DIRECTOR, ENGINEERING (TRACKWORK)

Los Angeles Metro
One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles, California 90012 United States  View Map
Posted: Sep 24, 2024
  • Salary: $120,993.60 - $181,459.20 Annually USD Annually
  • Salary Top:181459
  • Full Time
  • Administration and Management
  • Engineering
  • Job Description

    Metro’s mission is to provide a world-class transportation system that enhances the quality of life for all who live, work, and play within LA County.

    Description

    Oversees technical staff and consultants performing engineering and architectural design services related to large scale transportation projects. This position requires a trackwork engineer to review design submittals and provide technical support in the area of trackwork engineering to major capital projects.

    Examples of Duties

    • Oversees and manages large-scale engineering and architectural activities for major rail and bus projects to ensure compliance with Metro, federal, state, and local regulatory requirements
    • Oversees and administers the design, procurement, construction, and installation of major bus and rail facilities
    • Oversees the management of consultant contracts for design, construction, or procurement of facilities and systems equipment
    • Negotiates consultant and equipment contracts, including contract changes; oversees change control process
    • Participates in the preparation of contract front-end documents
    • Directs preparation of feasibility and trade-off studies, engineering reports, and economic analyses
    • Administers and monitors work and contracts for compliance with budget, schedule, standards, and objectives
    • Reviews consultants plans and specifications for technical adequacy and completeness
    • Facilitates resolution of design, construction, third party, and operations problems
    • Recommends design activity improvements for efficiency, compliance, and cost-effectiveness
    • Interfaces with the various divisions of Metro
    • Plans budget and staffing needs and assists in preparing department and project budgets
    • Represents Metro before outside agencies
    • Prepares and presents reports to management, staff, the Board of Directors, community groups, and government officials
    • Serves as chairperson for design reviews and other technical meetings
    • Directs, supervises, trains, mentors, and motivates assigned staff
    • Communicates and implements safety rules, policies, and procedures in support of the agency's safety vision and goals; and maintains accountability for the safety performance of all assigned employees
    • Contributes to ensuring that the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policies and programs of Metro are carried out

      May be required to perform other related job duties


    Minimum Qualifications

    A combination of education and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the position. Additional experience, as outlined below, may be substituted for required education on a year-for-year basis. A typical combination includes:

    Education
    • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Architecture


    Experience
    • Five years of relevant management-level experience as an engineer, architect or Project Manager on major transit or public works projects with at least two years of experience in specialized area of assignment


    Certifications/Licenses/Special Requirements
    • A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions
    • California license as a Professional Engineer (PE) or Architect is preferred
    Preferred Qualifications

    Preferred Qualifications (PQs) are used to identify relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) as determined by business necessity. These criteria are considered preferred qualifications and are not intended to serve as minimum requirements for the position. PQs will help support selection decisions throughout the recruitment. In addition, applicants who possess these PQs will not automatically be selected.

    The following are the preferred qualifications:
    • Experience designing trackwork for transit rail and/or commuter or freight rail, including grade separations and at-grade crossings, as well as special trackwork and yard designs
    • Experience utilizing rail transit industry standards such as Metro Rail Design Criteria (MRDC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), and American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA) for the design of railroad engineering and rail facilities
    • Experience using Microstation, AutoCAD, and InRoads for rail design and review
    • Experience developing and reviewing track construction specifications
    • State of California Professional Engineer registration is preferred


    Essential Knowledge

    Knowledge of (defined as a learned body of information that is required for and applied in the performance of job tasks)
    • Theories, principles, and practices of applicable disciplines in architectural, civil, mechanical, structural, electrical, or environmental engineering, hazardous waste regulations, and environmental laws
    • Applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations governing environmental, engineering, equipment, construction standards, and rail transit operations
    • Project management and control practices
    • Financial, analytical, and statistical research and mathematical processes and procedures
    • Metro policies and procedures
    • Principles of supervision
    • Applicable business software applications


    Skill in (defined as the proficient manual, verbal, or mental utilization of data, people, or things)
    • Planning, organizing, and managing large-scale design and construction projects
    • Reading, analyzing, and interpreting engineering plans and specifications for large-scale engineering projects
    • Preparing complex comprehensive reports and correspondence
    • Analyzing data and situations, identifying problems, developing and recommending solutions, and evaluating outcomes
    • Exercising sound judgment and creativity in making decisions
    • Communicating effectively orally and in writing
    • Interacting professionally with various levels of Metro employees and outside representatives
    • Negotiating


    Ability to (defined as a present competence to perform an observable behavior or produce an observable result)
    • Manage projects from start-up to completion
    • Think and act independently
    • Prioritize and multi-task
    • Make financial decisions within a budget
    • Understand, interpret, and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, budgets, contracts
    • Supervise, train, mentor, and motivate assigned staff
    • Read, write, speak, and understand English

    Special Conditions

    The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Metro provides reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

    Working Conditions
    • Typical office situation
    • Close exposure to computer monitors and video screen


    Physical Effort Required
    • Sitting at a desk or table
    • Operate a telephone or other telecommunications device and communicate through the medium
    • Type and use a keyboard and mouse to perform necessary computer-based functions
    • Communicating through speech in the English language required


    Metro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, age, veteran status, or disability. Learn more about Metro’s Equal Employment Opportunity Program . Metro does not deny participation in the application process to anyone with prior justice system involvement, in line with Fair Chance hiring practices.

    Selection Procedure

    Applicants who best meet job-related qualifications will be invited to participate in the examination process that may consist of any combination of written, performance, or oral appraisal to further evaluate job-related experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.

    Application Procedure

    To apply, visit Metro's website at www.metro.net and complete an online Employment Application.

    Computers are available to complete online Employment Applications at the following Metro location:

    METRO Headquarters, Employment Office
    One Gateway Plaza
    Los Angeles, CA 90012

    Telephone:
    (213) 922-6217 or persons with hearing or speech impairments can use California Relay Service 711 to contact Metro.

    All completed online Employment Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the closing date. Late applications will not be considered.

    *Open to the public and all Metro employees

    This job bulletin is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees may be required to perform other related job duties.

    Closing Date/Time: 11/15/2024 5:00 PM Pacific
  • ABOUT THE COMPANY

    • Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority - LA Metro
    • Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority - LA Metro

    Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is unique among the nation’s transportation agencies. It serves as transportation planner and coordinator, designer, builder and operator for one of the country’s largest, most populous counties. More than 9.6 million people – nearly one-third of California’s residents – live, work, and play within its 1,433-square-mile service area.  Our goal is to provide safe, clean, reliable, on-time, courteous service dedicated to providing Los Angeles County with a world class transportation system.

    Metro moves Los Angeles County. Our team operates one of the country’s largest transportation systems – and is planning, designing and constructing its expansion. We are a comprehensive transportation agency, with programs in transit, highways, active transportation and more. The agency’s internationally recognized sustainability programs are based on visionary environmental policies and are part of everything we do.

    Come Aboard!

    Join Metro’s team of dedicated transportation professionals and help provide the people of Los Angeles County with one of the most effective and efficiently operated mass transit systems in the entire country. Metro offers a variety of employment opportunities that present exciting challenges and growth opportunities in an outstanding work environment.



     

     

     

       

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