Senior Project Manager (Rail Systems)

Location: Sacramento, California, United States; full-time on-site with 25%–50% travel required

Salary: $140,000–$200,000 per year

Company

hirify.global supports large, complex heavy civil infrastructure programs, including highways, roads, bridges, and passenger rail transit.

What you will do

• Oversee rail systems work packages in traction power, OCS, or wayside communications from design and procurement through field installation, testing, energization, commissioning, and handover to operations.
• Manage cost, schedule, scope, risk, forecasting, change management, contractor delivery, and executive reporting.
• Coordinate interfaces across traction power, OCS, signaling, communications, SCADA, civil, track, structures, stations, maintenance facilities, and operations teams.
• Review design packages, equipment submittals, technical studies, installation progress, and compliance with drawings, specifications, standards, and safety requirements.
• Coordinate utilities, host railroads, regulators, local jurisdictions, AHJs, permits, utility interconnections, outage planning, electrical safety, and energization approvals.
• Lead FAT, SAT, SIT, dynamic testing, field issue resolution, defect and punch-list closeout, acceptance records, revenue service demonstration, and the start of passenger operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, systems engineering, telecommunications engineering, railway engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years of rail systems or electrical project management experience on large, complex, heavy civil passenger transit or DOT infrastructure programs.
• Experience delivering traction power, OCS, or communications systems across the full lifecycle from design through commissioning and system acceptance.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams, contractors, equipment suppliers, and consultants across interfacing systems.
• Experience obtaining approvals from utilities, regulators, host railroads, or AHJs.
• Experience with integrated testing programs, including FAT, SAT, energization, or system integration testing.
• Technical grounding in railway electrification or communications systems, including traction return, grounding and bonding, fiber and IP networks, or radio systems.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite or Office 365, including Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, organization, multitasking, problem-solving, leadership, and stakeholder-management skills.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering, systems engineering, telecommunications engineering, or railway engineering.
• PMP, PE, PRINCE2, or comparable engineering or project management certification.
• High-speed rail experience on lines above 125 mph (200 km/h), or experience with another electrified passenger railway, including dynamic testing and the start of passenger operations.
• Cost and schedule accountability for contracts valued at $250 million or more.
• Experience with 25kV AC traction power, high-speed catenary, wayside radio, dispatch, IP/MPLS, LTE, or FRMCS communications networks.
• Working knowledge of FRA, AREMA, EN 50119, and FCC requirements for railway electrification and communications.
• Owner’s representative, program management, or construction management experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle Cloud Analytics, or other dashboard KPI reporting software.

Culture & Benefits

• Unlimited flexible time off and paid holidays.
• Paid parental leave, health, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, disability insurance, life insurance, and accidental death and dismemberment coverage.
• 401(k) plan with guaranteed employer contribution.
• Formal career planning and development program with $2,500 annually for professional development.
• Wellness program with monthly stipend, phone or phone-plan reimbursement, financial planning, meal planning and nutrition support, employee assistance, discounts, and referral bonus.
• On-site Sacramento position with 25%–50% travel; employment may require a background check and drug test, and work authorization is verified through E-Verify.

Hiring process

• Apply for the active position; unsolicited resumes from third parties are not accepted.
• Email hiring@luster.com for accommodations needed to complete the application process.