Manager - Transportation Safety & Security

About the role

The Deputy Director of Transportation Safety and Security oversees the safety and security program for transit projects from planning through operations. Key responsibilities include managing staff, coordinating with various agencies, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Plans, directs, and reviews the work of assigned areas and staff
• Collaborates with other departments to ensure safety and security certification requirements are met
• Enrolls in and completes the FTA mandated Public Transportation Safety Certification Training Program (PTSCTP)
• Maintains project status reports and presents status reports to leadership
• Manages safety oversight and coordination of agency bus and rail safety programs
• Manages the risk assessment program and ensures hazards are identified and mitigated
• Responds to incident investigations and conducts post-incident debriefings
• Communicates and builds partnerships with staff from other departments and external agencies
• Represents Sound Transit at internal and external meetings

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Safety, Security Management, Engineering, Emergency Management, Criminal Justice, Transportation, Public Administration, Business Administration, or closely related field with 5+ years of experience in transportation safety, system safety, physical security, security systems, hazard management, safety assurance, rail or transit operations, capital project delivery, or closely related discipline
• 3+ years of leadership, budgetary, planning, and workforce management experience
• Valid state driver’s license

Qualifications

• Pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations
• Physical security systems such as access control, video management, and intrusion detection
• Regulatory, operational, and design characteristics of fire, life, and safety and security programs
• Applicable fire/life safety codes, building codes, transit codes, and references of standard safety and operations practice in transit environments
• Methods and techniques used to conduct risk assessment, hazard identification, and hazard resolution
• Familiarity with railway systems, design, and construction, control systems, communications, operating systems and elements
• Operational characteristics, services, and activities of law enforcement and security functions
• Vendor and contract negotiation
• Retrieving, analyzing, and reporting security related incidents and trends
• Identifying and addressing operational security risks and vulnerabilities
• System certification or quality assurance functions that includes auditing, verifying, documenting system safety, design, and construction compliance reviews in a medium to large organization
• Design and contractual specification and contractor submittals such as design specifications, drawings, reports, and operations and maintenance manuals
• Strong personnel supervisory principles, methods, and techniques, and personnel management skills and experience
• Strong implementation of team leadership principles, promoting integrity, inclusion, collaboration, safety, and continuous improvement techniques
• Program/project management techniques and principles
• Modern office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers
• Developing and drafting clear written documents and analyses for senior and executive level management
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other division staff, management, vendors, outside agencies, community groups, and the general public
• Customer relations and developing collaborative relationships for problem solving
• Interpreting and administering policies and procedures sufficient to administer, discuss, resolve, and explain them to staff and other constituencies
• Applying principles and practices of transit safety, risk assessment, hazard mitigation, and federal system certification processes
• Understanding technical and/or industry concepts of safety management, safety transit certification, and applicable safety codes and ordinances as they relate to the transit environment
• Performing design review of plans, engineering documents, and operational schematics related to safety procedures and system safety
• Monitoring safety and security certification program performance to create recommendations and implement improvements
• Serving as an effective member of teams and working groups that can successfully communicate physical security related concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical staff
• Presenting plans and proposals to key personnel
• Applying project management techniques and principles
• Managing multiple tasks, setting objectives/goals, meeting deadlines, and adjusting to changing priorities
• Preparing, analyzing, and interpreting an extensive variety of technical instructions and preparing complex data and numerical computations and comprehensive reports
• Maintaining confidentiality and communicating with tact and diplomacy
• Implementing the programs and services of an identified functional area within the department
• Responding to inquiries and in effective oral and written communication
• Researching, analyzing, and evaluating new service delivery methods and techniques

Skills

• Leadership and management skills
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Technical knowledge of safety and security systems
• Project management and planning
• Compliance with regulatory requirements
• Problem-solving and risk assessment

Benefits

• Health Benefits: Two medical plans, dental, and vision plans at no cost for employee coverage; comprehensive benefits for employees and eligible dependents, including a spouse or domestic partner
• Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retail Plans: 401a – 10% of employee contribution with a 12% match by Sound Transit; 457b – up to IRS maximum (employee only contribution)
• Paid Time Off: 25 days annually with increases at four, eight, and twelve years of service; 12 paid holidays; up to 2 paid floating holidays and up to 2 paid volunteer days per year
• Parental Leave: 12 weeks of parental leave for new parents
• ORCA Card: No cost
• Tuition Reimbursement: Up to $5,000 annually for approved tuition expenses
• Inclusive Reproductive Health Support Services

Pay

The salary range is $95k to $191k, with a midpoint of $143k. New hires typically receive between minimum and midpoint, however, we may go slightly higher based on experience, internal equity and market.

Schedule

Subject to standing, walking, bending, reaching, stooping, and lifting of objects up to 25 pounds. May be exposed to hazardous conditions and situations.