Senior Engineer; Rail System Communications

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Metro's mission is to provide a world-class transportation system that enhances the quality of life for all who live, work, and play within LA County.

Performs complex engineering work and oversees engineers through the review of project submittals with the goal of achieving compliance with Metro standards, directives, and project objectives. This position will perform complex engineering work/analysis and oversee Metro consultants perform engineering design, construction, testing, and commissioning large scale communications systems for transit projects.

• Plans, organizes, assigns, implements, and manages engineering projects in accordance with budget and schedule requirements
• Interacts with user departments in response to service requests; researches and gathers all necessary details to determine engineering functional requirements to meet project user needs
• Provides engineering design services and design support during construction; provides support for project bid and award phase, construction management, closeout, activation, and startup activities for bus and rail transit projects
• Supports development of workplans, safety guidelines, maintenance requirements, and operational needs for design projects
• Reviews contract documents, shop drawings, specifications, RFI (request for information), and DDR (detailed design review) for compliance with codes, project specifications, and Metro criteria
• Reviews designs for quality, constructability, and cost effectiveness; recommends design changes
• Assures project compliance with design criteria and standards, workplans, safety guidelines, maintenance requirements, and operational needs
• Manages Contract Document Required Receivables and project budget for assigned projects
• Updates and enforces the Metro Design Standards and Criteria
• Prepares preliminary design documents for future projects
• Coordinates projects with utility companies, railroad, and city, county, and state agencies when required
• Makes field visits for research and inventory
• Participates in the engineering configuration management process to maintain current engineering records for bus and rail facilities and systems
• Works with in-house engineering and construction disciplines, consultants, and/or contractors to identify and resolve problems which may impact the progress of the project or users existing or planned operational performance
• Provides resident engineer and quality control inspection services
• Provides guidance, coaching, training, and oversees the work product of employees in area of expertise

May be required to perform other related job duties

A combination of education and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the position. Additional experience, as outlined below, may be substituted for required education on a year-for-year basis. A typical combination includes:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or other related field;
  Master's Degree in a related field preferred
• Six years of relevant experience or 3 years of supervisory-level experience in appropriate engineering discipline, including design and construction of public transit projects or major public agency projects; some positions in this class may require specialized experience in area of assignment
• State of California registration as a Professional Engineer in the appropriate discipline desirable
• A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions
• Microsoft Office Word 2010 and Excel 2010 Specialist preferred

Preferred Qualifications (PQs) are used to identify relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) as determined by business necessity. These criteria are considered preferred qualifications and are not intended to serve as minimum requirements for the position. PQs will help support selection decisions throughout the recruitment. In addition, applicants who possess these PQs will not automatically be selected.

• Experience working on a communications system e.g. SCADA, WAN, LAN, public address, voice radio, or telephone system from planning, design, implementation, testing and commissioning phases
• Experience designing a surveillance CCTV system with networking storage capability for a public agency
• Experience developing technical scope of work and preliminary engineering design for different communications systems
• Experience coordinating with multiple disciplines to complete the Approved for Construction (AFC) document for the communications systems for transit projects
• Experience managing the reviews, comments and organizing comment resolutions to project submittal

Knowledge of (defined as a learned body of information that is required for and applied in the performance of job tasks)

• Theories, principles, and current practices of engineering analysis, design, and…