Rail Access Planner in Toronto

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.

The Rail Access Planner is responsible for providing strategic guidance that leads to integrated rail access plans and optimised rail access processes - driving for maximum access efficiency and safety.

Missions/Main Duties

• Providing strategic access planning guidance and support based on industry best practice, knowledge and lessons learned.
• Identifying access plan constraints and developing strategies to alleviate.
• Supporting all parties to plan, book and utilise appropriate access aligned to associated work activity with maximum efficiency.
• Assessing and determining need for change to access planning processes and methods and implementing changes to deliver improved performance.
• Supporting with deconfliction analysis and implementation.
• Supporting with improving visibility of planned and booked works.
• Supporting with access specific negotiations.
• Supporting access innovation – aiming to achieve cost reduction and improving safety.
• Providing expertise to maximise the available working windows.
• Assisting with adherence to access process, procedure, and standards.
• Communicating and demonstrating planning best practice.

Profile/Skills Technical Competencies

• Be a professional rail planner with at least fifteen years’ experience within the industry.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of access issues in a railway environment.
• Knowledge and understanding of contractual issues in an access environment.
• Extensive awareness of safety issues in an operational railway environment.
• Extensive knowledge of access improvement initiatives and an understanding of how to drive these through to bring the desired benefits.
• Have experience of planning complex, multidisciplinary construction works within operational corridors.
• Have experience of leading rail access staff.
• Have experience of rail access booking systems.
• Be able to understand various rules and regulations that dictate strategic access.

About You

• You have experience as a professional rail access planner within the industry.
• You have extensive knowledge and understanding of access issues in a railway environment.
• You have good knowledge and understanding of contractual issues in an access environment.
• You have extensive awareness of safety issues in an operational railway environment.
• You have extensive knowledge of access improvement initiatives and an understanding of how to drive these through to bring the desired benefits.
• You have experience planning complex, multidisciplinary construction works within operational corridors.
• You have experience leading rail access staff.
• You have experience of rail access booking systems.
• You can understand various rules and regulations that dictate strategic access.

Salary: CAD 100,000 - 150,000 annually

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.