AECOM is seeking a Senior Rail Operations Project Lead to support NY Metro.
The position includes responsibility for business development, stakeholder engagement, management of rail modeling projects/tasks, provide operational expertise to review and ensure feasibility in preliminary design and final design of rail infrastructure projects including intercity rail, regional/commuter rail, freight rail and high-speed rail. Clients can include Departments of Transportation, public rail agencies, railroads, Amtrak, private operators and more. This position will be required to examine constructability, staging and phasing of construction projects with a focus on operational continuity to ensure customer satisfaction. The successful candidate may be asked to serve as an AECOM team and/or discipline lead, project manager and/or technical task leader on selected projects and will coordinate, cooperate, and work collaboratively with others within multiple AECOM regions.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Provide constructability and operational reviews during all project phases
· Oversee railway modeling including high level runtime and detailed rail network simulation
· Interfaces with clients including railroads, passenger rail agencies and modelers
· Translates client goals into deliverable modeling tasks
· Proposes approach to solve new problems encountered using modifications of standard procedures or methods developed in previous assignments.
· Identifies discrepancies in results.
· Provides guidance to modelers/analysts
· Interpret and advise on modeling logic and railroad operating rules as necessary
· Verify modeling outputs results are realistic and client aligned
· Characterize modeling results into clear, digestible reports and presentations
· Coordinate and iterate with other rail planning disciplines including design teams
· Performs work in accordance with agreed upon budget and schedule with little supervision
· Performance at this level requires extensive experience in a professional, executive capacity.