About The Position
AECOM seeks a motivated Junior Engineering Operations & Maintenance professional based in Austin, Texas, to support transit and rail clients nationwide. The role assists with O&M planning, operational readiness, design and construction input, testing and commissioning support, procedure development, and day-to-day operations and maintenance for new systems, service expansions, and enhancements. Under senior team members’ guidance, the analyst contributes practical operator-side insights to help agencies deliver safe, reliable, and efficient service across multiple transit modes. The position may involve field and shift-based work, including nights or weekends during commissioning or service transitions, and travel to client sites as needed. Newly hired employees must attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office as a condition of employment.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree and 2 years of relevant experience, or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
- Working knowledge of transit operations concepts, including rules, timetable or headway operations, and operational safety.
- Knowledge of maintenance fundamentals, including preventive and corrective work and defect logging.
- Willingness to work in the field and support off-shift or weekend activities during testing and start-up phases.
- Ability to travel as needed to client sites.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Transportation, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 2 years of hands-on Operations or Maintenance experience at a rail or transit operator or transit agency, such as OCC/dispatch, wayside or rolling stock maintenance, or line operations.
- Demonstrated involvement in operations, procedures development, incident reporting, testing and commissioning support, or readiness drills.
- Exposure to rail and transit operations and maintenance.
- Familiarity with new system start-ups, service expansions, or transitions from construction to operations.
- Understanding of CMMS or asset systems such as Maximo, Infor, or SAP, and basic reliability metrics such as MTBF/MTTR.
- Knowledge of testing and commissioning documentation, procedure dry-runs, defect management logs, SOPs, incident logs, commissioning support, or shift-based operations and maintenance tasks.
- Basic understanding of systems and interfaces such as signaling/train control, traction power, communications, stations, and depots.
- Hands-on operator or agency experience and background.
Responsibilities
- Support development of O&M plans, standard operating procedures, mobilization and ramp-up plans, control center operations, and maintenance strategies for start-ups and service changes.
- Collaborate with engineering, systems, and program management teams to align operational requirements with design and construction, including ConOps and Concepts of Maintenance inputs.
- Assist with operational readiness activities, including drills, staffing and training inputs, procedure walkthroughs, and readiness checklists.
- Support testing and commissioning and operational readiness planning by preparing test documentation, coordinating witnesses, logging defects, and tracking closeout actions.
- Review drawings, method statements, and manuals for maintainability and operability considerations, helping align operational and maintenance requirements with design.
- Collect, analyze, and visualize operational data such as incidents, headway, dwell, reliability, and asset performance to inform decisions and improvement actions.
- Interface with client counterparts, including supervisors, dispatch and operations control, and maintenance leads, under senior staff direction; document meetings and action logs.
- Contribute to internal deliverable quality checks and version control; support proposal inputs and capability statements as needed.
- Perform field and shift-based tasks when required, including nights and weekends during commissioning or service transitions.
- Travel to client sites as needed.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, and disability benefits, depending on employment status.
- Paid time off and leaves of absence, depending on employment status.
- Voluntary benefits and perks.
- Flexible work options.
- Well-being resources and employee assistance program.
- Business travel insurance.
- Service recognition awards.
- Retirement savings plan.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Award-winning training and development programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
