Maintenance Manager (2010) - Track Engineering

About the role

Responsible for effective supervision of maintenance personnel and oversees location operations.

Responsibilities

• Instructing, training, and testing newly transferred and hired employees.
• Maintaining accurate records on employee training progression, requisitions, work/employee schedules and reports to reduce waste and loss of manpower.
• Developing and providing technical assistance and support in the execution of Track Maintenance and Construction activities.
• Developing training performance, retention KPI’s and adjusting instruction methodology accordingly to ensure ongoing training efforts and results improve.
• Overseeing major reconstruction, maintenance, and safety programs primarily in a training and compliance role.
• Monitoring and evaluating the performance and skill levels of various types of technical and service personnel.
• Managing a group of employees with minimum direction, scheduling work to maximize economic, efficient, and safe work standards and to promote continuous improvement in safety, reliability and customer satisfaction.
• Ensuring compliance with CFR 49.213 and upkeep of SEPTA’s SMW-100 and other documentation; drafting and publishing Engineering Directives as necessary and providing change guidance to management and field personnel.
• Controlling labor and material expenditures to comply with budgetary limitations; issuing material requisitions.
• Communicating with union personnel and other supervisors to coordinate work activities.
• Implementing Authority practices and policies consistent with "good industrial practice".
• Developing cost effective maintenance practices for implementation throughout operations.
• Planning and forecasting material and labor needs consistent with operating requirements within depots.
• Collecting data on units/repairs to track reliability and perform trend analyses.
• Assisting Engineering in various design changes to improve track reliability and customer service issues.
• Maintaining a safe, clean and productive environment; ensuring fair treatment and equal opportunity for all employees in the section/department.
• Complying with all Authority and departmental safety and security policies and procedures, as well as all applicable job safety responsibilities; reporting safety concerns, compromises, or hazards affecting oneself and/or other employees’ safety and promoting the safety of others.
• Performing other duties as assigned.
• Supervising the inspection, maintenance and reconstruction of railway track systems.
• Maintaining condition of SEPTA’s right-of-way through management of programmed third party vegetation control and timely response to public complaints.
• Directing coordination of protection for SEPTA and third party work done in SEPTA’s track area; deploying and supervising flagmen to provide protection.
• Directing and scheduling drivers, mechanics, and operators for the operation, maintenance, and repair of equipment, track road beds, and construction projects.
• Directing the operation and/or repair of tampers, ballast regulators, rail handling equipment and other construction related equipment.
• Supervising Track Fabrication and Track Machine Shops, including scheduling, managing, and inspecting the bending, layout, welding, fabrication, repair, and reconstruction of track materials, components and assemblies; scheduling track outages with Transportation Department for Sperry Rail Testing and Geometry Car and high-rail inspections.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent and plus two (2) years advanced technical training in field of specialization required.
• Three years relevant Operating/Maintenance/Inspection experience required.
• In lieu of two (2) years technical training, four years additional years of relevant Operating/Maintenance/Inspection experience may be considered; however, advanced technical training may be required for positions in Power, Communications & Signals.
• Appropriate Technical/Safety Certifications/Qualifications/Licenses as required by SEPTA, State, Federal regulations (213.7 Certification).
• Valid Driver’s License required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills required.
• Familiar working in a unionized environment.
• Proficiency in personal computer and/or mainframe systems required; preferred PC skills to include Word Processing and Spreadsheet applications.
• Must be able and willing to work variable hours and schedules as assigned, including weekends, holidays, and emergency situations as required.
• Must possess acceptable attendance, performance and safety