Senior OCS; Overhead Catenary System Engineer

Joining Arup

Arup’s purpose, shared values, and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 80 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

We collaborate with public and private sector clients to unlock the transformative potential of railways. We offer a broad range of services spanning planning, design, delivery, systems integration, assurance, safety, and security assessments, and optimization of railway operation and maintenance performance to unlock the financial value for investors, asset owners, operators, and maintainers, while navigating the transition to low carbon and resilient rail.

You would be joining our multidisciplinary team focusing on technical excellence and innovative solutions that shape a better future for people and the planet.

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Senior OCS Engineer to join our lively and dynamic Rail team and help us shape a better world. Working with our world‑class team of dynamic engineers and designers, this role will cover an extremely wide variety of nationally important projects both in Canada and the US.

Our regional offices contain talented, multidisciplinary teams offering a broad range of professional services and expertise including railway design, construction, installation, and commissioning. In this post, you will be part of a team, responsible for the successful delivery of our design commissions for our major clients, including Metrolinx, VIA, TTC, BART, MTA and other railway agencies in Americas.

This job posting represents an active vacancy within our organization and is open for immediate recruitment.

Ensuring the successful delivery of technically excellent multidisciplinary rail projects and bids across our Canada portfolio, you will be responsible for determining the overhead catenary system (OCS) design requirements from our client brief and be able to make sound decisions and propose the right design solution. Thereafter produce the required OCS design to multidisciplinary design teams on large or medium‑sized projects.

In addition, you would be aligning on and checking the OCS designs and calculations within implementation and renewal projects. Throughout the above, you would be collaborating and sharing knowledge, best practices and innovation across our business, providing guidance, training, and feedback with other related disciplines and skills, locally and across Americas.

All the while, you will have the freedom to work independently, managing your own personal development utilizing our in‑house and external training opportunities.

• Experience the requirements development and lead the design verification of OCS conceptual and detailed designs, including integration with power supply and other electrification enablers.
• Scheme and detailed design, including OCS layout plans, cross‑sections, sectioning diagrams, bill of quantity, bonding plans within multi‑disciplinary rail projects.
• Competent in the production of drawings using CAD (e.g. Bentley Micro Station) and design software (Linear Draft and ELF).
• Experience in undertaking site surveys or visits and reporting on asset conditions.
• Demonstrated experience OCS designs for rail stations, rail corridors, maintenance yards and facilities, and all other elements associated with operating a safe and reliable railway.
• Experience of OCS construction methods and installation practices.
• Assisting bid managers in preparing competitive tender submission or bids.
• Knowledge of third rail and other railway electrification systems.
• Knowledge and experience of traction supply and distribution.
• Ability to develop strong working relationships with clients and stakeholders.

You will have the opportunity to do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members, and to the clients and communities we serve.

• An appropriate university engineering degree, or equivalent qualification.
• Membership of relevant professional institutions or professional peer bodies such as Professional Engineer designation in Ontario, or similar would be preferable.
• 7 years’ experience in a senior OCS engineering role.

Please note that all applicants…