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About the Role

The Due Diligence Execution Manager is a senior leadership role responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering the Due Diligence and Investigations (DD&I) program for major urban transit infrastructure projects in ON, Canada. This position integrates environmental, geotechnical, and utilities investigations into a cohesive program to inform design, construction, and risk management, ensuring efficient field execution and proactive risk management.

Responsibilities

Lead the planning, integration, and execution of multidisciplinary DD&I programs, including coordination of environmental, geotechnical, and utility investigations.
Oversee field program scheduling, logistics, and execution in collaboration with safety, procurement, permitting (PLAA), OR/third-party, and project controls teams.
Monitor program performance, including progress, schedule, budget, and risk, ensuring alignment with project objectives and delivery timelines.
Lead identification of additional investigation requirements in collaboration with Design, Construction, and Environmental teams.
Direct the development of scope, schedules, permitting strategies, and cost estimates for additional DD&I work for approval by project leadership.
Provide governance reporting, risk assessments, and decision support to senior leadership, ensuring due diligence outcomes are clearly communicated and actionable.

Requirements

Over 15 years of experience, including significant experience on major transportation or linear infrastructure projects (e.g., LRT, rail, transit corridors, highways).
Demonstrated experience leading large-scale, multidisciplinary investigation programs.
Demonstrated experience managing complex field operations in urban or constrained environments.
Demonstrated experience integrating environmental, geotechnical, and utilities data into project delivery.
Demonstrated experience with budgeting, scheduling, and risk management for major projects.
Strong knowledge of applicable regulatory frameworks, permitting processes, and governance requirements.
Excellent analytical, research and problem-solving abilities.
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
Strong project management skills with a proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
Proficiency with due diligence tools, databases and MS Office suite.

Skills

Engineering
Environmental Science
Geoscience
Project Management
Risk Management
Communication
Interpersonal Skills
Analytical Skills
Research Skills
Problem-Solving
MS Office Suite

Location

ON, Canada

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior leadership
Over 15 years of experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s or graduate degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Geoscience, or related discipline.
Post-graduate degree in a relevant field is considered a strong asset.
Professional designation (e.g., P. Eng., P. Geo., P. PMI) is strongly preferred.

Salary/Compensations

125,000 - 160,000 CAD

About the Company

SYSTRA Canada is part of the SYSTRA group, an international consulting and engineering group, a world leader in the design of transport infrastructures.
SYSTRA Canada is an engineering and consulting firm whose primary focus is to offer transportation solutions, whether for passengers or goods: feasibility studies of building a new railway line, increasing the capacity of the existing infrastructure, privatization of a railway.
Understand better who we are by visiting www.systracanada.com.

Equal Opportunity

SYSTRA Canada is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that values applications from all and offers employment equity based on the merits and abilities of candidates and personnel.
Note: In this description, the masculine gender is used for easy reading purposes and includes the feminine.
We use AI-enabled tools in our recruitment platform (iCIMS) for tasks like resume parsing and candidate matching. These tools do not make hiring decisions; all applications are reviewed by a human recruiter, and final decisions are made by our hiring team.
For questions about our hiring process or AI tools, please contact infocanada@systra.com.