About the Role
SYSTRA Canada is seeking a designer to develop and optimize mainline horizontal and vertical alignments in accordance with project requirements, applicable codes, operational criteria, and engineering best practices. This role involves producing alignment layouts, vertical profiles, and geometry calculations for various design stages, and coordinating alignment interfaces with multiple disciplines.
Responsibilities
- Develop horizontal and vertical alignments for mainline track systems.
- Prepare and review alignment plans, profile drawings, and geometry reports.
- Perform alignment checks for compliance with design criteria, safety requirements, and operational constraints.
- Coordinate design interfaces with civil, structural, systems, utilities, and roadway disciplines.
- Identify and resolve geometric conflicts affecting constructability and system integration.
- Support interdisciplinary design workshops, reviews, and technical coordination meetings.
- Contribute to options development, comparative assessments, and value engineering studies.
- Review design changes and assess impacts on alignment, interfaces, and project requirements.
- Maintain design documentation and support change control processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree/Technology Diploma in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
- 5+ years’ experience in railway / LRT horizontal and vertical alignment design.
- Knowledge of track geometry standards, speed and comfort criteria and constructability constraints.
- Experience coordinating alignment with structures, utilities, roadway's, drainage, property, operations and maintenance.
Skills
- Horizontal and vertical alignment design
- Track geometry standards
- Speed and comfort criteria
- Constructability constraints
- Coordination with structures, utilities, roadway's, drainage, property, operations and maintenance
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree/Technology Diploma in Civil Engineering or related discipline
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.
- Visit www.systracanada.com to learn more about the company.
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.
