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The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is the sixth-largest transportation system in the U.S., connecting communities across a 2,200-square-mile service region. SEPTA is at the forefront of innovation in the transit industry, ensuring reliable and efficient services while driving economic growth in the Philadelphia region.

 

We are proud to be recognized as:

2023 FORBES Best in State Employer

Philadelphia Employer of Choice for 2024

 

We are seeking to hire candidates for our Rail Maintenance Manager (2010).    

 

Opening Date: 05/07/2025

Closing Date: 05/20/2025

Job Grade: SAM 38

Salary Range: $70,668.00-$88,348.00       

OVERALL DESCRIPTION

Responsible for effective supervision of maintenance personnel and oversees location operations.

DISCIPLINE RESPONSIBILITIES

EM&C

I. Applicable to All Disciplines

1. Manages a group of employees with minimum direction; schedules the work to maximize economic, efficient, and safe work standards and to promote continuous improvement in safety, reliability, and customer satisfaction.
2. Responsible for infrastructure systems, equipment, and/or building overhaul and minor refurbishment programs including preventative maintenance, inspection and failure diagnosis/analysis.
3. Work shifts and/or weekends and holidays as required.  Respond to emergencies problems that may disrupt normal service. Subject to call outside normal hours.
4. Responsible for controlling labor and material expenditures to comply with budgetary limitations.  Also issues material requisitions.
5. Communicates with union personnel, and other supervisors to coordinate work activities, issue/investigate disciplinary action, etc.  Participates in grievance procedures as required.
6. Estimate project costs (Labor, Material, Support). Initiate and maintain accurate records on requisitions, work/employee schedules and reports to reduce waste and loss of manpower.
7. Responsible for providing training for hourly employees, technical assistance, and support in the repair and/or maintenance of equipment or infrastructure.
8. Responsible for conducting regular inspections, special inspections/investigations, collecting data on inspections/repairs to track reliability, and performing trend analysis.
9. Assists engineering in various design changes in an effort to improve infrastructure and customer service issues.  
10. Responsible for maintaining a safe, clean and productive environment.
11. Responsible for instructing, training, and testing newly transferred and hired employees.
12. Complies with all Authority and departmental safety and security policies and procedures as well as all applicable job safety responsibilities.  Reports any safety concerns, compromises or hazards affecting operations, the public, self and/or other employees.  Responsible for personal safety and is encouraged to promote the safety of others.
     

DISCIPLINE RESPONSIBILITIES

EM&C

A. Track Utility Discipline

1. Supervises the inspection, maintenance and reconstruction of railway track systems.
2. Maintain condition of SEPTA’s right-of-way through management of programmed third party vegetation control and timely response to public complaints.
3. Direct coordination of protection for SEPTA and third party work done in SEPTA’s track area. Deploy and supervise flagmen to provide protection.
4. Directs and schedules drivers, mechanics, and operators for the operation, maintenance, and repair of equipment, track road beds, and construction projects.
5. Directs the operation and/or repair of tampers, ballast regulators, rail handling equipment and other construction related equipment.
6. Supervises Track Fabrication and Track Machine Shops, including scheduling, managing, and inspecting the bending, layout, welding, fabrication, repair, and reconstruction of track materials, components and assemblies. 
7. Schedules track outages with Transportation Department for Sperry Rail Testing and Geometry Car and high-rail inspections.

 

 

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

EMC "All Areas"

• High School Diploma or equivalent and plus two (2) years advanced technical training in field of specialization required. Three years relevant Operating/Maintenance/Inspection experience required.
• In lieu of two