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Signal Communication Engineer III

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Posted: 08-Oct-26

Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Salary: $84,750.00-$98,875.00

Salary Details: Full Benefits Package

Required Education: 4 Year Degree

Years of Experience: 5 - 10

Type:

Full Time

Level:

Experienced

Internal Number: #175

The Signals & Communications Engineer III is responsible for reviewing and approving signal and

communication system designs, developing technical specifications, evaluating vendor equipment, and planning modifications to support safe and reliable light rail operations. This position maintains regulatory compliance documentation and applies electrical engineering principles throughout design, construction,and maintenance activities.

Job Responsibilities

• Provides design and engineering support needed to design, construct, and maintain Metro's signals and communication systems, including all Agency fiber optic systems.
• Reviews and creates signal and communication system designs to ensure compliance with operational and safety requirements.
• Serves as the signals and communication engineering representative for major project extensions and system expansions.
• Creates, updates, and revises Computer-Aided Design (CAD) drawings to support engineering and construction activities.
• Develops and manages signals and communication projects from specification development, cost estimating, resource planning, and scheduling through project closeout.
• Writes, reviews, updates, and maintains design criteria, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and other technical documentation.
• Creates, updates, and files regulatory documentation for railroad grade crossings to maintain compliance with applicable standards.
• Evaluates project specifications and designs and recommends appropriate vendor products and equipment.
• Manages and monitors daily Missouri One-Call System and Illinois Joint Utility Locating

Information for Excavators (JULIE) system notifications to support safe field activities.

• Monitors maintenance programs using databases, inspection and test data, and material usage records.
• Serves as the technical representative for signals and communication systems in support of internal and external stakeholders.
• Supports Metro's Safety Program through engineering practices, compliance activities, and operational coordination.
• Demonstrates knowledge of engineering practices required to design, build, inspect, and maintain transit and railroad signal and communication systems. Experience in PLC and redundant safety sensitive systems preferred.
• Demonstrates knowledge of railroad and rail transit operations and related safety requirements.
• Applies experience in Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD), surveying, and cost estimating to support engineering and project needs. Experience with AutoCAD preferred.
• Utilizes personal computer applications, including Microsoft Office, Outlook, and project

management software, to complete assigned responsibilities.

• Reviews specifications, drawings, and contract documents to ensure accuracy, compliance, and constructability.
• Performs life-cycle cost analysis to support long-term asset and project decision-making.
• Applies experience in project management of rail systems projects, including cost estimating, resource planning, scheduling, and cost control.
• Manages employees, contractors, and consultants engaged in the design, construction, testing, and implementation of rail systems.
• Develops, evaluates, and reviews rail system specifications, criteria, and engineering plans to meet operational and regulatory standards.
• Communicates effectively both orally and in writing with internal departments, external agencies, and project stakeholders

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About Bi-State Development

Leadership, Collaboration & Innovation Bi-State Development is continuously dedicated to fostering economic development in the St. Louis region. Bi-State Development (BSD) is a dynamic and multi-faceted resource for economic development in the St. Louis region. With deep expertise in planning and implementation, BSD is uniquely empowered to provide real solutions to regional challenges with a model of efficiency and accountability. For more than 65 years, BSD has partnered with private and public organizations on hundreds of projects designed to keep the St. Louis region competitive. These collaborations have created thousands of jobs on both sides of the Mississippi River. Working together with the region's top minds and voices, we turn ideas into realities. BSD proudly serves the City of St. Louis and six adjacent counties, including Missouri's Jefferson, St. Charles, and St. Louis Counties, and Illinois' Madison, Monroe and St. Clair Counties. Together, these areas form partnerships that better each other and the St. Louis region as a whole. At BSD, we have initiated regional economic development for six and a half decades. With that depth and breadth of experience, w...e fully understand "the process of progress." We are leaders in public transit - world renowned for our reliability and efficiency. Initiating progress, we were one of the first transit agencies in the nation to operate wheelchair-lift equipped buses in regular service. Our St. Louis Downtown Airport (formerly Parks) has a rich history of its own. Today, the airport and its surrounding business park deliver nearly $422 million in economic impact to southern Illinois. What's more, last year leaders chose us to run a regional freight district; coordinating with industry and government to enhance and grow the $6 billion in goods traveling through our area by rail, road, river, and runway. In our care is the iconic Eads Bridge, an integral component of the region's $8 billion network of transportation infrastructure. We completed a major rehabilitation of this historic landmark in 2016 so that it can continue to serve as a critical link between Missouri and Illinois for generations to come. BSD was a key partner with CityArchRiver on major improvements that were completed at the Gateway Arch in 2018 that transformed the visitor experience at the Arch, on the St. Louis Riverfront and in downtown St. Louis. Together with our partners, we are the people behind the progress.

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