Railroad SAFETY Specialist III - Grade Crossing

Job Requisition : 56047

Opening Date: May 11, 2026

Salary: Anticipated Salary Range Eff. 7/1/2026 $ 8,060 - $11,851 monthly

Job Type: Salaried

Category: Full Time

Number of Vacancies: 1

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Under direction of the Rail Safety Program Administrator, this position performs field inspections concerning informal crossing complaints received by the Commission and prepares reports and correspondence to resolve these matters; participates in formal hearings concerning grade crossing and bridge closures/improvements; completes vehicular traffic surveys, directional traffic studies and surveys and physical layout of the area surrounding particular crossing(s); meets with railroad representatives, local officials and highway authorities concerning proposed highway-rail crossing safety projects;

assists with programs to promote public awareness of safety at highway-rail crossings, reviews detailed costs estimated of costs for highway-rail crossing improvements, negotiates cost divisions for Stipulated Agreements within agency policy directives, prepares written reports, correspondence, Stipulated Agreements, and draft Commission Orders concerning highway-rail crossing safety projects.

• Monitors and performs all aspects of highway-rail crossing safety including programming, preliminary engineering, detailed design, construction, maintenance, operations, and investigations of complaints and incidents.
• Performs the full range of rail crossing activities (from routine to most complex) in accordance with 625 ILCS 5/18c and 92 IL Adm. Code Sections 1500, 1535, and 1536, and provides additional training and work guidance to lower-level railroad safety specialists.
• Oversees less experienced personnel, reviews their work, provides training, assesses performance, and provides input on performance evaluations of less experienced specialists.
• Performs field inspections and attends field meetings, completing crossing reviews from preliminary engineering through…