
Principal Project Manager – Rolling Stock
Mott MacDonald
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Seattle • Washington • United States
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Salary
💰 $225,000 - $235,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Lead rolling stock engineering consulting teams and business development for relevant consulting services
- Provide strategic consultant advice and planning, provide solutions for rail fleet expansion, upgrade, procurement, and new technologies
- Monitor the progress of projects and work with clients and stakeholders to resolve critical technical issues
- Oversee the management of contract budgets
- Manage projects up to contract size of $40 million USD
- Provide rolling stock project management and technical expertise to external and internal clients
- Maintain and build client relationships to grow the business
- Provide strategic advice and oversight of vehicle procurement, and performance improvement projects
- Collaborate with other disciplines to ensure rolling stock integration is addressed
- Manage utilization and professional development of rolling stock staff
- Assign staff to projects and coordinate rolling stock staff workloads
- 20% domestic and international travel to visit clients and suppliers, attend conferences, and meet with direct reports
Requirements
- Requires a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- ten (10) years of experience as a senior rolling stock manager or engineer with experience in rolling stock
- Ten (10) years in specification development or delivery to complex specifications
- Working with multidisciplinary engineering, including mechanical, electrical, software, communications, human factors, or cyber security
- Conducting design reviews or systems integration
- Producing technical specifications or report writing
- Applying general knowledge of recognized industry standards and best practice related to rail vehicles
- Five (5) years in rail vehicle procurement
- Representing clients in execution of capital programs or delivering complex capital programs to clients
- Developing proposals to provide engineering services and technical support
- Demonstrated experience with various rail modes, vehicle types and suppliers
- Processing client requirements into a successful RFP document to procure capital equipment (worth between $500,000 to $200million USD)
- Performing asset management
- Managing contract budgets
Benefits
- 401k
- medical, dental, and vision insurance
- STD/LTD disability
- holiday
- personal time off (PTO)
- parental leave
- company-paid life insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementtechnical specificationsdesign reviewssystems integrationrail vehicle procurementasset managementspecification developmentreport writingmultidisciplinary engineeringbudget management
Soft Skills
strategic consultingclient relationship managementteam leadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationstaff managementbusiness developmentworkload coordinationcritical issue resolution
Certifications
Bachelor’s in Mechanical EngineeringBachelor’s in Electrical Engineering