TYLin

Senior Rail Track Design Engineer

TYLin

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Toronto • Canada

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Salary

💰 CA$115,000 - CA$160,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Serve as the discipline lead for track design on major rail and transit projects
  • Lead development of horizontal and vertical alignments, turnouts, crossovers, special trackwork, and yard layouts
  • Oversee preparation and review of design drawings, specifications, design criteria, and technical reports
  • Conduct and review corridor assessments, constructability analyses, staging plans, and design alternatives
  • Ensure seamless integration with signalling, traction power, OCS, communications, civil, structural, and geotechnical disciplines
  • Provide senior technical review, quality assurance, and risk mitigation guidance
  • Lead multidisciplinary teams through feasibility, preliminary design, detailed design, and implementation phases
  • Engage with clients, rail operators, and regulatory authorities to resolve technical issues and support decision making
  • Mentor and develop junior and intermediate rail engineers, fostering technical excellence within the practice
  • Contribute to business development, proposal strategy, and client relationship management
  • Advance TYLin’s internal best practices for track design, rail corridor integration, and constructible engineering solutions

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline
  • Minimum 15 years of experience in rail track design for LRT, heavy rail, commuter rail, or freight rail projects
  • Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Ontario, Alberta, or British Columbia
  • Demonstrated leadership delivering complex rail infrastructure projects
  • Advanced proficiency in track geometry design, alignment modelling, and corridor integration
  • Experience with design tools such as Bentley OpenRail, MicroStation, Civil3D, or equivalent
  • Strong knowledge of AREMA, Transport Canada guidelines, and applicable provincial/municipal standards
  • Experience coordinating with rail systems disciplines (signaling, OCS, traction power, communications)
  • Strong understanding of constructability, staging, maintenance of way requirements, and rail operations constraints
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present technical concepts to clients, stakeholders, and senior leadership
  • Experience working with Canadian transit agencies and rail operators is an asset.
Benefits
  • Extensive medical, disability and life insurance coverage
  • Continuing education benefits
  • Paid time off
  • Employee assistance program
  • Retirement savings plan with company matching contributions

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
track designhorizontal alignmentsvertical alignmentsturnoutscrossoversspecial trackworkyard layoutstrack geometry designalignment modellingcorridor integration
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationclient relationship managementtechnical excellencedecision makingquality assurancerisk mitigationteam collaborationbusiness development
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Civil EngineeringMaster’s degree in Civil EngineeringLicensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)