Project Manager - Rail

🏢 GHD
📍 Toronto, CanadaOn-site
📅 Posted: 1mo ago🔄 Updated: 1mo ago
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GHD is seeking a Project Manager for Rail & Transit to lead the planning, design, and delivery of complex rail and transit infrastructure projects across Canada. This role involves managing multidisciplinary teams, client relationships, and ensuring project success in terms of scope, budget, schedule, quality, and safety. The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years of project management experience in the rail and transit sector, a P.Eng. designation, and strong leadership and communication skills. Experience with various contract models and specific transit agencies is also desirable.
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Business, Sales & Management
HR ManagementRisk ManagementProposalsClient Relationship Management
Soft Skills & Professional Competencies
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Engineering, Construction & Trades
Construction Management
🎁 Benefits & Perks
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Requirements
Requires 5-10 years of project management experience in rail and transit infrastructure projects, with demonstrated experience in managing various aspects of rail operations, transit agency needs, stakeholder coordination, and regulatory approvals. Must possess a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in Ontario or other Canadian provinces, along with strong client, leadership, communication, and commercial management skills.
Description

Project Manager, Rail & Transit

Who Are We Looking For?

Reporting to the Team Leader in Rail & Transit, the Rail & Transit Project Manager will lead the planning, design, and delivery of complex rail and transit infrastructure projects across Canada. This role is responsible for managing multidisciplinary teams, strengthening client relationships, and delivering projects that support transportation expansion, asset renewal, and community connectivity. The successful candidate will play a key role in growing GHD's Rail & Transit practice while driving excellence in project delivery, innovation, and collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the planning, design, procurement, construction support, and commissioning of major rail and transit infrastructure projects.
  • Manage projects involving commuter rail, heavy rail, LRT, BRT, rail corridor improvements, track rehabilitation, stations, guideways, and transit expansion initiatives.
  • Deliver projects in accordance with scope, budget, schedule, quality, safety, and client expectations.
  • Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams consisting of civil, track, structural, systems, utilities, environmental, and construction specialists.
  • Liaise with transit agencies, railway owners and operators, municipalities, utility companies, regulators, contractors, and other key stakeholders.
  • Manage project risks, commercial performance, schedules, stakeholder engagement, and contract administration activities.
  • Support proposal preparation, strategic pursuits, and client relationship management.

 

What You Bring

  • 5-10 years of project management experience delivering rail and transit infrastructure projects within Canada and other comparable jurisdictions.
  • Demonstrated experience managing projects involving rail corridors, track infrastructure, stations, guideways, transit systems, and transportation infrastructure.
  • Strong understanding of railway operations, corridor management, transit agency requirements, stakeholder coordination, and regulatory approvals.
  • Experience leading large multidisciplinary engineering and consulting teams through the full project lifecycle.
  • Experience with various contract models, for example; Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build, Construction Management, and P3 delivery models.
  • Proven client management, leadership, communication, and commercial management skills.
  • Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in Ontario or other Provinces within Canada.
  • Experience with TTC, Metrolinx, VIA Rail, municipal transit agencies, or railway owners/operators is considered an asset.

 

The salary range for this position is $95,000 - $120,000.  The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for GHD locations in its major city centres. Ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At GHD, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications and work location. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation.  

 

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in recruiting is just getting started and may be used during the process to improve efficiency and fairness. Your application may be reviewed by both AI and our hiring team. While AI supports some steps through the process, all final hiring decisions are made by humans

 

As a diverse and inclusive organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, GHD will provide reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process.

 

This position is for an existing vacancy.

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