Patrick Burke

Rail Safety Expert | Leading Complex Transport Projects | Rail Assurance and Compliance | Culture Change Leadership | ISO Lead Auditor | MSc BEng (Hons) AMIMechE

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

About

Creating value as a senior technical consultant in the rail and transport industry, using my experience with client facing projects and internal business improvements to help transit organisations deliver complex engineering projects.

Experience

  • Engineering Safety Manager - GO Expansion Secondment at Metrolinx
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

    - Responsible for Safety Deliverables as part of $13.5B GO Expansion Project - Coordinating delivery teams to produce high-quality safety output - Leading a change management initiative to deliver a culture of quality, efficiency, and integrity

  • Ricardo plc (7 yrs 11 mos)
    • Engineering Safety Manager - GO Expansion
      Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Senior Consultant - Ricardo Rail
      Oct 2023 - Apr 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

    • Consultant - Ricardo Rail
      May 2021 - Oct 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • System Engineer at Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail
    Aug 2021 - Jul 2023 · 2 yrs

    Systems engineer for €135m NTCC project, integrating a brand new dynamic signalling control system with the Irish Rail network. Responsible for multiple project workstreams, and design reviews.