Sr Engineer - 90361649 - Philadelphia

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Job Summary

The Sr Engineer – Design Ops is responsible for leading the operations of the technical engineering design review process for both external third-party and some capital in-house projects, to ensure that the technical engineering design review documents are in compliance with all Amtrak Engineering practices (Eps), standards, policies, and procedures. Also, ensuring when design review submittals are received, they are in compliance with baseline budget, funding source, and executed design phase agreement requirements. This Design Operations workstream manages operations and reporting for the engineering technical design review process for all engineering design phase stages. This role is expected to work in collaboration with their manager and the rest of the Engineering Design Operations Team. The Sr Engineer – Design Ops is part of the overall Design Management Team within the Planning and Engineering Support group under Capital Delivery (CapD).

Essential Functions

• Manage the technical engineering design review intake process for engineering design review, providing an initial precursory review of design phase documents.
• Coordination with multi-disciplines (track, communications & signals, electric traction, and structures) for information pertaining to design review determination documents, design exception request documents and technical engineering design review documents. Position works closely with many internal groups within Capital Delivery and the overall Engineering Department.
• Collaborate with the collective Team for the building of design estimates at a granular level for an understanding of the technical design reviewer duration and budget necessary for the engineering design review.
• Develop, and effectively apply a working knowledge of Engineering Practices, Amtrak business systems, standard procedures, existing agreements with external (third-party) entities, and industry standards and best practices for the engineering design review process.
• Coordinate with the team responsible for facilitating third-party project agreements and permits to help ensure design review execution and completion and executed agreement timelines coincide. Report status, metrics, and variances from intake to execution to direct managers.
• Assist in the mentoring of junior-level staff to help them grow within Amtrak and railroad industry.
• Proficient working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, and SharePoint.
• Hands on experience with evaluating budgeting during the engineering design phase of projects being reviewed.
• Understanding of capital and operating financial reporting, forecasting, and cost as they relate to engineering design scope of work and planning.
• Skill in communicating complex information clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing across all levels
• Strong focus on collaboration, team building, and customer service.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Architecture, Business Administration, or closely related field and in lieu of education, a minimum of six (6) years of relevant work experience, or equivalent combination of education, training, and work experience is needed.
• Strong understanding of the design and submission review process, preferably as it pertains to the railroad environment.
• Ability to research, analyze, evaluate performance gaps, and explain variances.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient in Power BI.
• Strong understanding of Amtrak-maintained territory