# Senior Rail Vehicle Engineer

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Canada
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $114,600 - $151,800
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

As a Senior Rail Vehicle Engineer at WSP, you will lead high-value rolling stock engineering assignments that influence fleet strategy, maintenance investment, and long-term asset performance.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Leading complex rolling stock condition assessments, fleet engineering reviews, and asset integrity programs.

- Defining risk-informed strategies for maintenance optimization, repair, replacement, overhaul, and lifecycle extension.

- Integrating reliability data, maintenance history, inspection evidence, and operational performance into defensible recommendations.

- Providing senior technical guidance on failure modes, degradation risks, regulatory compliance, and maintenance deferral decisions.

- Directing lifecycle analysis, fleet modernization, rehabilitation, asset criticality, and long-term capital planning studies.

- Representing WSP with railway operators, clients, regulators, standards bodies, and technical working groups.

- Reviewing and approving technical reports and executive-level presentations that support investment and operational decisions.

- Mentoring engineering staff and contributing to proposals, client development, and the growth of WSP's rail vehicle practice.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

- A Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Railway Engineering, or a related discipline; a relevant master's degree is an asset.

- Professional Engineer designation in Canada, or eligibility for registration in the applicable jurisdiction.

- 8+ years of progressive experience in rolling stock engineering, maintenance engineering, reliability, or fleet asset management.

- Demonstrated leadership of complex fleet assessments, engineering investigations, maintenance strategies, and risk-based decisions.

- Advanced knowledge of railway vehicle systems and relevant AAR, FRA, Transport Canada, UIC, EN, or comparable requirements.

- Experience supporting fleet modernization, overhaul, rehabilitation, lifecycle extension, or major capital planning programs.

- Ability to lead field activities safely in active railway, maintenance, and industrial environments.

- Strong client-facing communication and experience mentoring teams or participating in industry committees are assets.

In terms of compensation, the salary range for this position is:

- AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $114,600 - $151,800

- MB & ON: $104,500 - $143,900

- NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $103,500 - $137,400

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Railway Engineering
- Reliability Engineering
- Fleet Asset Management

### Nice to have
- Leadership
- Client-facing communication
- Mentoring

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