Intermediate Design Manager - Rail And Transit

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Due to continuing growth in our Rail/Transit practice, our EDO (Engineering Design Organization) is looking for a dynamic and motivated individual to take on the role of Intermediate Design Manager – Rail and Transit based out of the GTA.

Main responsibilities:

• Coordinates the preparation of the design criteria by the team leads
• Verifies that the schedule and budget data match the progress of the professional services throughout execution of the project.
• Coordinating design compliance through verification and validation of performance specifications.
• Ensure the design produced follows appropriate engineering processes, including GHD and Project specific processes
• Identifying value added design changes to positively support design-build projects across all subject areas.
• May serve as liaison between the construction contract administrator and engineering team during construction. Coordinates multidisciplinary problem resolution resulting from non-compliance with drawings and specifications at the site.
• Responsible for managing the engineering design budget and providing key inputs to the Project Controls team
• Coordinating Quality Control of all deliverable submittals in accordance with GHD’s Quality Management System
• Responsible for leading multi-disciplinary project delivery for complex station DB/P3 projects to produce a compliant, constructible designs in accordance with Client requirements, Operation and Maintenance requirements and Construction requirements
• Responsible for implementing and following the project’s Change Control system, including proactive escalation of potential changes
• Convenes, chairs and documents interdisciplinary design coordination meetings and brings forward updates and any critical issues that impact external partners to the Project Manager.
• Participate actively in the preparation and alignment to a schedule of deliverables in collaboration with the Project Controls team
• Ensure fluid communication between the project management team, the design team, construction team and the various internal and external partners
• Lead the creation and execution of design work plan and level of effort (LOE).
• Accountable for developing or verifying the technical scope of a project and working with subject areas to provide pricing during proposal, and subsequently work planning following project award to initiate design activities
• Participate to continuously review and improve the overall project strategy to meet design schedule and budget with the ability to support staging and phasing requirements.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of design management experience on large multi-discipline engineering teams (500 mil +) with experience in complex station design and transit facilities.
• Member of the PEO or OAA in Province of Ontario
• Strong organizational skills
• Knowledge of scheduling software and engineering and capital cost estimating techniques is a definite asset.
• Experience with Building Information Modelling (BIM) on multi-discipline projects
• Experience with reviewing, understanding and challenging Performance Specific Out Specifications.
• Project Delivery in an alternate project delivery (P3, DB), and experience in leading design team arrangements with contractors and consultants
• The ability to deal with uncertainty, changing and multiple priorities
• Understanding of depots (bus and rail), stations (at grade, elevated and underground), electrification, and signaling
• Design Management experience on LRT projects within Canada
• Bachelor’s (B.Sc.) degree or equivalent from a recognized college or university in Civil, Structural, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

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