Facilities Supervisor

About the role

ACI/Herzog Joint Venture, along with key subcontractors, is seeking a Facilities Supervisor for the Hudson Bergen Light Rail operation in Hudson County, New Jersey. ACI (founded 1989, Boston, MA) and Herzog (founded 1969, St. Joseph, MO and Fort Worth, TX) jointly operate FRA/FTA-compliant transit services including the upcoming Hudson Bergen Light Rail, Tren Urbano in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and CTDOT’s Hartford intercity service in Connecticut.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all maintenance facility and station workforce.
• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on all system equipment with an emphasis on facilities.
• Provide supervision for the Facilities department.
• Provide reports to the Superintendent of MOW.
• Ensure all required documents are recorded, cataloged, and stored.
• Respond and provide support during accidents, incidents, or occurrences.
• Participate in hazard identification and resolution processes.
• Assist in training technicians in Preventative and Corrective Maintenance processes, inspections, repairs, and documentation.
• Engage, participate, and promote ACI-Herzog’s Culture and essential behaviors.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance and punctuality.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 3–5 years of experience in facility maintenance.
• Experience applying mechanical principles, repair methods, standards, and practices typical of a journey-level skilled trades position.
• Skill in AC/DC systems, analog and digital electronics, electronic control circuitry, heating, lighting, air conditioning, and related systems.
• Knowledge of current preventive maintenance requirements and skill in performing maintenance.
• Skill in using portable test equipment, bench-type workstations, tools, parts and supply manuals for repair, maintenance, and installation of electrical, electronic, and mechanical systems and equipment.
• Skill in reading and interpreting schematics, maintenance manuals, technical information, service change bulletins, parts and supply manuals, and specifications.
• Skill in preparing written reports, documenting defects and repairs on inspection forms, work orders, and designated computer programs; preparing time and material cost estimates; and keeping accurate records.
• Skill in applying industrial safety procedures and standards, including cleaning and maintaining facilities.
• Skill in problem solving, analyzing, and diagnosing problems.
• Skill in using current Windows-based software and learning new operating systems and transit industry technologies.
• Skill in oral and written communications and in establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with diverse groups.
• Skill in working under established deadlines and timeframes.
• Experience leading and training maintenance staff in Preventative and Corrective Maintenance processes, inspections, repairs, and documentation.

Language Skills

• Ability to speak, read, and write English in a work setting.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write regulatory and departmental reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.

Mathematical Skills

• Proficiency in adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing all units of measure.
• Ability to apply fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to compute ratios, rates, percentages, and interpret graphs and tabular data sets.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations with limited standardization.
• Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Must successfully complete Light Rail operations training programs and recertification annually.
• Possession of a valid driver’s license and any other certificates, licenses, and registrations required by law.
• Must be certified in CPR/AED and OSHA 30.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to distinguish between visual colors.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop; kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Required vision abilities include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Pay

$80,000 – $100,000 annually.

Benefits

• Paid time off.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Employer-paid life and AD&D insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Voluntary employee-paid supplemental life and AD&D insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident coverage.