #6 globally in ENR's 2026 Top 50 Program Management Firms and #4 in Building Design + Construction's Top 80 Construction Management Firms for 2026.
About Accenture ConstructAccenture Construct is Accenture's global capital projects business.
The data centers behind AI. The grid behind the energy transition. The rail, water and airports everything else runs on.
We plan them, engineer them, deliver them and hand them over — and unlike most of this market, we're on the hook for whether they land on time. More than 5,000 practitioners across the Americas, EMEA and APAC. One team that owns the whole thing.
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