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Role description:
We are seeking a Track Design Lead to join our Canadian Rail and Transit team within our global Mobility group. In this role, you will support the design and planning of rail and transit infrastructure projects, working closely with senior engineers and multidisciplinary teams. You will contribute to delivering safe, efficient, and sustainable rail solutions across freight rail, LRT/subway commuter rail, and port rail projects. This role offers the opportunity to take on increased ownership of design tasks and collaborate across engineering disciplines while developing your technical and project management skills.
Role accountabilities:
In this role you will develop detailed track and railway infrastructure designs in accordance with applicable regulations and industry standards (e.g., AREMA, FRA, Transport Canada, UIC). You will prepare comprehensive alignment plans that address curvature, grading, elevation, drainage and special trackwork (turnouts, crossovers, storage tracks), and you will optimize layouts for safety, efficiency and sustainability under the guidance of senior engineers. You will use engineering software to prepare, review and revise design drawings and documentation, ensuring accuracy, compliance and alignment with client specifications. You will assist with feasibility studies and alignment assessments by gathering and analyzing site, topographic and environmental data, running models and simulations, and contributing to reports and presentations that summarize findings and recommended routes.
You will coordinate closely with designers and engineers across subsystems—signalling, traction power, civil works, structures, roads and drainage—to integrate track designs into the broader system. You will participate in design reviews and coordination meetings, raise and help resolve technical conflicts, and support constructability and operational considerations to maintain design consistency across disciplines.
In this role you will ensure design work meets safety, regulatory and quality standards and help refine internal design guidelines as practices evolve. You will support project delivery by preparing documentation for client reviews and regulatory approvals, and by providing technical construction support—responding to RFIs, reviewing contractor submissions and resolving on-site or remote design queries as projects progress.
Qualifications & Experience:
- 5-7 years of experience in track engineering design or related civil infrastructure roles, preferably within rail or transit projects
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, or related) or equivalent technical qualification
- Working toward or holding a Professional Engineer (P.Eng) designation in Canada is strongly preferred
- Solid understanding of track design principles, alignment optimization, and railway infrastructure components
- Experience using engineering design software such as OpenRail Designer, Ferrovia, MicroStation, Autodesk Civil 3D, or similar tools
- Knowledge of relevant railway standards and regulations (AREMA, FRA, Transport Canada, UIC, TCRP Report 155)
- Demonstrated ability to produce detailed design drawings, specifications, and engineering documentation with accuracy
- Proven capability to collaborate effectively across multi-disciplinary teams and participate in design coordination
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on safety, sustainability, and constructability
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with experience presenting technical information to diverse audiences
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
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We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
