# Lead Electrical Engineering

Reference Number : 1393 Status : Permanent - Full-time Annual Salary / Hourly Rate : $113,000-$133,500 Number of positions to be filled : 1 Application Deadline : 11/20/2026 Did you know that VIA Rail is carrying out ambitious projects to modernize its services and infrastructure? From our new ultramodern train fleet to ongoing improvement of our infrastructure, we’re building the future of transportation in Canada. Working for VIA Rail is being a part of a collective effort in sustainable mobility. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, acts as the reference regarding rolling stock Electrical engineering support for the NCIP program legacy fleet. Guides the Technical Services (TS) teams to ensure harmonization and standardization of best practices and processes, material selection, regulation compliance as well as for requirement development and adherence verification during projects related to all Electrical equipment. In collaboration with the engineering manager, will utilize his/her expertise and experience to balance steer the Electrical Engineering teams’ efforts to balance project needs with workloads and priorities. Promote communication, transparency, and professionalism.

- **Id**: 3732813
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/via-rail-canada-lead-electrical-engineering>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Montreal, Canada
- **Countries**: CA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-27T02:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-27
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T07:51:19Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 17
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5466
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Electrical & Electronic Engineering

## Company

- **Id**: 1049129
- **Name**: VIA Rail Canada
- **Domain**: viarail.ca
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/viarail>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

## Salary

- **Min**: 113000
- **Max**: 133500
- **Currency**: CAD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 95395

## Technologies

- **AutoCAD** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 17

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T08:56:18Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 73
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.811
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 16
- **Expected fill days**: 31
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 95395
- **Is top pay**: no

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