Engineering Lead - Mechanical & HVAC

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.

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Context

Reporting to the Facilities Design Director, within the Co-Development Phase of the ALTO programme, the Engineer Lead will provide technical governance, lead design, coordination and delivery of their work discipline work package for Facilities High-Speed Rail (HSR) programme. The Engineer Lead is responsible for overseeing the planning, design, integration, and delivery strategy of their respective discipline, and facilities with associated elements of those facilities on the corridor, ensuring alignment with programme objectives, operational requirements, regulatory frameworks, and lifecycle performance targets. This role entails multidisciplinary design coordination (architecture, structural, MEP, utilities, fire/life safety, vertical transportation, civil interfaces, and rail systems integration), combined with applicable interface management across civil, rail systems, operations, and stakeholders. The Engineer Lead acts as the accountable authority for Facilities-specific discipline decisions and Engineer of Record.

Missions/Main Duties

• Strategic Leadership, Design and Governance

  • Support and uphold the overall Facilities Development Strategy across all project phases (concept to commissioning).
  • Implementation of the Facilities Development Plan, including:
    • Uphold design strategy and facilities vision
    • Adhering to programme milestones and delivery roadmap
    • Comply with design maturity and review gates
    • Comply with interface and integration strategy
    • Input to risk and opportunity management
  • Enforce disciplines technical governance frameworks for their respective discipline and facilities, including:
    • Preparation of engineering discipline design drawings, reports and specifications
    • Design review processes (eg. 30/70/90/IFC)
    • Lead engineering design team members
    • Change control and configuration management
    • Design assurance and compliance mechanisms
    • Decision-making and escalation processes
  • Ensure disciplines alignment of facilities design with:
    • Programme objectives and funding constraints
    • Concept of Operations (ConOps) and service strategy
    • Sustainability and climate resilience objectives

  Programme-Level Interface Management:

  • Work with facilities Design Director in the interface management between facilities and key programme components and programme-wide Interface Management
  • Work with the Systemwide Engineer to ensure and implement consistent interface solutions of the facilities with overall framework.

  Stakeholder and Authority Management

  • Provide support to the Facilities Design Director as needed for discipline input for facilities engagement as applicable with:
    • Federal, provincial, and municipal authorities
    • Transport Canada and regulatory bodies
    • Utility providers and third parties
    • Municipal planning and urban integration stakeholders
  • Provide discipline materials for the permitting and approvals of the facilities.
  • Ensure facilities designs comply with applicable Canadian codes and standards.

  Operational Integration

  • Understand and support the overall facilities vision and operation and maintenance requirements across the programme
  • Implement the engineering discipline’s integration of:
    • Capacity study outputs
    • Operational requirements
    • Commercial and retail strategies
  • Ensure the engineering discipline of the facilities complies with the design principles while allowing contextual adaptation

  Risk, Cost, and Performance Management

  • Work with the Facilities Design Director in inputting disciplinary risks to the overall facilities programme, including:
    • Design risks and constructability challenges
    • Interface and integration risks
    • Regulatory and approval risks
    • Stakeholder-related constraints
  • Work with the Facilities Design Director in value engineering and optimization strategies at the discipline and facilities level
  • Ensure alignment of the discipline’s scope with programme budget, schedule, and performance targets
  • Monitor discipline’s own performance and ensure quality and consistency within the facilities

  Procurement and Delivery Strategy

  • Support the procurement strategy for facilities packages, including providing:
    • Drawings and reports
    • Technical and performance specifications
  • Ensure coherence of facilities packages across interfaces and disciplines.

  Construction and Delivery Oversight (potentially as per project agreements)

  • Provide executive technical oversight for facilities constructability.
  • Ensure design intent is maintained through delivery.
  • Support resolution of major facilities specific technical issues and interface conflicts
  • Oversee readiness for commissioning, handover, and operational integration of facilities

Profile/Skills

• Experience & Technical Competencies
  • Accredited degree in Engineering
  • Professional Engineer (P.Eng. OIQ or both) or eligibility in Canada
  • Bilingual (English/French) preferred
  • 15+ years of experience in major infrastructure or transportation projects
  • Minimum 10 years in leadership roles managing multidisciplinary teams
  • Experience in rail, metro, or high-speed rail facilities design and delivery
  • Experience working in complex, highly regulated environments
  • Experience with Alliance, PPP, or Design-Build delivery models (asset)
  • Experience integrating new infrastructure with existing (brownfield) systems (asset)
• Technical expertise
  • Broad and strategic understanding across:
    • Large-scale transportation architecture and facilities planning
    • Competency in construction documents and specifications
    • Structural and complex building systems
    • MEP and building systems integration
    • Fire/life safety and code compliance
    • Multimodal integration and urban connectivity
    • Sustainability and climate resilience
    • BIM and digital engineering integration
    • Interface management at programme scale
    • Risk management and configuration control
  • Strong understanding of integration between:
    • Facilities and rail systems
    • Civil infrastructure and utilities
    • Operations and maintenance requirements
    • Safety, security, and regulatory frameworks
  • Soft Skills
    • This role requires leadership in:
      • Strategic thinking and vision
      • Strong decision-making and accountability
      • Ability to synthesize complex multidisciplinary inputs
      • Communication and stakeholder experience
      • Leadership and coaching of design team members
      • Negotiation and conflict resolution

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.

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