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When you join RTD, you will be among dedicated employees exhibiting RTD's values of passion, respect, diversity, trustworthiness, collaboration, and ownership. RTD is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of our diversity value statement, we encourage our employees to honor diversity in thought, people, and experience. Come join RTD on this great journey to be the trusted leader in mobility, delivering excellence and value to our customers and community.
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This position would be similar to the railroad industry title of Chief Maintenance Officer, and would be responsible for directing the maintenance activities of the Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) division. This position would ensure the implementation, coordination and supervision of RTD's rail maintenance, warranty tracking programs, testing and certification of equipment. This is a safety sensitive position subject to the rules and regulations of the RTD Drug and Alcohol Policy.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Recruits staff to include interviewing, hiring, assigning work, training, coaching, and counseling to ensure consistent application of Employee Guidelines, processes, and procedures. Conducts performance review, and holds employees accountable for their responsibilities.
Prepares, monitors and controls maintenance work plans, TDP maintenance schedules and budgets.
Establishes preventive maintenance programs, policies and procedures.
Plans and coordinates integration of new corridors into existing light rail system and serves as the Project Manager for newly procured Light Rail Vehicles.
Coordinates and monitors LRV projects and conducts contractor performance evaluation.
Coordinates contractual maintenance activities.
All job-related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Associate's Degree in electrical technology or a closely related field of study.
A minimum of two years experience in electro/mechanical maintenance or LRV related equipment.
A minimum of three years supervisory experience in rail transit equipment maintenance. A combination of two years Rail and one year Bus transit maintenance supervisory experience may substitute.
A minimum of five years experience with electrical and mechanical technology and concepts; including microprocessors to high voltage.
Proficiency in rail operations safety practices, including vehicle/track rail system safety regulations.
Proficiency in LRV maintenance operations, policies and procedures.
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
Ability to communicate effectively through verbal and written means.
Ability to use sound judgment.
Ability to manage time and workload effectively which includes planning, organizing, and prioritizing with attention to details.
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An equivalent combination of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities.
Working Environment and Physical Requirements:
The work environment and physical demands described here are representative of those required by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodations.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and color vision.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, moving trains; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; explosives and risk of radiation.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.
Core Competencies:
Safety: Promotes safety as agency’s number one priority in decision-making, reporting, learning, mitigation and follow-up. Promotes continuous improvement of safety culture.
Managing Politics: Is an effective collaborator and network builder, persuasive, sensitivity to situation and individuals, knows how to work within the organizational and political structure.
Leadership: Acquires new knowledge and learns new ways of solving problem, thinks and plans strategically, visualizes and communicates a vision, models desired behavior, drives organizational change, recognition and development of staff potential, pro-actively addresses performance issues.
Risk and Innovation: Thinks out-of-the-box, open-minded and flexible in thought and tactics, oriented toward results, adapts problem approaches, creative solutions.
Performance Management: Provides feedback on performance throughout the year, initiates performance plans and disciplinary actions at appropriate times, plans ahead to prepare and present appraisal to salaried employees, and consistently follows the CBA in performance management of represented employees.
Ethics and Integrity: Perceived fairness; tolerance; honesty; consistent in application of policies and procedures.
Diversity Oriented: Encourages and supports diversity of employees and contractors (Disadvantaged Business Enterprise); participates in Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action events and training; refers EEO/AA concerns in a timely manner.
Career Map:
Based on job performance, experience, education and position availability the next step on the career map for this position may be: Assistant General Manager, Rail Operations.
RTD posts a compensation range that represents a good faith estimate of what RTD anticipates paying for the position at the time of posting. Starting salary is based on the candidate’s relevant and verified education, training and work experience. Applicants should submit all relevant and verifiable education, training and work experiences at the time of application.
