Track Safety Consultant

Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express, as well as the PRESTO fare payment system. We are also building new and improved rapid transit, including GO Expansion, Light Rail Transit routes, and major expansions to Toronto’s subway system, to get people where they need to go, better, faster and easier. Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario.

At Metrolinx, equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to living our values of serving with passion, thinking forward and playing as a team.

Our Safety Go Expansion Office is seeking a Track Safety Consultant, who under the direction of the Manager, Safety Training and Competence, manages the development and delivery of Rail Safety Programs and enhances Metrolinx safety culture across the industry. Ensures ongoing alignment with legal and regulatory requirements and/or the Metrolinx Safety Management System (SMS).

• Uses industry trends, incident investigation recommendations, risk assessments and other sources of safety information to create data driven decisions and implements rail safety learning programs to identify hazards, mitigate risk, and align with the Metrolinx Safety programs.
• Makes recommendations based on investigations, accidents, and incidents analysis, to describes root causes and make recommendations for training program improvement or development; tracks and analyses accident and injury trends to identify areas for improvement for training and competence programs and development and recommend intervention or coaching strategies that enhance safety awareness and reduce accidents.
• Audits and coaches the work of external contractors to identify and correct safety behaviours associated with rail maintenance and construction; maintains contractor safety records and provides recommendations on corrective actions to eliminate gaps in rail safety knowledge.
• Establish annual safety objectives and performance indicators; advises various internal departments to ensure organizational cohesiveness; coordinates with management to develop rail safety goals, objectives, initiatives, and actions plans in order to enhance rail safety across Metrolinx and its working partners.
• Drives home the value of rail safety through the delivery of rail safety training programs by drawing on deep subject matter expertise and extensive real-world scenarios to help participants understand the hazards of the railway and help prevent injuries or death of workers on site and reduce the likelihood of operational impacts and injuries to customers and the general public accessing the right of way or using rail/road or rail/pedestrian crossings.
• Develops, maintains, and updates rail safety competence frameworks including the outlined expected safety measures, identify behaviors that would reflect this competence, and update audit packs and coaching toolkits to reflect changes.
• Reviews established policies and procedures for alignment with established guidelines, external railways best practice, and provincial agencies and recommend updates to Metrolinx competencies and rail safety programs based on any misalignment, or changes in the industry that would impact rail safety, or how construction is carried out in a rail environment.
• Leads the continual development and enhancement of safety initiatives with applicable internal/external resources.
• Develops and implements internal systems based on industry best practice to monitor compliance with established policies and procedures and the need to go beyond the basics to ensure all workers, passengers, and the public are safe near our railway and construction sites.
• Prepares and presents reports describing how rail safety training is impacting key safety metrics.

• Completion of a degree in a related discipline – or a combination of education, training and experience deemed equivalent.
• Demonstrated progressive experience developing, coordinating, and monitoring Track safety programs and activities.
• Canadian Rail Operating Rules certificate of qualification is an asset.
• Must be able to achieve…