Director, Rolling Stock

  • Company: CDPQ Infra
  • Field: Engineering
  • Location: Montréal
  • Type of job: Hybrid, Full time
  • Date of publication: September 4, 2026
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Working within the Projects Vice Presidency, the incumbent is responsible for the definition, procurement, integration, and delivery of rolling stock, as well as the associated maintenance facilities. They are accountable for achieving the safety, cost, schedule, quality, and performance objectives of the package under their responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

Co-Development

  • Participate in defining the scope, delivery strategy, and structuring of the Rolling Stock and Maintenance Centre package;
  • Define the technical, operational, contractual, and performance requirements of the future contract, including maintenance, availability, and commissioning requirements;
  • Identify major risks, critical interfaces, and delivery constraints, particularly industrial, integration, certification, and operational performance risks;
  • Contribute to the procurement strategy, procurement process, and evaluation of potential rolling stock and maintenance facility suppliers;
  • Collaborate closely with integration teams to ensure alignment of the package with overall project requirements;
  • Ensure that operations, maintenance, testing, and certification needs are incorporated from the earliest stages of the project.

Execution

  • Lead suppliers responsible for rolling stock and maintenance facilities;
  • Oversee design, manufacturing, testing, validation, delivery, and commissioning activities;
  • Manage the package on a day-to-day basis with respect to safety, cost, schedule, quality, and performance;
  • Resolve technical issues and coordinate interfaces with other project packages;
  • Lead package risk, change, and issue management processes;
  • Prepare and monitor performance reviews with senior management, protect the company’s interests, and support commercial discussions;
  • Work closely with the Commercial Contracts team and support commercial discussions with the Client.

Qualifications and Experience

  • Significant experience in the acquisition, delivery, or commissioning of railway rolling stock;
  • Strong understanding of operations, maintenance, and long-term performance considerations;
  • Experience related to railway maintenance centres or maintenance facilities;
  • Good knowledge of testing, validation, certification, and commissioning processes;
  • Experience managing strategic industrial suppliers;
  • Ability to incorporate future operators’ requirements into the proposed solutions.

Our values

Sustainability: We are working to develop a rail project on mostly electrified tracks, contributing to the reduction of GHG emissions in the transportation sector.

Ambition: Our ambition is to transform the mobility experience by providing an efficient and sustainable transportation solution in Canada’s most densely populated corridor.

Trust: We build trust through transparent communications, rigorous processes, and recognition of voices and knowledge.

Safety: We act proactively to prevent and eliminate safety risks, including people and information risks, and promote an appropriate distribution of risks among project partners.

Why join CDPQ Infra ?

A unique playground where you can develop your expertise

Expand your skills alongside an agile, innovative and multidisciplinary team passionate about mobility. 

An active role in the infrastructure project of a generation 

Make your career meaningful and make history by helping build Canada’s first high-speed rail network. 

Competitive compensation and benefits

Enjoy a highly competitive total compensation package, including a pension plan and insurance coverage for you and your family.

Ready to shape the future of transport in Canada?  

Excited about the high-speed rail project? Help us bring it to life by joining the Cadence team.

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About Cadence

Cadence is the group selected by the Government of Canada to develop, in cooperation with the Alto Crown corporation, an ambitious high-speed rail network that will span nearly 1,000 kilometres between Québec City and Toronto. The group brings together companies with world-class expertise in the design, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of large-scale, complex rail infrastructures. Its members include CDPQ Infra, AtkinsRéalis, SYSTRA Canada, Keolis Canada, SNCF Voyageurs and Air Canada.

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About CDPQ Infra

Founded in 2015, CDPQ Infra is a wholly owned subsidiary of La Caisse. It works to develop major infrastructure and public transit projects in consultation with the communities and authorities concerned. A true concentrate of technical expertise and financial capacity, our multidisciplinary team assumes responsibility for the design, planning, financing, procurement, delivery and operation of projects that transform the mobility experience in Canada.