SR PRINCIPAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEER - YARD & FACILITY STRUCTURES - PHILADELPHIA
Company: Amtrak
Location: Philadelphia
Posted on: September 28, 2024
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Job Description:
Your success is a train ride away!
As we move America's workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects
businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than
20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career
fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers,
our employees, the public and our operating environment is our
priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our
employees.
Are you ready to join our team?
Our values of 'Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers
First' are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core
Capabilities, 'Building Trust, Accountability, Effective
Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security' are
what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at
Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities,
and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds,
and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a
company of the future.
SUMMARY OF DUTIES:
This Sr Principal Engineer position will function as the Design
Manager (DM) of multiple, multi-discipline projects both inside and
outside their expertise, while also functioning as the primary
Electrical Subject Matter Expert for a team of similar DM's / SMEs
with diverse discipline backgrounds.
As a primary Electrical Subject Matter Expert (SME) of the
Facilities Design team this position provides guidance on code
interpretation and acceptance, as well as mentoring of other staff
electrical engineers. As the Electrical SME, this position will be
the technical lead on the electrical aspects of their own and other
DM-led Facilities projects within Amtrak's nationwide network of
yards, shops, and other facilities to guide the design of power
distribution for substations, maintenance / crew buildings,
warehouses, control centers, offices, commissaries, and equipment
such as fueling stations, sanding systems, air compressors, pumps,
480 ground power, control systems, HVAC systems, cranes, drop
tables, and other equipment required to service railroad rolling
stock or support maintenance of way employees. This position will
develop and maintain design standards and specifications associated
with Facilities design and guide proper code acceptance within
Amtrak's complex multi-jurisdictional environment.
As a Design Manager (DM), this position is responsible to program
and direct the design of upgrades, capital renewal, and state of
good repair improvements for Amtrak's nationwide Facilities, with
special focus on 60Hz electrical design including local
distribution, electrical issue troubleshooting, nationwide
facilities electrical service, and back-up power upgrades. This
includes managing all core functions of design development
including onsite requirements gathering, scoping, and design
management in coordination with both internal SME staff and
external architecture/engineering firms and consultants. In
addition, this position will perform specification writing, bid
package development, construction budgeting and construction
schedule estimating for multi-discipline capital renewal projects
ranging from equipment to structures.
As a multi-discipline DM, this position requires an adequate
breadth of general engineering design knowledge to provide the
multi-discipline oversight, coordination, and review during the
design package development and milestone review process, with the
embedded support of a team of SMEs to provide detailed
discipline-specific reviews.
This position collaborates and partners with both internal and
external stakeholders, including law, real estate, environmental,
historic preservation, transportation, mechanical, engineering,
procurement, local and state agencies / utilities, the FRA, and
freight and commuter railroads, to execute the troubleshooting,
scoping and design phase of Engineering and Mechanical programs in
support of new business initiatives, energy conservation projects,
and state of good repair projects.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
--- Required to be an expert in 120V to 480V power distribution
design, detailing, code compliance, and application (i.e.
distribution design; equipment supply; hardware selection; and
material lists). --- Lead the design of projects including
requirements gathering, site evaluation, scope development,
schedule, budget, plans, and specifications while ensuring
alignment and collaboration between groups. --- Ensure project
compliance with Amtrak standards and guidelines and all applicable
federal/state/regional regulatory agency requirements. Ensure
alignment with project requirements and limitations.
--- Manage external engineering resources for the completion of
detailed design and construction documents.
--- Create, lead, and provide technical review on capital design
projects to support new initiatives, energy conservation /
sustainability projects, resiliency improvements, and state of good
repair by functioning as sole point of contact for all design phase
and construction phase EOR support activities.
--- Provide technical expertise to field engineering and
maintenance staff.
--- Provide technical support during construction and respond to
submittals, RFI's, and change order requests.
--- Self-perform design services on small Facility design projects
with limited oversight.
--- Maintain concise and up-to-date scope / schedule / budget
status summaries for inclusion in the Facilities Database as part
of internal and external stakeholder communications.
--- Work collaboratively with Amtrak Project Delivery personnel to
integrate the design work into the greater construction programs as
well as facilitate fiscal year forecasting and lookahead.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
The salary/hourly range is $149,400-$193,644 for the Sr Principal
Engineer position. Pay is based on several factors including but
not limited to education, work experience, certifications, internal
equity, etc. Depending on an employee's assigned worksite or
location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied
to the employee's base salary. Amtrak may offer additional
incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees,
including a short-term incentive bonus based upon factors such as
individual and company performance that is commensurate with the
level of the position and/or long-term incentive plan compensation.
In addition to your salary, Amtrak offers a comprehensive benefit
package that includes health, dental, and vision plans; health
savings accounts; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts;
401K retirement plan with employer match; life insurance; short and
long term disability insurance; paid time off; back-up care;
adoption assistance; surrogacy assistance; reimbursement of
education expenses; Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility;
Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass
privileges. Learn more about our benefits offerings here.
Requisition ID:162633
Posting Location(s):Pennsylvania
Work Arrangement:04-Hybrid Weekly
Job Family/Function:Engineering
Relocation Offered:Yes
Travel Requirements:Up to 25%
You power our progress through your performance.
We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job. We want your
career at Amtrak to be a fulfilling experience where you find
challenging work, rewarding opportunities, respect among
colleagues, and attractive compensation. Amtrak maintains a culture
that values high performance and recognizes individual employee
contributions.
Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol.
All Amtrak positions requires a pre-employment background check
that includes prior employment verification, a criminal history
check and a pre-employment drug screen.
Candidates who test positive for marijuana will be disqualified,
regardless of any state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, or
other law that legalizes or decriminalizes the use or possession of
marijuana, whether for medical, recreational, or other use.
Amtrak's pre-employment drug testing program is administered in
accordance with DOT regulations and applicable law.
In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR - 40.25), Amtrak is
required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for
applicants/employees intending to perform safety-sensitive duties
for covered Department of Transportation positions. If an
applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to
obtain these records, the individual will not be permitted to
perform safety-sensitive functions.
In accordance with federal law governing security checks of covered
individuals for providers of public transportation (Title 6 U.S.C.
-1143), Amtrak is required to screen applicants for any permanent
or interim disqualifying criminal offenses.
Note that any education requirement listed above may be deemed
satisfied if you have an equivalent combination of education,
training and experience.
Amtrak is an EOE/Affirmative Action Minority/Female employer, and
we welcome all to apply. We consider candidates regardless of
race/color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and
related conditions), national origin/ethnicity, age, disability
(intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital
status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender
expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal
characteristics protected by law.
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