Non-Train Control Systems (Non-TCS) Deputy Design Manager

WSP • New York, NY

2d • $200,000 - $235,000

About The Position

WSP is seeking a Non-Train Control Systems (Non-TCS) Deputy Design Manager to support the 6th Avenue / 63rd Street Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) Project in New York. Reporting to PMC’s Non-TCS Design Manager, the role provides technical leadership, coordination, and oversight of the Design-Builder’s non-train-control design, procurement, installation, testing, commissioning, and closeout activities.

The position oversees multidisciplinary systems including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural, architectural, UPS, fire alarm, utility/civil, instrumentation and controls, equipment-room infrastructure, and other systems outside train control. It coordinates these systems with CBTC/TCS, communications, track, traction power, operations, safety, quality, and maintainability requirements. The Deputy Design Manager directs technical reviews, evaluates interfaces and constructability, identifies risks, and provides recommendations to the Program Management Team and MTA stakeholders.

The role also supports design and construction oversight, requirements traceability, interface and configuration management, verification and validation, field installation reviews, testing and commissioning, systems turnover, and final acceptance. Occasional off-hours work and travel to project sites may be required. The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, or architectural engineering; architecture; construction management; systems engineering; or a related field.
• At least 10 years of relevant post-education experience in multidisciplinary infrastructure design, design management, construction management, or engineering oversight, including transit and rail experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing or overseeing multiple building and infrastructure disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural, and architectural systems.
• Experience with transit facilities, stations, tunnels, equipment rooms, power distribution, UPS systems, grounding/bonding, fire alarm/life-safety systems, ventilation, drainage, utilities, and supporting civil works.
• Experience coordinating with field inspectors to ensure field installations adhere to the design.
• Experience reviewing design-builder or contractor deliverables for contract compliance, constructability, interdisciplinary coordination, installation readiness, and maintainability.
• Working knowledge of design-build project delivery, technical submittal and RFI workflows, configuration/change control, and design-review processes.
• Ability to interpret plans, specifications, calculations, codes, standards, schedules, interface documents, and testing/commissioning requirements.
• Strong leadership, coordination, written communication, meeting facilitation, and issue-resolution skills.
• Ability to work effectively with designers, contractors, construction teams, agency stakeholders, operations and maintenance personnel, and Authorities Having Jurisdiction.
• Ability to adapt to changing project priorities and work schedules.
• Authorized to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, or a related field.
• Experience supporting MTA Construction & Development and New York City Transit projects.
• Experience on complex brownfield rail-transit projects with active passenger service, constrained access, multiple interfaces, and staged cutovers.
• Experience leading technical teams on design-build programs and supporting change management, risk management, claims avoidance, and schedule recovery.
• Familiarity with requirements-management, document-control, and project-management systems used on major infrastructure programs.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and managerial leadership for all non-TCS elements of the project under the direction of the Non-TCS Design Manager.
• Oversee the Design-Builder’s non-TCS design and implementation activities across mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural, architectural, UPS, fire alarm, utility/civil, instrumentation and controls, equipment rooms, cabinets, racks, supports, grounding, environmental controls, and related systems.
• Direct and coordinate multidisciplinary technical reviewers and subject-matter experts, consolidating comments and ensuring review responses are clear, consistent, timely, and aligned with contract requirements.
• Review Design-Builder submittals, design packages, calculations, specifications, drawings, shop drawings, RFIs, technical memoranda, construction work plans, test procedures, and closeout documentation for technical completeness and compliance.
• Confirm conformance with Project Requirements and Design Criteria, Design-Build Contract requirements, MTA/NYCT technical standards, codes, regulations, permits, and Authorities Having Jurisdiction requirements.
• Manage interfaces among non-TCS disciplines and with CBTC/train control, communications, track, traction power, operations, safety, systems assurance, testing and commissioning, and existing infrastructure.
• Identify design gaps, clashes, scope boundaries, constructability concerns, operational constraints, long-lead items, and integration risks; develop recommendations and track issues through resolution.
• Assess the Design-Builder’s design approach, technical deviations, substitutions, value-engineering proposals, and proposed changes, including impacts on safety, quality, cost, schedule, operations, maintainability, and system performance.
• Support requirements traceability, interface-control documentation, design maturity assessments, configuration management, and verification and validation for non-TCS systems.
• Coordinate with MTA C&D, NYCT user and maintenance groups, MTA Code Compliance, FDNY, utilities, and other Authorities Having Jurisdiction for reviews, approvals, and issue resolution.
• Facilitate or participate in design-progress meetings, multidisciplinary coordination workshops, constructability reviews, risk reviews, submittal/RFI reviews, schedule reviews, and Design-Builder progress meetings.
• Monitor non-TCS design and construction schedules, submittal status, procurement activities, installation readiness, testing progress, and completion milestones; promptly elevate delivery risks.
• Coordinate with construction-compliance, quality, safety, commercial, project-controls, operations, and testing and commissioning teams to maintain a consistent oversight position.
• Support field verification, installation reviews, nonconformance resolution, punch-list development, testing, commissioning, systems turnover, operations and maintenance manuals, training, as-built documentation, spare parts, and final acceptance.
• Maintain technical records, decision logs, interface and issue logs, action trackers, and supporting documentation for change management and potential claims.
• Prepare technical briefings, recommendations, status reports, and escalation materials for project leadership.
• Coordinate with field inspectors to ensure field installations adhere to the design.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required to support safe, compliant, timely, and coordinated delivery of the non-TCS scope.

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Disability coverage
• Life coverage
• Retirement savings
• Paid sick leave
• Paid vacation or other personal time
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off for bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings
• Flexible and agile workplace model

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior