Manager of Locomotive Engineers

Overview

At Keolis Commuter Services (KCS), we give every team member—and their ideas—a seat for the journey. We are a diverse team made up of different backgrounds, stories, and perspectives, which is our strength. If you’re looking for a career with a company that invests in your future, KCS is the place for you. We Imagine. We Care. We Commit!

Since 2014, Keolis Commuter Services has been entrusted with operating and maintaining the Commuter Rail network on behalf of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). Today, we are proud of the progress we have made together to deliver a best-in-class service for the Greater Boston community.

We believe our people are what make us great. That is why we demonstrate a commitment to a safe, healthy, and inclusive culture that welcomes ideas, encourages innovation, and values belonging. Your future starts here.

At Keolis Commuter Services, LLC we provide a competitive compensation package that is designed to be flexible and comprehensive to meet the needs of our hard-working employees and their families.

• Generous Medical & Rx plan
• Dental & Vision Plan
• Railroad Retirement Benefits – a federal program that administers retirement, survivor, unemployment, and sickness benefits to U.S. railroad workers and their families.
• Fidelity 401K Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Transit and Parking Reimbursement Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Company Sponsored Life & Accidental Death and Dismemberment Benefits
• Education Assistance
• Short- & Long-term Disability Benefits
• Voluntary Benefits Plan options including
  • Supplemental health plans for accidents, critical illness, hospital stays
  • Pet, Home, Auto insurance

Manager of Locomotive Engineers

The purpose of this role is to provide managerial leadership to specified locomotive engineers and student locomotive engineers to ensure delivery of agreed operational deliverables to the highest standards of professionalism and safety, and employee satisfaction and retention. Provide the delivery of a safe, punctual and reliable operation on a specific line or lines of Route, working with colleagues across Keolis to strive for consistent high standards of customer service and efficient operation.

Also, to develop and nurture constructive manager-direct report relationships with direct reports to improve employee satisfaction and employee engagement, as well as working relationships with union representatives to ensure a constructive working environment.

• Demonstrated strong leadership and organizational skills.
• Successful history of matching strong interpersonal skills to business needs.
• Methods and tools for performance optimization.
• Awareness of best practices and alert to challenges.
• General Management and team management.
• Cross functional team management.
• Understanding of how to sustain a culture of continuous improvement.

• Requires Locomotive Engineer certification; must be a qualified locomotive engineer with a valid Class 1 Locomotive Engineer's License and no record of decertification.
• Strongly prefer a combination of relevant, position-related experiences, training and education.
• Requires a minimum of 5 years' experience interpreting operating and safety rules.
• Must have basic skills in use of MS Office package including Outlook.
• Demonstrated excellent verbal and written skills.
• Ability to communicate successfully with a variety of different disciplines and levels including both internal and external staff.
• Demonstrated capability in providing managerial leadership to direct reports.
• Demonstrated capability in planning and delivering improvements over a 3 to 12 months’ timeframe.
• Prefer prior experience hiring, supervising, and evaluating the work of direct and indirect reports.

• Demonstrate and adhere to the Keolis Commuter Services (KCS) principals of:
  • Employee Engagement
  • Operational Excellence and Safety
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Economic Performance
• Develop and successfully implement an up to 3 to 12-month business plan for assigned area of accountability and meet agreed deliverables and associated timelines and Key Performance Indicators (e.g.,…