Rolling Stock Maintenance Facilities Engineer

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.

SYSTRA Canada is looking for a Rolling Stock Maintenance Facilities Engineer, to act as technical lead for maintenance projects and for the design of rolling stock maintenance facilities and acquisition of maintenance equipment.

Project responsabilities:

• Studies:
  • Conduct scoping, pre-feasibility, and feasibility studies to define client needs.
  • Develop preliminary and detailed designs; prepare reports and validate designs.
• Rolling Stock Maintenance and Maintenance Facilities:
  • Define maintenance strategies; size facilities and specify workshop equipment.
  • Perform functional design and coordinate with architecture, building, civil, and rail systems teams.
    
• Procurement:
  • Prepare technical specifications and tender documents.
  • Support tendering, bid analysis, inspections, FAT/SAT, and commissioning.
  • Develop tools and data to improve delivery efficiency.

Project management:

• Monitors progress, project schedule,
• Supervises staff and provides technical guidance.
• Ensures project expenditures are compliant with established budgets.
• Follows up on the client invoicing progress and payments. 

Preparation of proposals:

• Prepare rolling stock maintenance related proposals and their pricing.

Education: An Engineering degree, preferably in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering. Membership in the Ordre des Ingenieurs du Quebec (OIQ).

Years of experience: Minimum of 10 years of experience in the functional design of Rolling Stock maintenance facilities and in the specification of maintenance equipment. 

Technical competencies: 

• Must be proficient at writing clear technical reports and proposals.
• Clear verbal and written communication skills, both in French and in English*

*Reasons for requiring bilingualism: You will have the opportunity to work with a varied clientele, including both French- and English-speaking companies. Bilingualism is therefore fundamental to building strong relationships with our customers, understanding their specific needs, communicating effectively in their preferred language and facilitating strategic meetings.

Personal & soft skills: 

• Must have aptitudes for team work on multidisciplinary projects.
• Must be able to work independently, sometimes under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Must show leadership and grow the business.

Other requirement:

• Must be willing to travel both domestically and internationally for short term assignments.

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.