Director, Stations

Job Description

AECOM is seeking a Director, Stations to be based in Mississauga, Ontario.

The Director provides strategic leadership for the construction planning, execution, and delivery of major station projects, including the transition from detailed design into construction, construction oversight, testing, commissioning, and handover. The role supports safe, efficient, and compliant project delivery and a strong customer experience.

Working within a Progressive Design-Build (PDB) delivery model, the Director will play a key role in integrating design, construction, commercial, and operational considerations to achieve project outcomes. The role requires significant experience in construction delivery, supported by a practical understanding of station design development, constructability, and the progression of design documentation through Issued for Construction (IFC).

This is a hands-on leadership role. The Director works closely with and supports the VP, while collaborating across client, consultant, contractor, and internal teams. The Director is expected to work respectfully across organizational levels, contribute directly to resolving project issues, and help align technical, commercial, and delivery functions. The role requires delivery accountability, sound judgment, and the ability to build trust, coach teams, and influence outcomes across organizations.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Functional / Technical

• Lead the construction planning, execution, and delivery of major station projects in a Progressive Design-Build (PDB) environment, including early works, construction readiness, construction execution, testing, and commissioning. Monitor quality, budget, and schedule, and ensure compliance with safety, environmental, project management, and other applicable requirements.
• Lead the construction management function in collaboration with the Delivery Partner, Technical Advisor, contractor, and client teams, including program management, pre-construction, commercial, legal, and finance functions, working directly with these teams to coordinate station construction activities and project interfaces.
• Oversee project commercial and risk management systems, including health and safety, quality, accounting, finance, legal, and communications.
• Direct assigned station project activities, including financial accountability, contracts, schedules, contractor adherence to reference designs and performance specifications, and construction and delivery advice.
• Coordinate with the Project Director, project team, and construction management consultants to meet contractual requirements; lead constructability reviews with the Technical Advisor.
• Resolve construction issues with third-party partners, including municipalities, transit organizations, and utilities, to maintain schedules. Manage complex project issues and risks, resolve conflicts, and communicate with stakeholders.
• Provide construction expertise for constructability, value management, and value engineering reviews, and claims.
• Ensure contract requirements are clear and achievable; assist with bid documents and procurement strategy; manage construction agreements and contracts.
• Ensure design information for claims and variations supports estimating. Schedule pre-construction deliverables to meet contract needs, including utilities, permits, environmental requirements, land acquisition, and third-party agreements.
• Monitor consultant and project team performance, identify issues, and support timely solutions.
• Lead value engineering workshops to reduce costs while maximizing value. Provide input to third-party development reviews and coordinate timely responses.
• Coordinate stakeholder scope and schedules to mitigate conflicts and ensure construction solutions align with project sponsorship requirements.
• Manage communications with contractors and stakeholders, including municipalities, property owners, utilities, and authorities having jurisdiction. Prepare presentation materials and support the Project Director with presentations as required.
• Promote proactive issue resolution through integrated planning, transparent reporting, and timely decision-making, ensuring construction risks and opportunities are addressed before they affect delivery outcomes.

Customer / Stakeholder

• Build effective working relationships and communication across business units, departments, contractors, and stakeholder groups.
• Establish trusted, collaborative working relationships across client, Delivery Partner, Technical Advisor, designer, and contractor organizations, supporting the principles and behaviours of Progressive Design-Build delivery.
• Participate in senior management meetings, presentations, and committees; delegate division representation to other committees as needed.
• Guide construction engagement with the public, municipalities, elected officials, and other stakeholders. Build collaborative relationships that reflect municipal, community, and business interests along the project corridor.
• Support development of the division’s service vision and provide technical expertise to senior management and stakeholders on station infrastructure planning and consulting.
• Work with municipalities to develop station projects in alignment with local transportation objectives.
• Lead responses to customer and stakeholder concerns and oversee engagement plans that anticipate and address issues.
• Work with federal, provincial, and municipal government offices, regulators, railways, utilities, suppliers, contractors, and facility tenants to advance service expansion and mitigate municipal impacts related to station projects.
• Facilitate constructive resolution of issues where multiple organizations have competing priorities, ensuring that decisions are informed by project-wide outcomes, contractual obligations, and practical construction requirements

