Trainer, Rail Maintenance

rtddenver; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Regional Transportation District (RTD) in Denver seeks a Trainer to deliver comprehensive rail maintenance training, ensuring employees acquire the knowledge and skills to inspect, maintain, repair, test, and overhaul rail vehicles and infrastructure assets.

You will conduct classroom, field, shop, and hands-on instruction across rolling stock, track, traction power, signaling, and related facilities, emphasizing safety, regulatory compliance, and asset reliability.

Responsibilities

• Deliver classroom, field, shop, and hands-on training for rail maintenance personnel.
• Provide new hire instruction and recertification programs.
• Conduct performance evaluations and one-on-one coaching to ensure competency.

Job description

At Regional Transportation District (RTD), We make lives better through connections!

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.

RTD Employee Benefits: https://www.rtd-denver.com/careers/benefits (RTD Represented Employee Benefits: Please refer to the Labor Agreement included in the above link for details.)

This position delivers technical, safety, and compliance-based training programs for rail maintenance employees. This position ensures employees acquire the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary to safely and effectively inspect, maintain, troubleshoot, repair, test, and overhaul rail vehicles, infrastructure systems, and related transit assets by conducting classroom, field, shop, and hands-on instruction. The role emphasizes maintenance best practices, technical proficiency, safety compliance, asset reliability, regulatory adherence, and workforce readiness.

This position is responsible for delivering training for rail maintenance personnel, including new hire instruction, technical skills development, recertification programs, safety procedures, equipment operation, preventive maintenance practices, troubleshooting techniques, inspections, testing procedures, repair activities, and regulatory compliance requirements. Training responsibilities support both rolling stock maintenance and infrastructure maintenance functions, including rail vehicles, track, traction power systems, signaling systems, communications equipment, facilities, and other rail assets. The Trainer conducts performance evaluations, skills assessments, and provides one-on-one coaching to ensure employee competency and readiness to perform maintenance activities safely and effectively.

Work includes coordinating and conducting classroom instruction, hands-on workshops, practical exercises, and field-based training within rail maintenance facilities, shops, yards, guideway environments, and other maintenance locations. The Trainer monitors trainee progress, provides feedback and counseling, and documents outcomes to support qualifications, certifications, workforce development, and regulatory compliance. Responsibilities include managing instructional materials and maintaining accurate records of attendance, certifications, assessments, and training completions within the Learning Management System (LMS).

The position sets up and operates instructional tools, rail vehicles, maintenance equipment, testing devices, specialized tools, and classroom technology, including audiovisual systems and computers, to support effective learning environments. The Trainer ensures training spaces, maintenance equipment, vehicles, infrastructure assets, and tools are functional, safe, and properly configured to support instructional activities. The role also contributes to continuous improvement initiatives by supporting standardized maintenance training practices, documenting procedures, and reinforcing consistent instructional delivery.

This role collaborates closely with rail maintenance leaders, supervisors, technical specialists, safety personnel, and administrative partners to ensure training programs align with maintenance requirements, workforce needs, safety standards, and regulatory obligations. Success in this role requires strong instructional, technical, analytical, and communication skills, along with the ability to manage multiple training sessions, evaluate performance, and maintain accurate documentation. The position directly contributes to RTD's mission by developing a knowledgeable, safety-focused, technically proficient, and maintenance-ready rail workforce capable of supporting the reliability, safety, and performance of rail vehicles and infrastructure systems.

This is a safety sensitive position subject to the rules and regulations of the RTD Drug and Alcohol Policy.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

ESSENTIAL: Deliver classroom, field, shop, and hands-on training for rail maintenance personnel, including new hire instruction, technical skills development, recertifications, preventive maintenance practices, inspe