Lead Field Specialist - RSSOM

Description

• Oversee acceptance of contractor Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), including attendance at witness and hold points.
• Lead and mentor assigned field specialists, ensuring progressive training and development.
• Ensure compliance with the project ES&H program as well as monitors the activities of contractors to ensure compliance with project technical requirements.
• Review construction submittals, drawings, work plans, risk assessments, and temporary works designs.
• Maintain high-quality daily records of observations, installed quantities, personnel, equipment, and issues encountered.
• Provide input to weekly/monthly project reports and progress invoices.
• Validate progress reports and contractor data against field observations.
• Build strong relationships with contractor counterparts and internal discipline leads.
• Ensure compliance with project technical specifications, contract requirements, and safety standards.
• Act as the primary point of contact for design development coordination, ensuring constructability and alignment with approved drawings.
• Calculate, track, and record quantities of work performed for analysis and evaluation of reported vs. actual production rates.
• Review and supervise the preparation of construction estimates, cost engineering studies, schedules, and budgets.
• Perform personnel evaluations and support team-based achievement of project goals.
• Provides leadership for and creation and ongoing maintenance of a safe workplace and environment as a priority in the delivery of all work.
• Understand and monitor schedule requirements for critical path activities.
• Track, log, and monitor submissions (design, tests, deficiencies, reports, RFIs) against milestone dates and agreed durations.
• Identify and report risks, non-conformances, and emerging issues impacting health, safety, environment, quality, or schedule.
• Participate in mitigation planning and escalation as required.
• Coordinate with engineering, construction, operations, and maintenance teams to resolve issues impacting field execution.
• Engage discipline leads for subject matter expertise in health & safety, environment, quality, contracts, project controls, and interfaces.
• Supervise and coordinate Mainline track works, Emergency walkway, and Dry fire main installations.
• Manage interface coordination with multiple civil PCOs and stakeholders to resolve conflicts and maintain smooth execution.
• Validating progress reports and other data prepared by the DP and PCo against own observations and records.

Requirements

• Familiarity with construction scheduling tools, risk management, and project controls.
• Required bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8-10 years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience
• Demonstrated commitment to Environment, Safety and Health (ES&H).
• Demonstrated commitment to Zero Accident safety program.
• Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams on large infrastructure mega-projects, preferably rail projects in urban areas.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and technical writing skills.
• Expertise in MS Office and Bluebeam. Expertise in AutoCad and Naviswork is preferred.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance