ORAT Functional Leads, People Lead (Facilities Lead)

Job Description

Overview

Join a team shaping the future of airport infrastructure across Canada and beyond. As part of our Engineering Services group, the Airports team delivers innovative planning and engineering solutions for major airport and heliport programs.

We are seeking an ORAT (Operational Readiness and Airport Transfer) Functional Lead to support one of the most significant Canadian airport programs of the decade, contributing to safe, efficient, and high-performance passenger transport systems.

This role is based full time at the project office five days per week to enable close collaboration and successful program delivery.

Please note that this job posting is intended for you to express your interest in future opportunities within AtkinsRéalis.

Your Role

• Engage stakeholders and establish ORAT workstreams and working groups
• Develop and manage workstream plans aligned with the overall ORAT program and countdown schedule
• Identify dependencies, milestones, risks, and issues, and escalate threats to the ORAT Lead as required
• Ensure operational plans, processes, systems, facilities, people strategies, and readiness activities meet agreed performance objectives
• Lead the development and execution of trials, transition, logistics, and opening strategies in collaboration with stakeholders
• Validate space readiness, systems operability, operational procedures, and service provisions for live operations
• Coach, mentor, and support the development of client and stakeholder teams to enable long-term success

About You

• Ability to lead large, complex airport or infrastructure programs with multiple stakeholders
• Proficiency in ORAT planning, governance, and delivery across diverse operational workstreams
• Ability to analyze operational readiness challenges and develop practical, risk-based solutions
• Aptitude for managing senior stakeholder relationships and providing clear, decision-ready reporting
• Strong understanding of the aviation industry and holistic airport operations

*Expected compensation for this role is between Pay Range $100,200 - $137,700 annually. Base salaries are determined according to several parameters like skills, experience, and potential impact on the role. Internal and external competitiveness are also taken into account in our offers.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career at AtkinsRéalis in Canada.

Enjoy competitive compensation, employee recognition, and a brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs.

Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.

And take advantage of our hybrid working culture and generous time-off policies to balance a fulfilling career with your personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis , a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.