Project Director - Track and OCS Design Engineering

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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. 

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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.

 

Relocation assistance is available for this position.

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