Key skills
Integration TestingLeadership
About this role
Role Overview
- Serve as a senior advisor to transit agency clients on operations, maintenance, and system readiness initiatives
- Lead development of Operations & Maintenance (O&M) plans and operational frameworks for new system start-ups and expansions
- Support testing & commissioning activities, system integration testing, and operational readiness planning
- Provide subject matter expertise in control center operations, service delivery, and vehicle maintenance strategy
- Develop Concepts of Operations (ConOps), pre-revenue operations plans, and transition strategies
- Collaborate with engineering, systems, and program management teams to align operational requirements with design and construction
- Interface directly with client leadership and stakeholders to provide guidance, risk mitigation strategies, and best practices
- Mentor internal staff and support business development efforts within STV’s transit systems practice
Requirements
- 25+ years of progressive experience in public transit operations
- Senior-level leadership experience within a transit agency environment
- Experience across multiple transit modes, including: Light Rail, Commuter Rail, Heavy Rail/Subway, and Bus Operations
- Strong working knowledge of: Control Center Operations, Vehicle maintenance and lifecycle planning, Operational readiness and system start-up
Benefits
- Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable)
- Disability insurance
- Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- 401(k) Plan
- Retirement Counseling
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Time Off (16 days)
- Paid Holidays (9 days)
- Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year)
- Parental Leave (up to 80 hours)
- Continuing Education Program
- Professional Licensure and Society Memberships