Deputy Design Manager - Civil Engineering

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Job Description

AECOM GTA is hiring a Deputy Design Manager.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to

• Responsible for leading multi-disciplinary project delivery for complex subway station DB/PDB projects

• 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.

• Organize independently work plans and design activities for projects of medium/high complexity

• 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

• Verifies that the schedule and budget data match the progress of the professional services throughout execution of the project.

• Coordinates the preparation of the design criteria by the team leads

• Convenes, chairs and documents interdisciplinary design coordination meetings and brings forward updates and any critical issues that impact external partners to the Project Manager and the Technical Director.

• May serve as liaison between the construction contract administrator and engineering team during construction.

• Participate and inputs to constructability reviews, risk management plans, value engineering sessions, QA/QC comments

• Contribute to preparation of contract documents, technical specifications, design report and drawing

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor Degree + 6 years of relevant experience in transportation

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in transportation

• Professional registration in Ontario or equivalent professional association registration and ability / willingness to transfer to Ontario in limited time

• 7+ years of design management experience on large multi-discipline engineering teams (500 mil +) with experience in complex station design and transit facilities.

• Understanding of depots (bus and rail) and stations (at grade, elevated and underground)

• Experience with Building Information Modelling (BIM) on multi-discipline projects

The ability to deal with uncertainty, changing and multiple priorities

• Ability to work with minimal supervision

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills applied to design activities for contractors

• Excellent oral and written skills as well as interpersonal/teamwork skills

• Ability to work in a matrix organization

• Proven success to supervise and review the work of less experienced engineers, train interns on numerical modelling

• Ability to liaise with other disciplines, professionals, clients

Additional Information

Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $105,000.00 - $145,000.00.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at ~~~ and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10115955

Business Line: Transportation

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Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Canada Ltd