Operational Excellence

• Oversee strategic planning, design, and construction for station projects to ensure compliance with regulatory codes, processes, and protocols; champion construction safety and applicable safety standards and policies.
• Conduct strategic research and planning, inform policy and operational decisions, and recommend improvements aligned with organizational strategies and business objectives, considering the wider network and existing and planned projects.
• Promote quality and industry best practices in service delivery and transportation solutions. Identify best practices in major station project delivery and work with peers to improve structures and operating practices.

Financial Stewardship

• Develop and manage annual and long-term budgets and staffing plans in accordance with organizational standards and applicable legislation.
• Establish controls for expense allocation, cost management, and fiscal responsibility; provide status and financial reports.
• Monitor progress against objectives, schedules, budgets, and expected results; work proactively and collaboratively to prevent claims.
• Champion integrated planning, construction readiness reviews, risk-based decision-making, and continuous improvement across station delivery activities.
• Promote a collaborative, solutions-oriented culture in which issues are surfaced early, accountabilities are clear, and teams are empowered to resolve matters at the appropriate level.
• Support effective construction assurance, quality management, inspection, testing, and commissioning processes to demonstrate compliance with contractual and technical requirements.

People Leadership

• Build a work environment where people have the skills, alignment, and resources needed to succeed.
• Direct and manage a large department through subordinate supervisors.
• Help develop and implement the organization’s strategic vision, align projects with corporate goals, and model corporate values and the Code of Ethics.
• Lead employees and contractors across interdependent project teams. Set roles and expectations, provide timely feedback and coaching, monitor assignments and performance, and address performance gaps.

Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor Degree in a relevant engineering discipline (Transportation, Civil Engineering, or a related discipline) +10 years experience in the rail transportation industry or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education, including 2 years of leadership experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Ideally 10 years of progressively senior project management experience in the rail transportation industry, including senior leadership and direction in station design, development, and delivery. Experience working directly with construction teams and addressing construction delivery issues is preferred.
• Experience delivering projects under Progressive Design-Build, Alliance, Integrated Project Delivery, or other collaborative contracting models, including an understanding of shared governance, integrated decision-making, and collaborative risk and opportunity management, is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated experience managing the transition from detailed design to construction, including constructability reviews, IFC documentation, design coordination, technical queries, and construction-stage changes.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) licence recognized by Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) is an asset.
• Familiarity with the Places to Grow Act, Planning Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, and Municipal Act is an asset; knowledge of human resources legislation, including the Employment Standards Act and Occupational Health and Safety Act, and other legislative and regulatory requirements governing health and safety and the construction industry.
• Knowledge of the Alternative Finance Procurement method is required.
• Project management, coordination, and senior leadership skills to lead staff and project teams, and provide technical and administrative leadership to a functional unit with multiple teams, within budget and schedule constraints and against business objectives.
• Knowledge of construction engineering, construction processes, and value engineering; senior-level construction leadership or management oversight experience.
• Experience supporting target price development, construction cost validation, schedule optimization, risk management, and value-for-money assessments is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of financial principles and practices, procurement, fiscal planning, controllership, business planning, estimates, expenditures, allocations, capital funding decisions, and budget development and management.
• Leadership, interpersonal, oral, written, presentation, communication, negotiation, and consensus-building skills to manage diverse project specialists and consultants within established scope, schedule, and budget; collaborate with stakeholders; and build and maintain strategic relationships across divisions and with internal and external stakeholders and clients.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills to manage complex project issues and risks and facilitate resolution; expertise in change leadership, risk analysis, status reporting, and issue management.
• Experience managing employees and contractors, including applying collective agreement provisions where applicable.
• Ability to promote a safety culture, advise on health and safety, and oversee safety programs, procedures, processes, tools, and training.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Additional Information

This is a newly created role

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