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Noise & Vibration Specialist at SYSTRA

Noise & Vibration Specialist

SYSTRA · CA

2 weeks ago

Noise & Vibration Specialist

SYSTRA · CA

21 days ago
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About the Role

Within the Environment team, you will assess, model, and mitigate noise and vibration impacts for public transit and rail projects from planning through commissioning. You will ensure compliance with provincial and federal regulations, optimize technical solutions, and support clients, authorities, and communities in delivering high-performing projects with strong social acceptability.

Responsibilities

  • Design and deploy urban and rail noise/vibration measurement campaigns, ensuring protocols, instrumentation, quality, and safety.
  • Model noise and vibration across design, construction, and operations, and define and optimize mitigation measures.
  • Integrate acoustic/vibration requirements into plans and specifications with cross-disciplinary coordination.
  • Contribute to impact studies and permitting.
  • Lead the subject matter team tasked to complete investigation work and reporting.
  • Conduct noise and vibration modelling for LRT operations and construction activities.
  • Develop noise and vibration EMP.
  • Identify sensitive receptors and develop mitigation strategies (barriers, operational controls, etc.).
  • Support compliance with municipal and provincial noise guidelines.
  • Oversee acceptance testing, construction monitoring, and performance verification.
  • Recommend corrective actions.
  • Produce clear, auditable technical deliverables.
  • Present results to technical audiences.

Requirements

  • Bachelor or advanced degree from a recognized university with specialization in mechanical or environmental engineering; acoustics or equivalent.
  • A designation as an accredited Professional Engineer or other relevant credentials.
  • 7 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience in environmental and vibration acoustics applied to transportation.
  • Experience in successfully managing noise and vibration assessments and mitigation measures for transit projects in North America.
  • Knowledge of relevant federal, Ontario and municipal policies, procedures and legislation, or equivalent.
  • Ability to liaise with other specialty consultants, contractors and Governmental Authorities.
  • Experience with similar projects in the Province of Ontario.
  • Strong command of applicable Ontario/ Canadian standards and frameworks.
  • Familiarity with common municipal/provincial/federal criteria.
  • Awareness of international best practices in rail/transit.
  • Proven field measurement skills, data processing, uncertainty analysis, and QA/QC protocols.
  • Proficiency with acoustic/vibration modeling tools and software.
  • Comfortable with GIS and computational/visualization tools.
  • Ability to translate technical results into practical, cost-optimized recommendations for design and construction.
  • ASP Construction card and railway safety training are an asset.
  • Demonstrated leadership, autonomy, and sound professional judgment.
  • Rigorous, organized, and able to prioritize and decide under tight deadlines.
  • Strong communication skills in English, with the ability to clearly explain technical issues.

Skills

  • Environmental and vibration acoustics
  • Noise and vibration assessment and mitigation
  • Transit project management
  • Federal, Ontario, and municipal policies, procedures, and legislation
  • Liaising with consultants, contractors, and authorities
  • Ontario/Canadian standards and frameworks
  • Municipal/provincial/federal criteria
  • International best practices in rail/transit
  • Field measurement
  • Data processing
  • Uncertainty analysis
  • QA/QC protocols
  • Acoustic/vibration modeling tools and software
  • GIS
  • Computational/visualization tools
  • Technical communication
  • Leadership
  • Autonomy
  • Professional judgment
  • Organization
  • Prioritization
  • Decision-making under deadlines

Location

  • Canada

Work Type

  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • 7 years of relevant experience

Education Level

  • Bachelor or advanced degree in mechanical or environmental engineering, acoustics or equivalent
  • Accredited Professional Engineer designation or relevant credentials

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.