Digital integration Solutions Discipline Leader

Arcadis • Toronto, ON

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About The Position

Arcadis is seeking a Digital Integration Solutions Discipline Lead to drive innovative system integration strategies across diverse sectors, including airports, ports, rail, and transit systems. This role involves designing and implementing comprehensive integration strategies, developing robust system testing and validation plans to ensure seamless operation of key systems such as building management, life safety, security, lighting, power substations, ventilation, people movers, and water and wastewater management. The Discipline Lead will proactively address integration challenges, support commissioning efforts, identify bottlenecks, and recommend solutions to mitigate risks. Collaboration with internal teams and external vendors is essential to ensure compatibility, secure integration, and compliance with industry standards and regulations. The candidate will engage closely with testing and commissioning teams, interface with systems design teams, monitor design progress, and coordinate procurement, installation, and testing activities. Additionally, the role will support transit-related pursuits, contribute to systems integration initiatives, and build a team to drive revenue and deliver services across Mobility and other Global Business Areas.

Requirements

• Completion of a degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent education, training, and experience
• Minimum 15 years of experience leading systems integration teams in the transportation, airports, ports, marine, and rail industries
• Direct working knowledge of rail systems, including trackwork, signaling, automatic train controls, communications, and propulsion power supply systems
• Professional registration as an Engineer or the ability to obtain it quickly
• Experience with standards such as AREMA, ISO, CENELEC, MIL-STD, and IEEE
• Understanding of Private Public Partnership (P3) and other contractual structures for rail and transit infrastructure projects
• Strong client support and engagement skills across multiple sectors
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a focus on building high-performance teams and championing diversity and inclusion
• Ability to manage the design and implementation of information systems, including workflow processes and compliance with industry standards like ISO19650
• Must be a fast learner and result-oriented, capable of navigating and executing tasks in a fast-paced environment with attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Employ systems engineering processes to deliver successful project outcomes, encompassing requirements management, interface management, validation and verification, configuration management, and progressive assurance.
• Lead teams responsible for the design, procurement, installation, integration, configuration, testing, and commissioning of rail rapid transit systems.
• Oversee the integration and interface of these systems with civil structures, elevated guideways, tunnels, stations, OCS, lighting, communications, power stations, O&M facilities, and existing rail rapid transit systems in revenue operation.
• Ensure compliance with system lifecycle processes as defined in ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288.
• Make proposals for improvements or adjustments to project processes or software and consult with relevant project or owner’s team members to optimize delivery outcomes swiftly.
• Develop a team and collaborate with vendors, contractors, owner’s engineers, or project managers to ensure system integration through a systematic methodology to validate interfaces of each system and subsystem for safe, reliable, efficient, and sustainable operation.
• Develop critical review methodologies to ensure each subsystem functions correctly and consistently within the larger system.
• Review QA/QC of each system and subsystem to validate compliance with design specifications and quality requirements.
• Inform and advise involved parties about non-conformances and mitigation options.
• Engage in Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
• Provide guidance and training for project teams throughout the project lifecycle, including design, construction, and operations startup stages.
• Organize and utilize resources effectively to complete tasks while considering cost, quality, safety, security, and environmental impact.
• Provide advisory services to clients.
• Provide inputs for integration effort budgets and schedule estimates.
• Oversee technical resources for projects of various sizes.
• Perform other duties as directed by your manager or Arcadis.
• Ensure familiarity and compliance with Health and Safety regulations, guidelines, and stewardship commitments.

Benefits

• Sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior