Rail Operations and Maintenance Leader

86938
Toronto, Ontario
Permanent/Direct Hire
2 weeks ago

Job Title: Rail Operations and Maintenance Leader

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

Estimated Duration: Fulltime
Hybrid (3 days), Toronto

An international engineering consultancy is seeking a Rail Operations and Maintenance Leader to provide strategic leadership across major rail programs in Canada. This is a senior role responsible for rail operations planning, operational assurance, interdisciplinary coordination, and team leadership on complex, high-profile transit projects.

The successful candidate will act as a trusted advisor to clients, lead operational strategy and delivery, and play a key role in mentoring and developing rail operations professionals while contributing to business growth and proposal development.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead rail operations planning and delivery on major urban rail projects

  • Provide technical leadership across service planning, operations modelling, maintenance strategy, and costing

  • Oversee quality, assurance, and documentation related to rail operations

  • Support proposals, business cases, and feasibility studies

  • Act as senior client interface and trusted operational advisor

  • Mentor and develop rail operations staff from both technical and commercial perspectives

  • Contribute to national rail strategy, standards, and leadership initiatives

Required Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (or equivalent experience)

  • 15+ years’ experience in rail operations within the rail/transit sector

  • Proven leadership experience in a consulting or advisory environment

  • Strong knowledge of:

  • Rail service planning and operating plans

  • Maintenance planning (fleet, stations, infrastructure)

  • Rail operations simulation and modelling

  • Operations cost estimating (top-down and bottom-up)

  • Rail asset management and regulatory frameworks

Additional Experience (Highly Valued)

  • Experience with DB, DBFM, PPP, or DBOFM project delivery models

  • Rail systems assurance, integration, and V&V exposure

  • Business case development and strategic advisory work

  • Experience establishing operational or technical standards

The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between CA$240,000 and CA$260,000

Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

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Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other  legally protected characteristics. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace.