Track Supervisor

Alternate Concepts, Inc. (ACI) and Herzog Transit Services, Inc. (HTSI), collectively the ACI/Herzog Joint Venture, along with key subcontractors, are seeking applicants for the Hudson Bergen Light Rail operation in Hudson County, New Jersey. ACI, founded in 1989 with its corporate office in Boston, MA, and Herzog, founded in 1969 with corporate offices in St. Joseph, MO and Fort Worth, TX, provide FRA/FTA compliant transportation, equipment maintenance, dispatching, right-of-way maintenance, facility maintenance, and dispatching services for 20 distinct client properties. The Joint Venture currently operates the Tren Urbano heavy rail service in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and CTDOT’s Hartford intercity service in Connecticut.

About the role

The Track Supervisor is the first-line supervisor for the track and is responsible for the operation, maintenance, inspection, planning, and emergency response related to the track within the Hudson Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) system. This role emphasizes safety, operational excellence, and effective team collaboration under varying conditions.

Responsibilities

• Supervise all railroad maintenance-of-way activities.
• Plan, coordinate, and supervise onsite functions (scheduling, engineering, material control, and may provide day-to-day direction of onsite administrative staff in accounting, purchasing, etc.).
• Supervise craft employees and/or other contractors and subcontractors as required by the contract.
• May authorize and/or approve all project personnel transactions, purchase requisitions, field design change requests, etc.
• Provide technical assistance, e.g., interpretation of drawings, recommending construction methods and equipment, as required.
• Assist project management in developing and implementing project procedures, working documents, standards, etc.
• Ensure all onsite personnel comply with project procedures, safety program requirements, work rules, environmental compliance, etc. Document all violations, notify project management, and recommend/implement corrective actions as required.
• Assume responsibility for the productivity of crafts, efficient use of materials & equipment, and contractual performance of the project.
• Perform additional assignments per Supervisor’s direction.
• Manage equipment utilization.
• Regular and consistent engagement, participation, and promotion of ACI-Herzog’s Culture and its essential behaviors are required.
• Regular and predictable attendance and punctuality are required.
• Other duties as assigned.

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 benefits include supplemental life and AD&D insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident coverage

Pay

$100,000 - $115,000 annually