Director, Light Rail Transit (LRT)

Company Description Work with Us. Change the World. At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us. Job Description AECOM Mississauga is hiring a Director, Light Rail Transit (LRT). The Director leads delivery of multi-billion-dollar LRT projects through planning, design, procurement, engineering, construction, commissioning, and transfer to Operations using an Alternative Finance and Procurement (AFP) delivery model. The role oversees technical and design services throughout the project lifecycle to ensure designs are compliant, safe, constructible, and cost-efficient, and coordinates with other programs to support overall program objectives. The Director works across client, consultant, contractor, and internal teams to align technical, commercial, and delivery functions. The Director works closely with and supports the VP, contributes directly to project work as needed, and collaborates respectfully across organizational levels in a relatively flat hierarchy. The role calls for sound judgment, delivery accountability, coaching, and the ability to build trust and influence outcomes across organizations. Responsibilities Functional / Technical Lead delivery from conception and procurement through commissioning and transfer to Operations, within scope, budget, and schedule, following sound project management and construction practices and applicable standards and codes. Set and monitor project goals, engineering requirements, reference design reviews, technical performance specifications, document control, budgets, work breakdown structures, schedules, resources, and staffing. Direct assigned LRT line activities, including project finances, contracts, schedules, contractor adherence to reference designs and performance specifications, and support for program communications and intergovernmental relations. Provide strategic technical advice. Manage complex issues and risks, facilitate conflict resolution, communicate with stakeholders, and recommend corrective action when execution varies from plan. Coordinate with the Project Director, project team, design consultants, and other disciplines to align technical requirements and design information across alignments, geotechnical, utilities, tunnels, stations, and systems. Lead selection of designs, products, and techniques; conduct risk and opportunity reviews and value engineering workshops to develop cost-efficient solutions that provide value. Oversee technical consultant agreements and services, contribute to procurement strategy and bid documents, and ensure contract requirements are clear, achievable, and supported by design information at the required level of detail. Ensure design deliverables are scheduled to meet contract review, utility, stakeholder, permitting, procurement, estimating, and construction requirements. Monitor consultant and project team performance, identify issues, and support timely solutions. Provide strategic input to third-party development reviews and coordinate timely responses. Coordinate scope and schedules with stakeholders to mitigate conflicts and ensure designs align with project sponsorship r…

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