Production Manager - Diesel House

Keolis America Inc.; Somerville (MA); Vor Ort; USD 105.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Life and disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Voluntary benefits

Zusammenfassung

Keolis America Inc. in the Boston area leads the MBTA Commuter Rail mechanical team, overseeing all shift-based maintenance, servicing, and safety.

You will ensure proper staffing, adherence to budgets, and timely completion of inspections and repairs while maintaining high safety and quality standards. The role requires experience in a unionized environment and strong cross-functional collaboration with MBTA and suppliers.

Qualifikationen

• Experience implementing change in a heavily unionized environment.
• Strong communication at interpersonal and group levels.
• Build trust in relationships.
• Influence, negotiate and facilitate buy-in with labor organizations.
• Lead by example to foster cross-functional relationships with MBTA and suppliers.

Aufgaben

• Ensure designated shift(s) are properly resourced to deliver the required work in line with the Service Level Agreement.
• Manage and oversee priorities for the shift to meet safety, production, quality, and cost targets.
• Provide guidance for team members on technical and operational issues.
• Provide managerial leadership to the Mechanical Department, including coaching and development.
• Drive safety performance improvements and direct operations during service disruptions and extreme weather.
• Ensure compliance with safety, sanitation, oil/fuel management, and hazardous waste regulations.
• Coordinate with other departments and MBTA for smooth operations.
• Carry out continuous improvement to optimize performance and financial results.

Kenntnisse

Rolling stock maintenance

Project delivery

Regulatory compliance

Operations leadership

Leadership traits

Tools

Office 365

Enterprise Asset Management

Payroll systems

Jobbeschreibung

At Keolis, a leader in public transportation and proudly headquartered in Boston, our mission — We Imagine, We Care, We Commit — is more than words. It’s how we support our communities and how we support each other. As part of our team, you'll have access to a comprehensive benefits package designed with your wellbeing in mind. We offer a competitive benefits package that supports your health, wellbeing, and peace of mind. This includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with life and disability insurance. You’ll also have access to a variety of voluntary benefits such as hospital indemnity, accident, and critical illness coverage, as well as home, auto, and pet insurance. To help secure your financial future, we also provide a 401(k)-retirement plan with a company match. At Keolis, you're not just building a career — your part of something bigger.

The Production Manager leads a team maintaining, repairing, and servicing the locomotives that run through the Diesel House for the MBTA Commuter Rail.

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday 2:30pm - 10:30pm

Salary Range

$105,000 - $120,000

Skills

• Detailed knowledge of rolling stockmaintenance facilities, process and practicesand modern maintenance techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver projects in linewith quality, cost and timescale.
• Demonstrated acumen with regulatoryrequirements affecting passenger railroadoperations including FRA and OSHA regulations.
• Demonstrated capability to run a full operation and deliver agreed results.
• Key personal traits: forward thinking,proactive, resilient, sound judgement,innovative where it’s required, driven by arelentless pursuit of excellence.
• Ability to use Office 365 suite of apps,Enterprise Asset Management systems, payrollsystems.

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of successfully implementingchange in a heavily unionized environment
• Communication skills at interpersonal andgroup levels
• Build trust in relationships
• Demonstrated capability to influence,negotiate and facilitate buy-in with a variety ofstakeholders including labor organizations.
• Proven ability to lead by example to fosterpositive cross functional relationships withother departments, MBTA, and suppliers.

Key Accountabilities

Lead Production

• Ensure designated shift(s) are properly resourced to deliver the required work in line with the agreed Service Level Agreement.
• Manage and oversee priorities for the shift based on the daily, weekly, and monthly plan to meetsafety, production, quality, and cost control objectives.
• Provide guidance for team members on technical and operational issues
• Provide managerial leadership to the Mechanical Department employees, including individualcoaching, development, holding direct reports to account and managerial support.

Safety and Compliance

• Drive improvement of safety performance in sync with annual safety plan for the Mechanical Department.
• Plan for and direct operations during service disruptions and periods of extreme weather to ensuresafe working environment.
• Ensure facility compliance with applicable regulations related to safety, sanitation, oil and fuelmanagement, and hazardous waste disposal.
• Carry out Testing and Observations in accordance with CFR
• Carry out Safety inspections of equipment and facilities as requested
• Develop and implement continuous improvement strategies to optimize performance, customerservice and financial results in accordance with overall strategy.
• Ensure Standard Workday methodology is properly applied
• Identify areas of improvement and implement changes

Communication and Meetings

• Responsible for Shift handover
• Communicating regularly with upper management regarding problems or issues impacting production
• Collaborate with Foreman to ensure job briefings are properly planned, accurate communicationto all employees regarding scope of work.
• Collaborate with Foreman throughout the shift to obtain updates on progression of work and makenecessary recommendations as needed.
• Attend daily shift briefings and communicate safety, company, and performance information andmetrics.
• Communicate with Transportation to organize shop and yard moves; request equipment.
• Work with other departments as required

Delivery of Repair, Inspections, Servicing, Cleaning and Maintenance

• Ensure that all Inspection, Servicing, Cleaning, and Maintenance is carried out in accordance withthe regulatory and contractual requirements.
• Ensure all equipment repairs are carried out in the required timescales. Any deferred repairs willbe noted in the Maintenance Management System
• Adhere to daily and weekly budgets for labor and materials.
• Undertake condition of equipment audits

General Management

• Understanding of the wider public transport sector
• Methods and tools for performance optimization
• Stakeholder relationship management at a senior management level
• Defining and managing KPI’s
• Attend layovers as directed during winter weather to support service start up
• Carry out other duties as directed

Additional Statements

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Drug and alcohol screening: Employment contingent upon passing pre-employment drug and alcoholscreen. Also contingent upon receiving a favorable background check. Must pass a physicalexamination.

Safety commitment: Safety is a way of life at Keolis. By placing safety first, we ensure the well-beingof our employees, customers and communities. Together we can become the most successfultransportation company in the world.

Environmental commitment: Keolis is committed to protecting the environment by minimizing theimpact of operations to our people and the communities in which we operate.

EEO statement: Our policy is to afford Equal Employment Opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of their race, color, sex, religion, age, creed, marital status, national origin, ancestry,

physical or mental disability, sexual orientation or gender identification. We maintain a drug-freeworkplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

Disclaimer and closing statement: The above statements are intended to describe the general natureand level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to beconstrued as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assignedto this job. Keolis is committed to offering our employees competitive compensation and benefits,opportunities for development and growth throughout an exciting and rewarding career and thesafest work environment possible.

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