PROJECT DIRECTOR – TRACK AND OCS DESIGN ENGINEERING

SYSTRA A+E; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 280,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Full benefits package

On-site in Sacramento

Job summary

SYSTRA USA is seeking a Project Director to lead major rail design contracts, including Track and OCS design for high-speed rail projects. This on-site, Sacramento-based role requires executive leadership and the ability to manage multiple teams through all project phases.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years of rail delivery experience, senior-level engineering expertise, and relocation assistance is provided to facilitate a weekly on-site presence at the client's field office.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in rail delivery projects.
• Executive-level experience in rail system engineering overseeing Track and OCS design for high-speed rail.

Responsibilities

• Lead the prime consultant (or JV prime) as an executive member with signing authority.
• Provide guidance and oversight to multiple teams across all project phases.
• Strategic thinking with long-term goals for project delivery.

Skills

Rail delivery experience

Executive rail engineering

Job description

The Company

SYSTRA delivers architecture, engineering and construction and program management services to our clients that offer public transportation, public education and public housing to our communities.

We partner with public transportation owners and operators of bridges, buses, commuter and intercity, high-speed and light rail, mass rapid transit and tunnels, helping them provide safe, efficient and reliable public transportation. SYSTRA also serves public facility authorities that provide safe, attractive, and environmentally sound public schools and offer affordable housing to communities. Ranked 18th in US mass transit and rail design by Engineering News-Record (ENR), SYSTRA has been a trusted partner to public agencies and operators throughout the US since 1985 and employs nearly 200 personnel nationwide.

Part of SYSTRA Group, a world-leading engineering and consulting firm, SYSTRA is supported by the over 10,500 employees worldwide. Using a collaborative approach built on the firm’s value of Connected Teams, we provide our clients and partners access to the best skills worldwide via sharing information, tools, best practices, and processes.

Context

We are looking for a Project Director who is a true design professional that has multiple successful experiences leading major design contracts involving Track and OCS design principles.

Missions/Main Duties

The Project Director (Principal-in-charge) shall be an executive level member of the prime consultant (or a joint venture prime member, if operating as a joint venture).

They shall act as the senior member of the Consultant and have negotiation and signing authority for the prime consultant and all subconsultants.

This individual shall provide guidance and oversight to multiple teams working on numerous products and shall lead the Consultants through all project phases.

This individual shall have the ability to think strategically and have a long-term goal in mind.

Profile/Skills

This individual should have at 15 least years of experience in rail delivery projects of similar size, scope, and complexity, including high-speed rail, and an advanced understanding of their professional discipline.

This individual should be experienced at the executive level in the field of rail system engineering, specifically overseeing Track and OCS design activities for high speed rail projects.

Relocation assistance to the Sacramento area included, as this position requires the Project Director to be on-site in the client field office every week.

SYSTRA USA provides a benefits package including medical, dental, 401k and other offerings that focus on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

SYSTRA USA is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce.

Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local law.

Sponsorship assistance is not available for this position.

Salary Range: $280,000 - 310,000, SYSTRA USA is providing the compensation range that the company believes it might pay and/or offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location.

Workplace Type

On-site

Country/Region : United States

Location : Sacramento

Field : Civil Engineering

Type of Contract : Permanent

Level of experience : 15+

Salary : $ 280 000 - 310 000 Yr.