Job Description

Your success is a train ride away!

As we move America’s workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.

 

Are you ready to join our team?

Our values of ‘Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First’ are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, ‘Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security’ are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

 

Job Summary

Provide management and support to the Engineering Services group under Capital Delivery. Accountable for all design management and support as it relates to scheduling, estimating, coordinating, document control and planning the executions of design reviews for the Engineering Discipline Leads.

Essential Functions

• Capable of prioritizing work, juggling multiple projects, working independently and delivering designs on time.
• Provides leadership and mentoring to the special trackwork and track design team in the review and development of track designs for track renewal and new track construction.
• Enforces quality control reviews and procedures to ensure that special trackwork and track designs meet appropriate standards and is conducive to the safe and reliable operation of all train service over Amtrak owned and operated rail lines.
• Provides guidance and inter-discipline coordination with Amtrak Planning, Amtrak surveyors, other Amtrak engineering disciplines and the Divisions in the development of track alignment designs and plans.
• Conducts field inspections to investigate situations before making engineering recommendations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil or Industrial Engineering or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience. 
• Plus 6 years of relevant work experience.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point).

• Proficient in at least 1 CAD software package, i.e. MicroStation, AutoCAD.

• Working knowledge of reading and interpreting manufacturing and/or construction drawings. Working in railroad track and around moving trains.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with railroad operations and maintenance.
• Background in manufacturing, material science or metallurgy.
• Participation in AREMA, TTCI, or other technical society.
• Experience in track maintenance and construction.
• Experience with railroad operations.
• 10 years relevant, progressive work experience, or 15 years of relevant, progressive work experience in track construction and design.
• 8 years of progressive experience in civil/track design on railroad track projects.
• Thorough working knowledge of AREMA and Amtrak Design Criteria.
• Qualified in AMTRAK RWP, AMT II, MW-1000.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Thorough working knowledge of special trackwork, railroad track horizontal and vertical alignment design.
• Thorough working knowledge of railroad construction practices.
• Thorough working knowledge of Bentley MicroStation and/or AutoCAD software.
• Experienced in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and Power Point).
• Experienced in .pdf file review software such as Adobe Acrobat or Bluebeam Revu.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Attention to detail and completeness.

The salary/hourly range is $103,700.00 – $134,460.00. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. Depending on an employee’s assigned worksite or location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied to the employee’s base salary. Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees, including a short-term incentive bonus based upon factors such as individual and company performance that is commensurate with the level of the position and/or long-term incentive plan compensation. In addition to your salary, Amtrak offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental, and vision plans; health savings accounts; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts; 401K retirement plan with employer match; life insurance; short and long term disability insurance; paid time off; back-up care; adoption assistance; surrogacy assistance; reimbursement of education expenses; Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility; Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass privileges. Learn more about our benefits offerings here.

 

Requisition ID: 165492

Work Arrangement: 06-Onsite 4/5 Days Click here for more information about work arrangements at Amtrak.
Relocation Offered: No
Travel Requirements: Up to 25%

You power our progress through your performance.

We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job. We want your career at Amtrak to be a fulfilling experience where you find challenging work, rewarding opportunities, respect among colleagues, and attractive compensation. Amtrak maintains a culture that values high performance and recognizes individual employee contributions.

Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol. All Amtrak positions requires a pre-employment background check that includes prior employment verification, a criminal history check and a pre-employment drug screen.

Candidates who test positive for marijuana will be disqualified, regardless of any state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, or other law that legalizes or decriminalizes the use or possession of marijuana, whether for medical, recreational, or other use. Amtrak's pre-employment drug testing program is administered in accordance with DOT regulations and applicable law.

In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR § 40.25), Amtrak is required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for applicants/employees intending to perform safety-sensitive duties for covered Department of Transportation positions. If an applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to obtain these records, the individual will not be permitted to perform safety-sensitive functions.

 

In accordance with federal law governing security checks of covered individuals for providers of public transportation (Title 6 U.S.C. §1143), Amtrak is required to screen applicants for any permanent or interim disqualifying criminal offenses.

Note that any education requirement listed above may be deemed satisfied if you have an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Amtrak is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/color, to include traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and hairstyles such as braids, locks and twists, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, such as lactation), national origin/ethnicity, disability (intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal characteristics protected by law.

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