Supervise staff and contractors responsible for the inspection, maintenance, repair, installation, and modification of TriMet's light rail system maintenance-of-way plant and equipment. Functional areas of responsibility include traction substations, overhead electrification, wayside signals and communications, track and guideway structures. 

This role requires being onsite five (5) days per week.

Ensure a commitment to safety and regulatory compliance through effective leadership, training, role modeling and implementing practices that demonstrate safety is a fundamental value and a priority in all aspects of work. 

Serve as a good steward of TriMet by regularly utilizing our transit system to maintain a strong and current understanding of customers’ experiences and of TriMet’s product and service offerings.  

Forbes Magazine recently ranked TriMet as one of the top five places to work in Oregon! TriMet is ranked the number one Oregon-based employer in the state, as well as the top “Transportation and Logistics” employer in the state. 

Essential Functions

 

1. Supervise work assignments of Rail Maintenance of Way (MOW) employees. Allocate manpower and materials to assure rail service is maintained and minimize interruption.
2. Implement, maintain and manage preventive maintenance programs. Monitor maintenance activities to ensure compliance with program goals and ensure production standards are attained. Keep manager informed of work progress or problems. Provide direction and instruction to employees on maintenance activities. Use written instructions, blueprints, schematics, drawings and specifications, and tools.
3. Understand and comply with bargaining unit agreements including HOS requirements. Maintain good union, employee, and supervisor relations; resolve problems with employees. Administer progressive discipline through the effective application of Human Relations methods, practices and procedures.
4. Prepare and implement work schedules, programs and procedures. Prepare routine and special reports of work accomplished, and time and materials expended.
5. Coordinate MOW work programs with construction projects by TriMet or others occurring in or affecting the light rail right-of-way and train operations.
6. Responsible for proactively implementing new techniques and improvements to identify problems and find solutions that improve work performance and environment. Coordinate productivity improvement processes by encouraging employee creativity and involvement to find short and long term efficiencies.
7. Maintain a 24/7 readiness to respond to MOW light rail emergencies, such as vandalism, derailments, collisions, and MOW defects.
8. Coordinate with project managers, project designers, and engineering and construction teams to support light rail improvement and expansion projects.
9. Responsible for understanding, complying with, and enforcing agency rules and procedures to ensure a safe environment for employees and customers. Administered through regular inspections and research.
10. Contract management including budgeting, cashflow analysis, approving submittals, monitoring, correcting, and approving contractor processes, work, and materials.
11. Responsible for self and department's continuous improvement. This includes teamwork with many TriMet departments, collaboration with other transit agencies, and education and professional association advancement.

Four (4) years of total credited experience.*

Three (3) years of experience in a maintenance-of-way discipline, such as, track, railway electrification, signals, communications, or rail facilities maintenance are required.

Possession of current/validClass "C" license issued by Oregon or Washington; ability to pass a driving record check meeting TriMet driving record standards. 

About TriMet

TriMet provides bus, light rail and commuter rail service in the Portland, Oregon, region. Our transportation options connect people with their community, while easing traffic congestion and reducing air pollution — making our region a better place to live.

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