Sr Mgr Asset Mgmt - 90383648 - Philadelphia (Railroad Infrastructure)

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SUMMARY OF DUTIES:

The Infrastructure Maintenance & Construction Services (IMCS) Operations Support Department develops the strategy and implements business processes and systems solutions collaboratively across IMCS to promote best practices in infrastructure asset management. Within IMCS Operations Support, the Asset Management group collaborates with IMCS leadership and Engineering Services to establish the infrastructure asset management based on Amtrak’s corporate objectives. The Asset Management group works closely with the Infrastructure GIS and Data Analytics teams to ensure development of datasets and tools that support implementation of the asset management system and enable data driven decision-making for infrastructure assets.

 

The Sr Mgr Asset Management is responsible for development and implementation of business processes that achieve Amtrak’s infrastructure asset management goals, driving adoption of best practices for asset management and enabling IMCS to perform the right work at the right time, maximizing capital investment and delivering an efficient and reliable infrastructure to Amtrak’s customers.

 

Responsibilities include:

• Coordinating the development of Asset Management capabilities across IMCS, converting the vision and policy into strategic actions to manage the associated risk.
• Ensuring that the condition, associated risks, and future funding requirements for infrastructure assets are understood to form a key part of medium- and long-term financial planning for the organization.
• Partnering with CAPD Engineering Services on the development and implementation of preventive maintenance and inspection regimes to inform work programs and provide asset data across the organization.
• Coordinating with all Operations Support teams to provide accurate data to allow decision making and the strategic development of asset management systems and processes.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Lead and manage the delivery of railroad infrastructure reviews including the application of expert analysis and benchmarking to provide compelling and strongly evidenced asset management recommendations. This includes research, analysis and review of railroad infrastructure and asset related policy issues, identification of emerging issues, and development of evidence-based options to ensure Amtrak achieves a state of good repair for infrastructure and future asset risks are mitigated.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with leadership and key stakeholders, facilitating their engagement in, and contribution to, the identification and development of infrastructure asset management policy and decision making.
• Manage the interests of diverse stakeholders to develop sustainable infrastructure asset management policies, balancing changing, unpredictable, and competing interests and demands.
• Lead and manage multi-functional/disciplinary personnel to develop and roll-out initiatives and/or supporting business processes that support asset management goals.
• Provide high quality data and researched solutions to contribute to strategic long-term planning for asset management.
• Develop condition assessment frameworks for infrastructure assets and methodologies for implementation of condition assessment frameworks to achieve a state of good repair.
• Lead development of robust reporting and recommendations on infrastructure asset management to support decision-making at an executive level.
• Manage development of the biennial Infrastructure Asset Line Plan and Northeast Corridor Asset Management Plan in accordance with 49 USC 24320 and 49 USC 24904.
• Assimilate a wide array of asset data and best practice information to inform an infrastructure asset management stra