RAMS Specialist

About the Role We are seeking a RAMS Specialist to join our Systems Assurance Team with expertise in RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety). The candidate will work closely with our Systems Assurance Director and Systems Integration Leads and the broader Integrative Engineering and Technology Solutions (IETS) Team on the delivery of an expanding portfolio of complex infrastructure projects. The successful candidate will work with engineering, safety, operations, and maintenance teams to ensure system performance, risk, and lifecycle objectives are clearly defined, assessed, and achieved throughout the project lifecycle. What You'll Do

• Develop and maintain RAMS plans, strategies, and lifecycle deliverables in alignment with project, contractual, and regulatory requirements.
• Perform and support RAM analyses, including FMECA/FMEA, Reliability Block Diagrams (RBDs), availability and maintainability assessments, failure‑rate analysis, and MTTR evaluations.
• Review and assess system and subsystem designs for RAMS implications, compliance, and alignment with performance requirements.
• Support RAMS requirements allocation, interface management, and verification activities across system architectures and supplier boundaries.
• Support the development and apportionment of project‑level RAMS performance targets to system, subsystem, and component levels using structured methods such as Reliability Block Diagrams, FMECA, and analytical modelling, ensuring alignment with contractual requirements and design intent.
• Contribute RAM‑related inputs to Engineering Safety Cases, assurance reports, and lifecycle documentation, ensuring consistency with overall project assurance objectives.
• Review and interpret contractual RAMS, performance, and security requirements, supporting compliance and traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Perform reliability prediction modelling for infrastructure and interfacing systems, including the apportionment of RAMS requirements to lower‑level subsystems using recognized techniques such as RBDs and FMECA.
• Conduct independent peer reviews of reliability and maintainability analyses and calculations to verify design assumptions and results.
• Support the definition of maintenance and Line‑Replaceable Unit (LRU) strategies to achieve reliability objectives while optimizing maintenance effort and lifecycle cost.
• Review supplier RAMS documentation, identify non‑compliances, and support resolution activities in coordination with the project team.
• Develop and support RAMS demonstration plans, including FRACAS plans and procedures, in collaboration with Project Management and field teams.
• Ensure Systems Assurance and RAMS processes are properly applied and followed by all relevant stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Perform RAMS and risk analyses aligned with recognized frameworks and standards such as the EN 50126 lifecycle (V‑model), Canadian Method of Risk Evaluation and Assessment, and MIL‑STD‑882.
• Support Threat and Vulnerability Assessments, including the derivation of project security requirements, integration into design development, and contribution to security‑related activities. What We're Looking For
• Strong RAMS expertise (RAMS: Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety) and experience applying RAMS processes across project lifecycles.
• Proficiency with RAMS analysis techniques such as FMECA/FMEA, RBDs, MTTR evaluations, and reliability prediction modelling.
• Ability to review system and subsystem designs for RAMS compliance and to allocate RAMS requirements across architectures and supplier boundaries.
• Experience with safety cases, FRACAS, lifecycle documentation, and interface management.
• Familiarity with international standards and frameworks (e.g., EN 50126, MIL-STD-882) and security integration concepts.
• Excellent collaboration with engineering, safety, operations, and maintenance teams; strong communication and presentation skills. Nice to Have
• Exposure to security‑related RAMS considerations; expanding RAMS and security expertise within infrastructure projects.
• Experience across O&M, Power Systems, Highway and Traffic Controls, Transportation Technologies, Civil Infrastructure/Building Systems. Compensation & Benefits
• Top‑notch health benefits, a wealth‑building 401k plan (RRSP), and opportunities for growth within a multidisciplinary team.