About the Role
The Information Manager Lead is responsible for leading information management and BIM management practices across transit projects, ensuring that project information, digital models, and asset data are structured, governed, secure, and aligned with delivery and operational needs. The role sits within the Digital Engineering team and supports the successful delivery of projects through robust Common Data Environment (CDE) management, integrated digital workflows, compliance with industry standards, and effective stakeholder engagement.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development and optimization of an integrated Common Data Environment, ensuring standardized interfaces and reliable data exchange across platforms.
- Establish and maintain governance rules, approval workflows, and control points for efficient and compliant information flows.
- Define and implement the project information management strategy in alignment with business, project, and asset objectives.
- Develop metadata structures, naming conventions, and information schemas to support retrieval, coordination, traceability, and integration.
- Develop and deploy processes to ensure data quality, integrity, security, and controlled access.
- Lead the BIM management approach across projects, ensuring alignment with digital engineering objectives, client requirements, and delivery needs.
- Define and lead the BIM Strategy and the BIM Execution Plan (BEP).
- Establish BIM governance frameworks.
- Translate Employer’s Information Requirements (EIR), Asset Information Requirements (AIR), and project-specific information requirements into clear BIM processes, deliverables, and responsibilities.
- Oversee model validation, clash detection, data completeness checks, and compliance reviews.
- Ensure BIM models and associated data are effectively integrated with design, construction, GIS, document management, and asset management systems.
- Support digital transformation by promoting adoption of information management and BIM processes across project teams and stakeholders.
- Provide guidance, training, and support to ensure effective use of the CDE and associated digital tools.
- Act as the key liaison between technical teams, project delivery teams, and stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with project requirements, organizational policies, and relevant industry standards, including ISO 19650 and applicable data protection regulations.
- Conduct audits and assurance reviews to identify gaps, areas for improvement, and compliance risks.
- Support the development of mitigation measures, recovery plans, and contingency processes for critical information assets and digital systems.
Requirements
- Demonstrate strong leadership in information management, BIM governance, and digital delivery within complex infrastructure or transit environments.
- Possess a strong understanding of CDE principles, information standards, metadata structures, and multidisciplinary digital coordination.
- Ability to work across technical and non-technical stakeholder groups.
- Ability to define practical governance frameworks.
- Ability to drive adoption of consistent processes.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills are essential.
- Experience in managing digital risk, compliance, and quality assurance.
- An advanced understanding of BIM integration with GIS, document control, asset information, and enterprise project systems will be highly valuable.
- Familiarity with project delivery environments involving multiple consultants, contractors, and suppliers is also important.
- Develop and implement long-term information and CDE management strategies with an understanding of complex interrelationships between information systems.
- Lead digital transformation initiatives, drive adoption, and creatively resolve complex information management challenges.
- Translate technical concepts for diverse stakeholders and work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
- Demonstrate flexibility in responding to changing project requirements and emerging technologies.
Skills
- Information Management
- BIM Management
- Common Data Environment (CDE)
- Digital Engineering
- ISO 19650
- BIM Strategy
- BIM Execution Plan (BEP)
- Metadata Structures
- Naming Conventions
- Information Schemas
- Data Quality
- Data Integrity
- Data Security
- Model Validation
- Clash Detection
- GIS Integration
- Document Management Integration
- Asset Management Integration
- Risk Management
- Compliance
- Quality Assurance
- Strategic Vision
- Systems Thinking
- Digital Leadership
- Problem-Solving
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Adaptability
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Lead
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.
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.
