Civil/Systems Interface Specialist

About the role

ACCIONA is working with Metrolinx on the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension (ECWE), a 9.2-kilometre westward addition to Toronto's Line 5 light rail transit network, built under a progressive design-build model. The Civil/Systems Interface Specialist coordinates, manages and resolves interfaces between rail systems, civil infrastructure, utility providers, municipalities, external stakeholders and third-party infrastructure owners, ensuring interface requirements are identified, documented and integrated through design, construction, testing and commissioning.

Key responsibilities

• Supervise, review and control interface deliverables from designers, contractors, subcontractors and third parties, and lead interface meetings covering systems, civil, architectural, utility, municipal and third-party representatives.
• Monitor interface activities and check deliverables against project schedules, reviewing documentation for completeness, safety, reliability, constructability and compliance.
• Coordinate interfaces between systems disciplines and civil works (stations, guideways, tunnels, structures, utility corridors, roadways), and resolve design conflicts.
• Maintain interface registers, interface agreements and action tracking logs, and coordinate technical requirements with municipalities, utilities and asset owners.
• Track and close interface review comments, support design reviews and ensure interface requirements are addressed before design approval.
• Prepare interface status reports and presentations, communicate risks and decisions to project leadership, and maintain meeting and decision records.
• Identify interface risks and opportunities, coordinate mitigation strategies, and escalate unresolved issues affecting scope, schedule, cost, safety or operations.

Required profile

• 3-5 years of experience in systems integration and interface management on transportation, railway or transit projects; LRT experience is a strong asset.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Systems Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design and construction on complex projects.

Required skills

• Systems engineering, interface management, requirements management and configuration management.
• Familiarity with requirements management tools such as IBM DOORS or DOORS NG.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Familiarity with CAD and Bluebeam.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.