About the Role
GFT is seeking a Senior RAM Engineer to join our Practice or CBG Team. Working on the transportation team at GFT offers the opportunity to engage in transformative projects that enhance transportation infrastructure and improve community connectivity. The role provides technical leadership for RAM analyses, performance modeling, maintenance optimization, and lifecycle performance assessment.
Responsibilities
- Define project RAM strategies, plans, and requirements.
- Lead RAM analyses for complex rail systems.
- Establish RAM targets, KPIs, and performance metrics.
- Lead development and review of FMEA/FMECA, FTA, RBD, Markov models, and related studies.
- Define maintenance strategies, preventive maintenance intervals, and spare parts philosophies.
- Review contractor RAM deliverables and provide technical recommendations.
- Advise clients regarding operational performance and maintainability improvements.
- Support validation of RAM requirements through testing and demonstration activities.
- Integrate RAM activities with Safety, Systems Engineering, and Integration programs.
- Mentor junior engineers and provide discipline leadership.
- Support business development and client engagement activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or related STEM discipline.
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in Canada highly desirable.
- 10+ years of RAM experience in transportation, rail, aerospace, defense, or similar industries.
- Strong experience with reliability engineering methods and quantitative analyses.
- Experience with CENELEC EN 50126 and related RAM frameworks.
- Familiarity with system safety principles and hazard management.
- Strong technical leadership and client interface skills.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Local candidates will be given preference.
Skills
- Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) programs
- RAM analyses
- Performance modeling
- Maintenance optimization
- Lifecycle performance assessment
- Safety assurance principles
- RAMS framework
- FMEA/FMECA
- FTA
- RBD
- Markov models
- System safety principles
- Hazard management
Location
- Ontario
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Mississauga
- Toronto
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- Vancouver
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
- 10+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related STEM discipline
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in Canada
Salary/Compensations
- $108,000.00 - $163,000.00
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package including wellness programs, parental leave, and pet insurance, in addition to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
- Competitive paid-time-off (PTO) accrual.
- Tuition reimbursement for continued education.
- Commitment to professional development, access to internal and external training programs, and support of active participation in professional organizations
- Incentive compensation for eligible positions.
About the Company
- At GFT, a privately held AEC firm, we innovate where transportation, water, power, and buildings converge. We call this the Infrastructure of Life.
- We measure our success by the strength of our relationships – that’s why we’re the employer of choice for 5,000+ of the industry’s brightest engineers, planners, architects, inspectors, designers, and more.
- Our clients choose us for our expertise and prefer us for our nimble approach, creativity, and personal touch.
- Backed by over a century’s experience, together, we’re building a lasting legacy for future generations: stronger communities, a healthier planet, and better lives.
- GFT: Ingenuity That Shapes Lives™
Equal Opportunity
- GFT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veterans’ status or other characteristics protected by law.
