Principal Project Manager Rolling Stock

Duties

Lead rolling stock engineering consulting teams and business development for relevant consulting services.
Provide strategic consultant advice and planning, provide solutions for rail fleet expansion, upgrade, procurement, and new technologies.
Monitor the progress of projects and work with clients and stakeholders to resolve critical technical issues.
Oversee the management of contract budgets.
Manage projects up to contract size of $40 million USD.
Provide rolling stock project management and technical expertise to external and internal clients.
Maintain and build client relationships to grow the business.
Provide strategic advice and oversight of vehicle procurement, and performance improvement projects.
Collaborate with other disciplines to ensure rolling stock integration is addressed.
Manage utilization and professional development of rolling stock staff.
Assign staff to projects and coordinate rolling stock staff workloads.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field plus ten (10) years of experience as a senior rolling stock manager, or engineer with experience in rolling stock.
Experience may be gained concurrently and must include:
Ten (10) years in each of the following:
Specification development or delivery to complex specifications
Working with multidisciplinary engineering, including mechanical, electrical, software, communications, human factors, or cyber security
Conducting design reviews or systems integration
Producing technical specifications or report writing
Applying general knowledge of recognized industry standards and best practice related to rail vehicles
Five (5) years in each of the following:
Rail vehicle procurement
Representing clients in execution of capital programs or delivering complex capital programs to clients
Developing proposals to provide engineering services and technical support
Performing asset management
Leading or performing project management activities typical to rail vehicle procurement and development, including the following:
developing project management plans;
leading stakeholder meetings or design reviews with suppliers;
leading a team of multidisciplinary subject matter experts to deliver successful project outcomes;
controlling and monitoring cost, quality, and project delivery;
and, implementing decisions and timely responses to dynamically evolving issues and challenges within projects
Two (2) years in the following:
Managing contract budgets

Benefits

• 401k
• medical
• dental
• vision insurance
• STD/LTD disability
• holiday
• personal time off (PTO)
• parental leave
• company-paid life insurance

Pay

$225,000 - $235,000/year.

Schedule

Full Time

Location

Seattle, WA, US

Job Code

11796

Equal Opportunity

We seek to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute. English version Spanish version Chinese version All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status or disability status. Location(s): Seattle, WA, US Contract Type: Regular (US only) Work Pattern: Full Time Market: Transport Discipline: Railways Job Ref: 11796 Recruiter Contact: MM Recruiter