Responsable Ingénierie - structure

SYSTRA•Montreal, QC

3d•Remote

About The Position

SYSTRA Canada, part of the global SYSTRA group, a leader in transport infrastructure engineering, is seeking an Engineering Project Manager for the ALTO program. This role, reporting to the Director of Infrastructure Design, involves technical governance, design leadership, coordination, and implementation of the high-speed rail (TGV) infrastructure program. The manager will oversee planning, design, integration, and implementation strategy for their discipline, ensuring compliance with program objectives, operational requirements, regulatory frameworks, and performance goals. The position requires coordinating multidisciplinary design (architecture, structure, MEP, utilities, fire/life safety, vertical transport, civil interfaces, rail systems integration) and managing interfaces between civil engineering, rail systems, operations, and stakeholders. The Engineering Manager acts as the responsible authority for facility-specific decisions and as the reference engineer.

Requirements

Recognized engineering degree.
Professional Engineer (P.Eng. OIQ or equivalent) title or eligibility in Canada.
Bilingualism (English/French) desired.
Over 15 years of experience in major infrastructure or transportation projects.
At least 10 years of experience in leadership roles managing multidisciplinary teams.
Experience in the design and delivery of rail, metro, or high-speed rail infrastructure.
Experience working in complex and highly regulated environments.
Expertise in large-scale transportation architecture and facility planning.
Proficiency in construction documents and specifications.
Expertise in complex structural and building construction systems.
Expertise in MEP and building systems integration.
Expertise in fire/life safety and code compliance.
Expertise in multimodal integration and urban connectivity.
Expertise in BIM and digital engineering integration.
Expertise in program-level interface management.
Expertise in risk management and configuration control.
Strong understanding of integration between facilities and rail systems.
Strong understanding of integration between civil infrastructure and utilities.
Strong understanding of integration between operational and maintenance requirements.
Strong understanding of integration between safety, security, and regulatory frameworks.
Strategic thinking and vision.
High decision-making ability and sense of responsibility.
Ability to synthesize complex multidisciplinary inputs.
Communication and stakeholder experience.
Leadership and coaching of design team members.
Negotiation and conflict resolution skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with alliance, PPP, or design-build delivery models.
Experience integrating new infrastructure with existing systems (brownfield sites).

Responsibilities

Support and enforce the overall facility development strategy throughout all project phases (design to commissioning).
Implement the facility development plan, including adherence to design strategy, vision, program milestones, roadmap, design maturity stages, checkpoints, interface strategy, and integration.
Contribute to risk and opportunity management.
Apply discipline-specific and facility-specific technical governance frameworks, including preparation of design plans, reports, specifications, managing design review processes, leading technical design team members, change control, configuration management, design assurance and compliance mechanisms, and decision-making/escalation processes.
Ensure alignment of facility design with program objectives, funding constraints, Concept of Operations (ConOps), service strategy, and sustainability/climate resilience goals.
Manage program-level interfaces by collaborating with the Director of Infrastructure Design on interfaces between facilities, key program components, and program-wide interfaces. Collaborate with the Systems Engineer to ensure coherent interface solutions.
Support the Director of Infrastructure Design with technical advice for interactions with stakeholders, including federal, provincial, and municipal authorities, Transport Canada, regulatory bodies, utilities, and urban planning stakeholders.
Provide necessary technical documentation for facility permits and approvals.
Ensure facility designs comply with applicable Canadian codes and standards.
Understand and support the overall facility vision and program-wide operational and maintenance requirements.
Implement discipline-level integration of capacity study outcomes, operational requirements, and business/retail strategies.
Ensure facility engineering discipline adheres to design principles while allowing for contextual adaptation.
Integrate discipline-specific risks into the overall facility program, including design, constructability, interface, integration, regulatory, permitting, and stakeholder risks.
Collaborate on value engineering and optimization strategies at both discipline and facility levels.
Ensure discipline scope aligns with program budget, schedule, and performance objectives.
Monitor discipline performance and ensure quality and consistency across facilities.
Support procurement strategy for facility packages by providing plans, reports, and technical/performance specifications.
Ensure consistency of facility packages across interfaces and disciplines.
Provide executive technical oversight of facility constructability.
Ensure design intent is upheld throughout delivery.
Contribute to resolving major facility-specific technical issues and interface conflicts.
Oversee facility readiness for commissioning, handover, and operational integration.