PE Program Manager

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission (SJRRC)

Stockton, CA (On-site, 5 days/week)

$175,000-$240,000 (commensurate with experience)

Full-time

Jaquith Consulting Group seeks an experienced Program Manager who is a registered Professional Engineer (Civil) in the State of California to provide Capital Program Management and Engineering Services to the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission (SJRRC) in Stockton, California. SJRRC governs ACE commuter rail service, linking the Central Valley and Silicon Valley, and is Managing Agency for the San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority (SJJPA).

Under the direction of SJRRC’s Director of Capital Programs and Chief Program and Construction Manager, this Key Personnel role supervises, plans, coordinates, and reviews engineering, design, and construction activities; ensures their compliance; and solves the most complex design, engineering, and construction problems across more than 30 active rail capital projects, many adjacent to Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) and BNSF Railway (BNSF) operating rights-of-way.

• Provide program and project oversight of consultant services across all phases of SJRRC and SJJPA Capital Program development and delivery, controlling scope, schedule, cost, risk, and quality.
• Meet frequently with consultant design and project managers to review risks, issues, progress, and schedule adherence, and conduct periodic site visits.
• Work directly with lead agency personnel, SJRRC departments, design, right-of-way, environmental, and construction management consultants, and outside stakeholders to advance Capital project engineering and design.
• Oversee preliminary engineering for environmental approval, design and design variances, utility management, right-of-way, permitting, railroad agreements, and environmental requirements to secure regulatory and agency approvals.
• Coordinate closely with UPRR and BNSF on projects adjacent to active rail rights-of-way, including construction sequencing and utility conflicts.
• Provide design and/or construction management leadership for engineering staff and consultant teams across multiple departments and programs.
• Review and sign engineering drawings, contract documents, change work orders, and purchase orders as needed, and provide engineering services and advice supporting design and construction projects.
• Oversee construction and construction management, including scheduling, sequencing, field observations, budgets, and expenditures.
• Manage requests for information, change orders, and claims; direct value engineering, constructability reviews, and cost-reduction recommendations.
• Oversee quality reviews of contractor and consultant deliverables and the production of plans, specifications, cost estimates, manuals, and related documents, adjusting procedures as needed to maintain compliance.
• Lead development and implementation of engineering policies, design standards and requirements, and manuals for Capital projects.
• Support procurement of design, construction, and consultant services, including scopes of work, requests for proposals/qualifications, independent cost estimates, and proposal evaluations.
• Resolve project issues promptly to maintain schedules and program-wide consistency, and provide analysis and recommendations to inform SJRRC program decisions.
• Monitor project funding, budgets, and expenditures, and support compliance and reporting for federal, state, and local funding sources (e.g., FTA, FRA, CalSTA/TIRCP, Caltrans).
• Coordinate grade-crossing modifications and approvals with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), cities,…