Manager of Traction Power Engineering

Pay Rate

Non-Rep Payband E10

Salary Range: $ (Minimum) - $ (Maximum)

* The starting negotiable starting annual salary will be between $ - $ to commensurate with experience and education.

Group Manager, Electrical Mechanical Engineering

The BART Traction Power Construction Team is seeking a highly motivated and exceptionally innovative individual to lead a Traction Power Engineering Division, and manage, motivate, and drive improvements with a staff of approximately Electrical Engineers and project personnel responsible for the development and modification of BART’s facilities and systems such as:

• Substations, transformers, circuit breakers, switchgears, rectifiers, traction power distribution, utility power, protective relays and PLCs, grounding, and cables.
• Leadership and delivery of complex engineering design projects in an operating environment.
• Innovative and creative problem solving, data driven root cause analysis.
• Risk based Asset Management.
• Continuous improvement, Quality Control/Quality Assurance.

The most qualified candidates will demonstrate superior abilities in leadership, self-motivation, and technical acumen as well as have management experience, strong communication and organizational skills, and sound judgment.

• Strong experience with management of a comprehensive Traction Power Engineering program.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to make clear presentations, produce concise technical and administrative reports, and explain complex/technical issues to BART management and leaders.
• Ability to select, train, develop, supervise, and motivate staff.
• Experience with managing the services of outside consultants.
• Planning, organizing, directing, reviewing, and evaluating the activities of professional staff and contract consultants on assigned engineering projects.
• Ability to establish performance measures and Key Performance Indicators (KPI), including for an intelligent power systems performance.
• Experience in preparing and administrating group/program budgets and contracts.
• Ability to interpret and apply Federal, State and local policies, laws and regulations.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
• Participating in the development and administration of division goals, objectives and procedures.
• Developing engineering feasibility studies, plans, specifications, cost estimates, requests for proposals and bid documents for power engineering projects.
• Analyzing problems, identifying alternative solutions, projecting consequences of proposed actions and implementing recommendations in support of goals.
• Researching, analyzing and implementing new and innovative methods and techniques for power distribution, maintenance, monitoring and equipment reliability.
• Clear and concise communication, both oral and in writing.
• Willingness to be on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (in rotation with others), to work occasionally during overnight and weekend maintenance windows, and to work occasionally in noisy and dirty environments or in foul weather and in close proximity to moving trains.
• An understanding of electrical, mechanical, physical, and mathematical principles applicable to the BART train control, traction power, ventilation, HVAC, and other miscellaneous support systems and a keen interest in keeping up to date with emerging technology, developments, and trends in these areas.