Transit and Rail Junior Vehicle Eit - Toronto, Canada - Jacobs

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From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology - we're integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.

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Your Impact:

At Jacobs, we are a global leader in transportation consulting services.

We strive to develop and provide unsurpassed vehicle and transportation solutions to our clients in both the public and private sectors.


The Rail and Transit Team in
Toronto, ON is seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented
Junior Transit Vehicle Engineer to join our cohesive and supportive team.

In this role, you will have the opportunity expand your knowledge and understanding of all that goes into a transit system, developing your expertise on a myriad of interdisciplinary projects, such as new vehicle procurements, vehicle overhauls, transit strategy and planning, condition assessments, technical/mechanical issue resolution, component/system integration, and design review.

You will work on projects that will include the procurement of new or overhauled transit vehicles and related projects involving Light Rail, Heavy Rail/subway, and Commuter Rail Vehicles


In this position you will be working both independently and collaboratively with our team of established experts aligned to our Toronto office and various field locations.

Some travel is anticipated as part of this role.


Job Duties Include:


  • Provide project management support and technical support to a variety of rail and transit vehicle assignments.
  • Provide engineering support in preparation of technical specifications for functional/ sub system/ testing/ maintenance & training requirements for rail and transit vehicle or subsystem procurements or overhauls.
  • Perform and assist with technical reviews of vehicle and subsystem design for transit bus and railroad fleets, analyze requirements, and prepare review comments for disposition of Contract Deliverables.
  • Perform oversight and witnessing of factory testing of vehicles and subsystems prior to approval for shipment; log discrepancies and prepare reports for status of system testing.
  • Monitor field implementation and testing activities for a range of vehicles.
  • Support System integration of vehicle subsystems and complete vehicles from different suppliers for compatibility and functional performance.
  • Assess performance and specification compliance for vehicles and subsystems.
  • Administrative matters, as work needs are identified, and responsibilities are delegated.

Here's What You'll Need:


  • Degree in an Engineering discipline
  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills, and the ability to communicate technical information to nontechnical audiences are critical.
  • Proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite.

Ideally, you'll also have:


  • Experience in a rail and transit vehicle engineering, fleet operations and maintenance, or manufacturing role is desirable.
  • Experience with rail and transit vehicle fleet procurement and/or overhaul programs is desirable.
  • Basic knowledge of rail and transit vehicle industry standards, systems, and practices is preferred.
  • EIT/P.ENG or a demonstrated desire to pursue is a strong plus.
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