Utility Site Superintendent

About the Project:
The Eglinton Crosstown West Extension will bring the Eglinton Crosstown LRT another 9.2 kilometers farther west, creating a continuous rapid transit line from the east end of Toronto into Mississauga. The Stations, Rail, and Systems (SRS) package encompasses the design, construction, integration, and commissioning of key project components.
Position Overview
TRP has a current vacancy for an experienced Utility Site Superintendent to provide field leadership and coordination for utility construction activities across the ECWE SRS project.
The Utility Site Superintendent will be responsible for supervising and coordinating utility construction activities from planning and preparation through installation, relocation, protection, testing, commissioning, restoration, and turnover.
The role will work closely with Project Managers, Construction Managers, Utility Coordinators, Engineering, Design, Traffic & Transit, Environmental, Quality, Health & Safety, Survey, Project Controls, municipal representatives, utility owners, subcontractors, and other project stakeholders.
The successful candidate will have strong experience managing utility construction within active urban environments, particularly where utility work interfaces with major roads, transit infrastructure, station construction, underground structures, existing services, traffic staging, and public access.
This is a highly field-oriented position requiring strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and construction coordination skills.
Key Responsibilities
Utility Construction Supervision
This role provides overall on-site leadership for all wet utilities, telecom, gas distribution, drainage, and earthworks activities, ensuring safe, coordinated, and compliant execution in line with the project schedule and contract requirements. The incumbent will direct daily field operations, lead subcontractor coordination meetings and safety briefings, and supervise subcontractors to maintain productivity, quality, and adherence to scope. A key focus is proactive planning and scheduling, including development and management of three-week lookahead plans, daily tracking of quantities and resources, and early identification and resolution of issues that could impact progress. The role requires full-time on-site presence, strong collaboration with project management, design, and survey teams, and rigorous implementation of safety and quality systems, including full compliance with approved method statements and Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), to ensure all work meets specified standards and is properly documented.
Underground Utility Works
Provide field leadership for a broad range of utility construction activities, which may include:
Watermains
Sanitary sewers
Storm sewers
Combined sewer systems
Stormwater infrastructure
Telecommunications
Fibre-optic infrastructure
Gas distribution
Traffic signal infrastructure
Utility duct banks
Utility chambers and vaults
Temporary utility services
Utility protection and support systems
Utility relocations and abandonments
Service connections and tie-ins
Ensure utility installations are coordinated with existing infrastructure and future station, road, rail, and systems requirements.
Utility Relocations & Protection
Lead field execution of utility relocation and protection activities.
Coordinate utility locates, daylighting, potholing, test pits, surveys, and investigative activities.
Confirm existing utility conditions against available records and design information.
Coordinate temporary support, shoring, protection, and relocation of existing utilities where required.
Ensure existing utilities remain protected and operational throughout construction.
Coordinate shutdowns, isolations, cutovers, tie-ins, and service interruptions with utility owners and affected stakeholders.
Ensure required notifications and approvals are obtained before utility interruptions or modifications.
Identify conflicts between existing utilities and proposed construction and escalate issues promptly.
Work with Engineering and Design teams to resolve field conflicts and unforeseen conditions.
Utility Coordination & Interfaces
Coordinate utility construction with station excavation, foundations, structures, roadworks, traffic staging, drainage, civil works, tunnel interfaces, and other SRS activities.
Coordinate with construction teams working on adjacent work fronts to avoid access, sequencing, and installation conflicts.
Participate in utility coordination meetings and construction planning sessions.
Review upcoming construction activities to identify utility-related constraints and dependencies.
Coordinate utility works around active roadways, sidewalks, pedestrian routes, cycling facilities, transit facilities, and private accesses.
Ensure utility construction activities are sequenced appropriately with permanent and temporary traffic management requirements.
Coordinate interfaces between existing utilities and new station, rail, electrical, communications, and building systems.
Support interface management between TRP, utility owners, municipalities, subcontractors, and other ECWE contractors.
Utility Owner & Stakeholder Coordination
Maintain effective working relationships with utility companies, municipalities, agencies, consultants, subcontractors, and other stakeholders.
Coordinate field activities and inspections with utility owners.
Facilitate utility-owner inspections, approvals, testing, shutdowns, cutovers, and acceptance activities.
Ensure utility-owner requirements are communicated clearly to field crews and subcontractors.
Coordinate responses to utility-owner comments and field directives.
Escalate unresolved utility issues that could affect schedule, safety, cost, or construction sequencing.
Support meetings and site walks with utility owners and municipal representatives.
Maintain awareness of stakeholder commitments and ensure field teams understand applicable requirements.
Construction Planning & Scheduling
Participate in short-term and look-ahead planning for utility activities.
Develop and maintain detailed work plans for utility construction.
Coordinate utility activities with the project master schedule and site logistics.
Identify critical path utility activities and potential schedule risks.
Coordinate manpower, equipment, materials, subcontractors, and utility-owner resources.
Monitor planned versus actual progress.
Identify opportunities to improve sequencing, productivity, and construction efficiency.
Provide accurate field information to Project Controls for schedule updates and progress measurement.
Assist with recovery planning where utility activities fall behind schedule.
Quality Control
Ensure utility works are constructed in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, codes, standards, and quality requirements.
Coordinate required inspections, testing, surveys, and verification activities.
Review installation quality and identify deficiencies before work progresses to subsequent activities.
Coordinate pressure testing, CCTV inspection, compaction testing, mandrel testing, electrical testing, continuity testing, and other applicable utility tests.
Ensure deficiencies and non-conformances are documented and corrected.
Support preparation and completion of inspection and test plans (ITPs).
Verify that utility installation records and as-built information are accurately captured.
Coordinate utility-owner acceptance and sign-off requirements.
Support preparation of quality documentation for turnover and handover.
Safety & Environmental Compliance
Promote and enforce a strong safety culture across all utility work activities.
Ensure work is performed in accordance with the project Health & Safety Plan, applicable Ontario legislation, and TRP procedures.
Conduct and participate in daily pre-task planning, toolbox talks, safety meetings, and site inspections.
Ensure crews understand hazards associated with excavation, trenching, confined spaces, live utilities, traffic, heavy equipment, lifting, and working around existing infrastructure.
Ensure utility locating and excavation activities are properly planned and controlled.
Verify appropriate excavation protection, access/egress, shoring, trench protection, and safe work practices are implemented.
Stop unsafe work and immediately escalate significant hazards.
Support incident investigations and implementation of

Employment type
Amico Full-Time

Work arrangement
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