Senior Rail Engineer

Description

Senior Rail Engineer

Role

Description:

Huitt-Zollars, Inc. is seeking a Senior Rail Engineer with 10+ years of engineering experience, including at least 5 years of direct railroad track design experience.

This position will be based in Dallas or Fort Worth, Texas, and will support regional and nationwide transit and rail projects.

The ideal candidate has strong technical experience in railway engineering design, can lead design tasks and coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and is familiar with freight rail, industrial rail, commuter rail, and light rail projects. Experience in applying AREMA standards and UPRR/BNSF design guidelines is required. The position may also support proposals and client coordination as needed.

Location: Dallas or Fort Worth, Texas

Employment Type: Full-time

Reports to: Vice President or Associate Vice President

Compensation Type: Salary

Registration(s): Professional Engineer (PE) licensed in Texas, or ability to obtain Texas licensure in the first six months of employment

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering (BSCE) or related engineering discipline

Duties:

Railway Engineering & Technical Leadership

• Lead and perform engineering design for freight rail, industrial rail, commuter rail, and light rail infrastructure projects.
• Lead track design tasks, including horizontal and vertical alignment, track geometry, turnouts, rail crossings, grading, and related civil improvements, as applicable to project scope.
• Prepare and review engineering calculations, design drawings, technical specifications, quantities, and construction cost estimates.
• Apply applicable AREMA, FRA, railroad owner (including UPRR/BNSF), transit agency, and local design criteria.
• Coordinate track design with civil, drainage, structural, signals, communications, utilities, and other disciplines.
• Provide technical direction and quality control reviews for engineering deliverables and support resolution of design issues.

Project Delivery & Coordination

• Serve as rail discipline lead or rail engineer on multidisciplinary projects; support the Project Manager in meeting scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.
• Assist or lead in the development of the level-of-effort estimates, task schedules, and technical deliverable requirements.
• Coordinate technical matters with clients, railroads, transit agencies, subconsultants, and other stakeholders.
• Support permitting, railroad review and approval processes, construction-phase services, responses to RFIs, and review of submittals as assigned.
• Follow Huitt-Zollars’ project management procedures and Quality Management System (QMS).

Business Development Support

• Provide technical input for statements of qualifications, proposals, scopes of work, fee estimates, and interviews.
• Support client relationships and identification of rail and transit opportunities through technical expertise and responsive project delivery.

Leadership & Mentoring

• Mentor junior engineers and designers and provide technical guidance and design reviews.
• Collaborate with project managers and discipline leads to assign and coordinate design work.
• Maintain current knowledge of rail design practices, standards, and industry developments.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline
• 10+ years of engineering experience, including at least 5 years of direct railroad track design experience.
• Texas PE registration or ability to obtain within the first six months of employment
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead rail engineering tasks and coordinate multidisciplinary design deliverables.
• Working knowledge of AREMA standards and applicable freight railroad or transit agency design requirements.
• Proficiency with rail and civil engineering design…