Project Manager, Rail & Transit

About Us

Are you ambitious and looking to make the right move in your career? Now is the perfect time to join Egis. We are now over 21,000 engineers, architects, scientists and planners across the world and experiencing substantial growth in North America. This strategic move underscores our commitment to investing in North America, propelling our expansion to new heights.

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager, Rail & Transit to lead the planning, coordination, design management, and delivery of complex rail and transit infrastructure projects. The successful candidate will bring more than 10 years of progressive experience in transportation infrastructure, with strong expertise in rail, light rail transit, subway, commuter rail, bus rapid transit, stations, maintenance facilities, or related civil infrastructure projects.

In this role, you will manage multidisciplinary project teams, coordinate with clients, transit agencies, contractors, consultants, and internal stakeholders, and ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and in accordance with quality and technical requirements. This position is ideal for a strategic and hands-on project leader who can balance technical delivery, client relationship management, commercial performance, and team leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage rail and transit projects through planning, design, procurement, construction support, commissioning, and project close-out phases.
• Manage multidisciplinary teams, including civil, structural, architectural, systems, utilities, environmental, construction, and project controls specialists.
• Act as the primary point of contact for clients, transit agencies, municipalities, contractors, subconsultants, and project stakeholders.
• Develop and manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, work plans, cost estimates, risk registers, and resource plans.
• Oversee technical deliverables to ensure quality, constructability, compliance with applicable standards, and alignment with client requirements.
• Coordinate design reviews, technical submissions, comment resolution, interface management, and interdisciplinary coordination.
• Monitor project performance, including schedule, budget, invoicing, change management, risk mitigation, and key performance indicators.
• Prepare and present project status reports, technical reports, proposals, presentations, meeting minutes, and executive updates.
• Lead client meetings, design coordination workshops, risk reviews, stakeholder sessions, and project progress meetings.
• Support business development activities, including proposal preparation, pursuit strategy, technical write‑ups, fee estimates, and client presentations.
• Promote a strong health, safety, quality, and environmental culture across all project activities.
• Mentor junior and intermediate engineers, coordinators, and project team members.
• Identify project risks, issues, and opportunities, and implement corrective actions as required.
• Ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, regulations, contract requirements, and internal project delivery procedures.

Key Competencies

• Project leadership and team coordination
• Client and stakeholder relationship management
• Technical coordination and design management
• Risk identification and mitigation
• Budget and schedule management
• Quality assurance and constructability review
• Strong communication and reporting
• Strategic thinking and problem solving
• Mentorship and people development
• Commercial and contractual awareness

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or civil engineering
  , Transportation Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum 10+ years of progressive experience in rail,…