Why join us?
SNC-Lavalin provides cutting-edge engineering, procurement, construction and financing solutions to projects in more than 100 countries around the world. From the Canadian Arctic to the Southern African region and Australasia, our multicultural workforce is driven by a fierce pride in their work and a pioneering vision.
SNC-Lavalin is truly a global leader in its field and has been chosen to design and build some of the most prestigious projects in the world.
Within Canada, our Rail, Transit & Mobility team has been selected to design and deliver most of the recent Greenfield and Brownfield LRT, ALRT and Light Metro jobs awarded in the last 15 years including the Canada Line, Calgary West LRT, Edmonton North LRT, the Evergreen Line and the Confederation Line.
We are actively working on delivering the Trillium Line (Ottawa), Le Réseau express métropolitain (Montreal) and Eglinton-Crosstown (Toronto) as well as a number of other recent big wins.
Our Rail, Transit & Mobility engineering team deliver systems solutions that include alignment and track, traction power and distribution, signalling and train control, and communications. One of the key components of our systems delivery is systems engineering encompassing the activities required to manage and deliver the integration of systems, sub-systems and components of a rail transit project. Our Systems Engineering sub-practice is looking for a Systems Engineering Director who will report to the Vice President of Rail, Transit & Mobility for Canada and will take over leadership of this successful team.
How will you contribute to the team?
To perform this role successfully, the candidate will be responsible for but not limited to the following:
- Leadership of approximately 50 systems engineers located across Canada.
- Leadership of the implementation of systems engineering processes in accordance with ISO 15288 and CENELEC standards.
- Leadership of business development activities for the systems engineering team.
- Leadership of systems engineering input into technical and financial proposals.
- Leadership in the development of best practice and the development of team members.
- Leadership in setting up systems engineering processes on projects of varying size.
- Representing the Canadian systems engineering team in global initiatives.
What will you contribute?
- Degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology.
- Professional Engineer status or equivalent.
- Essential – Minimum 15 years’ experience of delivering complex multidisciplinary projects.
- Essential – Experience of managing teams of systems engineers.
- Essential – Experience of delivering railway projects to comply with ISO 15288 and CENELEC standards.
- Essential – Experience of business development and writing tender proposals.
- Essential – Experience of developing budgets and schedules for large projects.
- Essential – Excellent written, presentation and communication skills.
- Essential – Attention to detail in delivering high quality work.
- Essential – Experience of working directly with client organizations or construction teams.
- Essential – Excellent networking and client relationship management skills; able to influence and manage key stakeholders and build trust and advocacy with clients.
- Essential – Excellent people management and interpersonal skills; able to engage staff and address difficult issue effectively and fairly.
Travel –
- Must be willing to travel to project sites.
- Must be willing to travel to vendor locations.
- Must be able to work away from home for periods of time.
What we offer at SNC-Lavalin:
At SNC-Lavalin, you will enjoy competitive compensation, a safe and healthy work environment, and a full range of benefits (ie.: group insurance, retirement savings plan, share purchase plan, continuing education program, etc.).
You think that a career in our team could match your profile, submit your application online now!
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