Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express, as well as the PRESTO fare payment system. We are also building new and improved rapid transit, including GO Expansion, Light Rail Transit routes, and major expansions to Toronto’s subway system, to get people where they need to go, better, faster and easier. Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario.
At Metrolinx, equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to living our values of serving with passion, thinking forward and playing as a team.
The Maintenance Delivery team supports rapid transit operations through a mandate to organize maintenance and rehabilitation work programs and assure that work is performed competently and safely in accordance with contract agreements and applicable law, regulations, operating rules, codes, standards, and good industry practice. Maintenance Delivery is seeking a candidate to manage maintenance and rehabilitation work for Metrolinx-owned Light Rail Transit (LRT) assets.
This role focuses on LRT Fleet, including but not limited to Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) rolling stock; LRV on-board equipment and integrations with guideway-and-facility-based Signals & Train Control Systems (S&TCS) and Communications Systems; Maintenance-of-Way and Rescue equipment/vehicles; and Industrial Equipment for LRV cleaning, maintenance, inspection, and repair.
Your opportunity is to provide key leadership and technical expertise as Metrolinx LRT projects are commissioned and transition into revenue service. The successful incumbent will demonstrate technical and administrative excellence in their provision of subject matter expertise, management of relationships with vendors and stakeholders, and leadership of a team to deliver, oversee, and assure the performance of inspection, maintenance, and rehabilitation work.
What will I be doing?
- Managing operational and project activities for the inspection, maintenance, expansion and/or rehabilitation of Metrolinx LRT network equipment.
- Overseeing contractor work and performance to ensure quality, safety, and compliance with regulatory and contractual requirements.
- Instituting measures and controls to ensure full contractor compliance with agreement terms and conditions governing the delivery of services.
- Overseeing and executing functional area infrastructure projects encompassing design, construction, project scope, schedule, quality. and budget objectives, while integrating requirements associated with corporate standards, guidelines, policies and procedures, with minimal impact on operations and customer service.
- Developing project tenders, specifications, and requirements; evaluating submissions and recommending contract awards for management approval.
- Creating requirements for, and reviewing consultant studies together with design proposals, making implementation recommendations.
- Overseeing the prioritization of work for minimum disruption to operational efficiency and maintain consistent levels of customer service performance; coordinates and cooperates with third party (e.g. municipalities, regions, property/landowners, utilities, road authorities) operations and works.
- Leading the development of yearly and ongoing asset registers, key performance measures, and action plans that improve productivity, effectiveness, maintainability, reliability and lifespan of assets to ensure plans and subsequent decisions are made via evidence based and empirical decision making.
- Planning and overseeing the regular inspection and testing of assets to detect and resolve flaws/defects.
- Analyzing reports and tests to determine the nature and seriousness of problems; recommending appropriate remedies/rehabilitation/repairs based on cost, safety, service and strategic plans, for management review and approval.
- Collaborating with staff from the Engineering and Asset Management office and Asset Lifecycle office on performance, plans and recommended maintenance approaches.
- Acting as a functional area “centre of excellence” by consulting with business units and/or external contractors and consultants to provide subject matter expertise in the analysis, design, drawings, details and specifications of projects impacting the functional area to ensure issues are identified and resolved prior to commissioning/handover/entry into an operations and maintenance period.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal operations staff, vendors, and stakeholders to support planning and implementation of maintenance, expansion and/or rehabilitation activities and minimize the impact on rapid transit operations.
- Manages maintenance and rehabilitation activities associated with the LRT systems ensuring delivery supports customer service and revenue generation objectives.
- Manages capital and operating budgets, and expenditures allocated to maintenance, expansion and/or rehabilitation programs/projects to ensure appropriate cost control and proactively manage variances.
- Creates a working environment that is aligned with the organization’s values and goals, ensuring that people resources possess the required skills, are properly aligned, and are provided with the resources to do the job.
What Skills and Qualifications Do I Need?
- Completion of a degree in Engineering (e.g. Civil, Transportation, Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, etc.), applied science, or a related discipline – or a combination of education, training and experience deemed equivalent and applicable for this functional area.
- Minimum eight (8) years’ related experience in progressively more responsible roles managing fleet maintenance, rehabilitation, expansion, or delivery programs/projects, including leading a team.
- A valid Professional Engineering (P.Eng.) license recognized by the Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) is an asset.
- A valid Ontario Class G driver’s license is required to travel to various site locations, meetings, operational facilities, etc. The incumbent must meet and maintain the corporate standard for a good driving record.
- Knowledge of rules/regulations/codes/standards established by Transport Canada (TC), American Railway Engineering Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA), American Passenger Transportation Association (APTA), relevant rapid transit agencies, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Ontario Provincial and Municipal standards; building codes, contract, safety and environmental legislation as applicable to your functional area.
- Advanced experience-based knowledge of the maintenance of commuter rail or rapid transit fleet systems and associated equipment.
Working Conditions:
- This position may have on-call and site attendance requirements during maintenance and rehabilitation works outside of regular business hours including weekends and holidays to support Metrolinx rapid transit operations.
- This position will require indoor, underground, and outdoor work under all-weather conditions in active rapid transit corridors with train movements at operational speeds.
Don’t Meet Every Requirement?
If you’re excited about working with Metrolinx but your past experience doesn’t quite align with every qualification of this posting, we encourage you to apply. You just might be the right candidate for this or other roles. We are always looking for great talent to join our team.
We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from members of equity-deserving communities, including those who identify as Indigenous, Black, racialized, women, people with disabilities, and people with diverse gender identities, expressions and sexual orientations.
Accommodation:
We value the unique skills and experiences each person brings to Metrolinx and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment. We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act so if you require accommodation during the hiring process, please let our Recruitment team know by contacting us at: 416-202-5601 or email hr.recruitment@metrolinx.com.
Application Process:
All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Metrolinx will be using email to communicate with you for all job competitions. It is your responsibility to include an updated email address that is checked daily and accepts emails from unknown users. As we send time-sensitive correspondence, we recommend that you check your email regularly. If no response is received, we will assume you are no longer interested in pursuing the opportunity. Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate. Should it be determined that any background information provided is misleading, inaccurate or incorrect, Metrolinx reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of your application.
Metrolinx employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in accordance with Metrolinx’s Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Standard, made under the Metrolinx Communicable Diseases in the Workplace Policy, as a condition of being eligible for the recruitment process. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be required. If you are not able to obtain COVID-19 vaccination for a reason related to a protected ground of discrimination under applicable human rights legislation, you can request accommodation from Metrolinx.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
WE ARE AN EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE EMPLOYER.
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