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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Overview
As the National Lead for the Bus Transit Engineering discipline, you will spearhead the strategic direction, growth, and technical excellence of our bus transit engineering team across Canada. This leadership role combines business development, client engagement as well as defining technical orientations of the discipline.
Working as part of the Rail, Transit Systems and Telecoms Practice, you will be developing the overall Bus Transit Engineering strategy, in unlocking market opportunities, building capabilities and offering the best value to our customers.
Your role
- Strategic Leadership: Define and execute the vision and roadmap for the Bus Transit Engineering discipline, aligned with corporate goals and market trends.
- Practice Development: Build and lead a high-performing team of engineers and specialists, fostering innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence.
- Client Engagement: Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with public agencies, municipalities, and private sector clients. Act as a trusted advisor and thought leader.
- Project Oversight: Provide executive oversight on major bus transit projects, ensuring delivery excellence in planning, design, construction, and integration.
- Technical Governance: Ensure adherence to industry standards, regulatory requirements, and best practices in bus transit infrastructure.
- Business Development: Support proposal development, win strategies, and pursuit of new opportunities in the transit sector, throughout the country.
- Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate with all pertinent practices such as Civil, Structural, Architecture, Mechanical & Electrical to ensure integrated and efficient project delivery.
- Risk and Performance Management: Oversee risk mitigation strategies, performance metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Job Type
Full time
Ref
R-137957
Salary range
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About you
- Bachelor degree in mechanical, civil, automotive engineering or related field.
- 15+ years of experience in transit infrastructure, with a focus on bus transit systems.
- P. Eng license is an asset.
- PMP or equivalent certification is an asset.
- Deep understanding of the bus market and projects in Canada.
- Strong business acumen and experience in client-facing roles.
- Proven leadership in managing multidisciplinary teams and complex projects.
- Strong understanding of bus systems, including civil, mechanical, electrical, O&M.
- Familiarity with Canadian transit regulations and standards.
- Experience in planning, coordinating, and supervising engineering projects.
- Ability to manage budgets, timelines, and resources effectively.
- Ability to stay abreast of new technologies and competitive products within the field of practice.
- Strategic thinking to align engineering projects with company objectives.
- Bilingual is an asset.
Why choose AtkinsRéalis?
Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like-minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.
Reward & benefits
Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career at AtkinsRéalis in Canada.
Enjoy competitive compensation, employee recognition, and a brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs.
Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.
And take advantage of our hybrid working culture and generous time-off policies to balance a fulfilling career with your personal life.
Make it brilliant, a career with AtkinsRéalis
Our supportive, collaborative culture inspires us as a global community every day.
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About AtkinsRéalis
We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.
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Appropriate accommodation will be provided upon request throughout the recruitment and hiring process as required by Company policy and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).
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