Railway Signalling Consultant - casual role (Winnipeg)

Railway Signalling Consultant - casual role

Contract

State/Province: Alberta

Business Group: DCS

Business Line: Transportation

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Primary Location: CA - Calgary, AB - 48 Quarry Park Bl

Compensation: CAD 65 - CAD 100 hourly

Responsibilities

• Aid Signals Design engineers with overall design strategies.
• Help better understand client needs and requirements.
• Act as the designated signals/systems specialist.
• Comply with corporate safety, values, and initiatives.
• Manage requirements, CENELEC and other European standards.

Design

Projects will be for:

• LRT and Subway transit systems
• North American heavy‑rail freight and passenger systems to AREMA C&S standards

Perform design, review, and checking (up to 3rd level) for current and modified vital circuitry and application logic programs for automatic block systems, centralized traffic control, interlockings, and highway grade crossing warning systems.

Review own work and work done by others for adherence to applicable standards, rules and regulations, as well as all applicable client standards and signal design policies and procedures.

Prepare technical specifications.

Perform design, review, and P. Eng. stamping 3rd level.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering + 8 years experience in railway signals design or Electrical Diploma + 10 years of relevant experience or Highschool + 12 years or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in software for crossing applications and CTC signals applications
• Project Management experience will be considered an asset.
• Available to work weekends and night shifts if required.
• Ideally 10+ years of experience in railway signals design.
• Experience with CPKC, CN, Metrolinx, TTC, VIA Rail, AMT, Calgary Transit, Edmonton Transit Service or similar.
• Understanding of CN (GI’s & SCP’s), CPKC (RP’s) and Metrolinx Signal Design manual, GI’s & SCP’s.
• Experience with LRT and/or subway signaling.
• In addition to office-based design, also experience with testing/commissioning, construction, maintenance, and/or operations.
• In depth knowledge of applicable laws, standards and regulations pertaining to railroad and transit signal systems and highway-rail grade crossing warning systems. Must specifically include knowledge of AREMA C&S Recommended Practices, GCS, GCR, CROR, and industry standards.
• Experience in grade crossing and vital microprocessor-based interlocking equipment programming.
• Proficient in highway grade crossing warning design, microprocessor-based constant warning time devices.
• Proficient in wayside signaling including ABS, CTC and Interlocking, both relay logic and Boolean or ladder logic.
• Experience writing technical specifications.
• Competent written and verbal English skills.

Sponsorship for Canadian employment authorization is not available for this position.

To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in‑person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in your potential and are here to help you achieve it. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Artificial intelligence will be used to support the screening, assessment, and selection of applicants for this role. Final hiring decisions are made by the hiring team.