Capital Programs Lead(Program Coordinator III)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts•Boston, MA

About The Position

MassDOT is seeking an experienced transportation professional to serve as the Capital Programming Lead within the Rail and Transit Division. The position provides strategic leadership for the MassDOT Transit Unit Capital Investment Program, the Commonwealth’s rolling five-year capital plan supporting regional transit services across Massachusetts. The Capital Programming Lead develops and administers policies governing capital-project eligibility, evaluation, prioritization, funding allocation, and delivery. Working closely with Massachusetts’ 15 Regional Transit Authorities, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, and MassDOT’s Office of Transportation Planning, the Lead helps determine how state and federal resources are invested to support safe, reliable, accessible, and efficient public transportation. The role shapes statewide transit investment policy and oversees programs that influence transportation infrastructure and service delivery throughout the Commonwealth.

Requirements

At least four years of full-time, or equivalent part-time, professional, administrative, or managerial experience in business administration, business management, or public administration, with major duties involving program management, program administration, program coordination, program planning, and/or program analysis, subject to the stated education substitutions.
At least one year of the required experience must have been in a supervisory capacity; no education substitutions are permitted for this supervisory experience.
A complete, accurate, and current resume/application must be submitted online through MassCareers.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Transit Asset Management planning, State of Good Repair programs, asset inventories, condition assessments, Transit Asset Management target setting, or asset-based capital investment prioritization.
Familiarity with Federal Transit Administration Transit Asset Management requirements, National Transit Database reporting, and integration of Transit Asset Management priorities into capital programming processes.

Responsibilities

Use asset condition, age, mileage, useful life benchmarks, safety, reliability, and project readiness to establish funding priorities.
Apply objective prioritization methods when available funding is insufficient to fund all requests.
Incorporate State of Good Repair needs into investment recommendations and funding decisions.
Work with transit asset inventories and condition assessment data.
Evaluate replacement and rehabilitation needs for vehicles, facilities, and equipment.
Understand and apply asset management data to long-term capital planning and investment strategies.
Review fleet replacement requests and replacement schedules.
Evaluate vehicle replacement needs based on age, mileage, condition, reliability, and operational considerations.
Ensure investments support State of Good Repair objectives and lifecycle management practices.
Apply familiarity with Transit Asset Management performance measures and annual target-setting processes.
Understand the relationship between Transit Asset Management activities, National Transit Database reporting, and federal compliance requirements.
Support audits, oversight activities, and corrective action efforts related to federally funded programs.
Ensure Transit Asset Management priorities are reflected in Capital Investment Program development, State Transportation Improvement Program programming, and capital funding recommendations.
Use Transit Asset Management priorities to guide decisions about advancing, deferring, restructuring, or scaling projects when fiscal constraints require tradeoffs.
Coordinate asset management priorities with grant funding and other capital investment programs.