(Rail) Manager of Signal & Communications - Texas
About The Position
Key Accountabilities: Skills, Knowledge, & Experience: · Oversee maintenance, repair, inspection, testing, and cutovers. · Ensure compliance with FRA regulations, including 49 CFR Part 236 Subpart I. · Implement and improve procedures; train and instruct staff. · Monitor performance, analyze failures, and drive reliability improvements. · Maintain records; track inspections; conduct efficiency tests; audit activities. · Provide leadership, supervision, HR oversight, and system reporting. · Act as the client's single point of contact; manage all correspondence. · Make immediate operational decisions, including during mobilization. · Attend required meetings and represent the Contractor to the client. · Designate and empower an Acting Manager to ensure coverage. · Maintain ongoing proficiency; meet performance standards. · 10 years: FRA-regulated commuter/freight rail of similar scope · 10 years: railroad systems (design, engineering, construction, maintenance, testing) · 4+ years: supervisory/leadership · 5+ years: signal systems (ABS, CTC, interlockings, PTC/E-ATC, coded track circuits, grade crossings) · Develop/implement inspection, testing, cutover, maintenance procedures · Maintenance management: repair, inspection, testing, auditing, efficiency tests · Performance monitoring: failure trend analysis and mitigation; reliability improvement · System reporting, contract correspondence, stakeholder engagement · Immediate operational decision-making (including mobilization) · FRA regulations; Title 49 CFR Part 236 Subpart I; safety-critical compliance · Signal systems: ABS, CTC, Alstom ElectroLogIXS interlockings, E-ATC PTC, EC5/EC6, grade crossings; wayside/cab signals · Communications: analog/digital telecom, cellular routers/modems, private cellular networks, LANs, fiber optics, SCADA · Records management and compliance auditing
Requirements
- 10 years: FRA-regulated commuter/freight rail of similar scope
- 10 years: railroad systems (design, engineering, construction, maintenance, testing)
- 4+ years: supervisory/leadership
- 5+ years: signal systems (ABS, CTC, interlockings, PTC/E-ATC, coded track circuits, grade crossings)
- Develop/implement inspection, testing, cutover, maintenance procedures
- Maintenance management: repair, inspection, testing, auditing, efficiency tests
- Performance monitoring: failure trend analysis and mitigation; reliability improvement
- System reporting, contract correspondence, stakeholder engagement
- Immediate operational decision-making (including mobilization)
- FRA regulations; Title 49 CFR Part 236 Subpart I; safety-critical compliance
- Signal systems: ABS, CTC, Alstom ElectroLogIXS interlockings, E-ATC PTC, EC5/EC6, grade crossings; wayside/cab signals
- Communications: analog/digital telecom, cellular routers/modems, private cellular networks, LANs, fiber optics, SCADA
- Records management and compliance auditing
Responsibilities
- Oversee maintenance, repair, inspection, testing, and cutovers.
- Ensure compliance with FRA regulations, including 49 CFR Part 236 Subpart I.
- Implement and improve procedures; train and instruct staff.
- Monitor performance, analyze failures, and drive reliability improvements.
- Maintain records; track inspections; conduct efficiency tests; audit activities.
- Provide leadership, supervision, HR oversight, and system reporting.
- Act as the client's single point of contact; manage all correspondence.
- Make immediate operational decisions, including during mobilization.
- Attend required meetings and represent the Contractor to the client.
- Designate and empower an Acting Manager to ensure coverage.
- Maintain ongoing proficiency; meet performance standards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
