Engineer, Track and Rail Infrastructure Full-time Job

JOB SUMMARY

Rail Operations manages the delivery of diesel and electric rail services, including management of the thirty-year P3 contract with the Rideau Transit Maintenance Group for the rail maintenance contract for the LRT system, ensuring safe and reliable operations that meet service standards, comply with all regulatory safety and operating requirements, and provide a safe, reliable, efficient, effective, on time, courteous and cost-effective rail service to a growing and diverse City of Ottawa.
 

You are responsible to monitor, measure, audit and review the performance of the rail systems, civil infrastructure, track, and supporting infrastructure on OC Transpo’s rail networks. You manage the production of quality metrics to measure the soundness of the performance, asset conditions, and compliance with system engineering processes; provide a single point of contact for all technical issues and concerns; track, trend, and analyse reliability in relation to track availability, including reliability issues for all infrastructure assets; oversee and provide direction and comments to system expansions; complete technical analysis of rail system failure modes; and lead rail capital improvement projects.
 

In addition, you provide technical support and design input during the procurement specification(s) as required, including the tender phase for upgrades and new installations; are responsible for the technical review of design submissions and responses; assist with the tracking and monitoring of track and track related quality issues during any  procurement stage or during maintenance phases; assist with investigations in relation to systems operations and track infrastructure issues; complete root cause analyses for system or sub-system failures/issues; undertake technical report writing; manage the development and delivery of rail and infrastructure lifecycle & safety programs; plus provide support to Transit Operations during major operational events.
 

You also participate on technical committees and lead project teams including provide engineering expertise to discuss and resolve issues on projects internal and external to the department which may impact or affect the operational requirements of the Transportation Services Department.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Completion of 4 year university degree in Applied Science or Engineering in Civil, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering
 

Minimum of 7 years of experience in railway or mass transit sectors relating to track infrastructure engineering, maintenance and operation, testing and commissioning, overhaul planning, life cycle planning, and reliability improvement programs for new and existing rail systems with experience in transit and rail control/power control systems, railway related integrated control system and track system engineering and system integration

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES

KNOWLEDGE

• A working knowledge of passenger railroad / transit operations railway industry procedures and practices with a focus on urban transit systems and track infrastructure. 
• A railway specific discipline in track, track bed, civil and structures, power, signaling, telecommunications
• Development lifecycle and lifecycle products in relation to track infrastructure
• Systems architecture/interface modeling
• Behavioural/operational concept/RAMS modeling
• Life cost modeling
• Risk assessment (both technical and project)
• Project management techniques and practices associated with the planning, documentation and monitoring of systems engineering activities
• Systems engineering and technical assurance
• RAMS analysis including use of application software
• Engineering Safety Management
• Risk identification analysis and mitigation
• Rail operations and planning, assurance, systems engineering, RAMS, Engineering Safety Management, procurement and transaction advice, and development and feasibility studies
• Must possess the training, experience and knowledge to organize the work and its performance
• Knowledge of applicable health and safety legislation, including the rights and duties of workers 
• Conversant with railway design safety principles HSE/HMRI, railway safety standards –
• Familiar with AREMA standards, Transport Canada standards and mass transit APTA  
• Be conversant with the requirements of EN 50216 RAMS Railway Applications including MIL standards as applicable
• Knowledge of rail systems including vehicle, signals, communications, electrification, building systems, and operations is an asset
   

COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Project lifecycle management from a Systems Engineering perspective
• Can apply 'Systems Thinking' to problems at technical, project and enterprise levels
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate at all levels in the spoken and written word
• Self-motivated and the ability to work under pressure are vital
• A good team player and decision maker
• Excellent analytical, teaming and communication skills plus be able to effectively relate to all staff and client team members within a team-based matrix environment 
• Excellent written and spoken English, including advanced verbal reasoning and the ability to write effective reports
• Developing and delivering presentations
• Guiding and mentoring others to deliver work related projects 
• Engagement & liaison with both external and internal clients and project engineering teams
• Work independently, with minimal direction, and collaboratively with all staff as part of a team
• Possess organizational skills and flexibility to plan, initiate, organize and prioritize own work, and deal effectively with multiple demands, conflicting priorities, pressures and deadlines
• Able to manage concurrent projects and bring projects to completion on time and within budget
• Able to foster trust and cooperation to coordinate activities between technical staff, consultants, contractors 
• Able to identify and analyze and recommend solutions to issues and problems pertaining to assigned projects to mitigate loss/project downtime
• Able to assist and prepare RFQ’s and RFP’s, review, analyze and recommend acceptance of proposals
• Able to carry out inspections to resolve project on-site problems and accept/reject contractors’ work based on contact deliverables 
• Able to perform data analysis, formulate recommendations, and create and maintain reports 
• Ability to read drawings from existing records or for proposed works