Project Engineer

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority • Everett, MA

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About The Position

The Project Engineer will join the MBTA’s Vehicle Engineering Department, which supports new fleet initiatives and vehicle enhancements to help ensure vehicles meet their intended service life. The department works with other MBTA teams to improve safety, reliability, and efficiency across passenger fleets and supports vehicle procurement and midlife overhaul projects involving buses, commuter rail, light rail, heavy rail, and ferries.

The selected candidate will work with project teams on vehicle specifications and design parameters, compliance testing and certification, subsystem and component reviews, failure analysis, reliability reviews, and pilot initiatives involving emerging technologies. The role may involve all aspects of new-vehicle and overhaul-vehicle procurement programs, as assigned. The position has no supervisory responsibilities. The employee may be assigned to any shift or location and must be available to respond to emergencies on a 24/7 basis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field from an accredited institution.
• Three years of experience in mechanical or electrical engineering in the transportation industry.
• Ability to comprehend the operational, mechanical, and/or electrical characteristics of bus and rail transit vehicles.
• Effective organizational, analytical, time-management, and multitasking skills.
• Knowledge of e-builder, Solidworks, CAD, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and Primavera database applications.
• Excellent customer-service and presentation skills.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Ability to effectively read, comprehend, communicate, and respond to instructions, orders, signs, notices, and inquiries in English.
• At least 18 years of age, except for participants in an approved high school internship or co-op program.
• Ability to commute to assigned work locations in the Boston, Massachusetts metro area, as required.
• Ability to provide courteous and professional experiences to internal and external customers.
• Ability to work effectively independently and as part of a diverse workforce team.
• Ability to uphold MBTA rights and interests while maintaining effective relationships with employees and coworkers.
• Ability to comply with MBTA rules, regulations, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and policies, including EEO, anti-discrimination, anti-harassment, and anti-retaliation policies.
• Satisfactory work record for the two years immediately before the posting’s closing date, unless a current student or recent graduate; the record includes employment, performance, discipline, and safety.
• Ability to pass a CORI check, comprehensive background screening, and/or medical clinic screening, potentially including physical examination and drug and alcohol screenings.
• Ability to work assigned shifts and locations, including availability for up to 24 hours a day, seven days a week as necessary for severe weather, emergencies, or circumstances affecting service or safety.
• Employees in this classification are subject to periodic physical examinations and random drug and alcohol testing.
• Employees in this classification must be available to respond to page, text, or call and report to work as determined by the assigned department or Authority.
• During declared states of emergency, employees in this classification must report for assigned work hours or as directed by management.
• Substitution: An associate’s degree from an accredited institution plus three additional years of directly related experience may substitute for the bachelor’s degree requirement.
• Substitution: A master’s degree in a related subject may substitute for two years of general experience.
• Substitution: A nationally recognized or statewide/professional certification in a related field may substitute for one year of experience.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field from an accredited institution.
• Experience with public transit vehicles.
• Transit or transit-agency vehicle engineering work experience.
• Six additional years of experience in mechanical or electrical engineering in the public transportation industry.

Responsibilities

• Maintain working knowledge of transit buses, subway cars, commuter rail coaches and locomotives, and ferries.
• Participate in qualification and routine testing of transit vehicles.
• Assist with preparation of technical specifications for new and overhaul vehicles.
• Participate in design-performance review meetings to evaluate vehicle and system design requirements.
• Inspect systems and components at vendor or car-builder facilities.
• Review drawings, manuals, and test procedures.
• Participate in coordinating and planning testing.
• Perform, collect, and analyze test data; prepare detailed test reports and presentations.
• Review system and vehicle modifications.
• Assist in preparing responses to technical issues.
• Conduct failure-analysis testing of systems and components.
• Complete warranty evaluations and analyses.
• Drive a company or personal vehicle to conduct testing, vehicle inspections, or component- and vehicle-level investigations.
• Respond courteously and professionally to inquiries from customers, vendors, and coworkers, consistent with the Authority’s customer-service quality standard.
• Work any shifts and locations assigned or directed.
• Respond to emergencies directly or through others on a 24-hour, seven-day-per-week basis.
• Perform related duties and projects as assigned.

Benefits

• Intern and co-op employees are eligible for accrued paid sick leave.
• Intern and co-op employees receive a monthly transportation pass at no cost, based on the city from which they commute to work.

What This Job Offers

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