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Lead rolling stock engineering consulting teams and business development as a Principal Project Manager at Mott MacDonald in Seattle, WA. This full-time role offers a salary of $225,000 - $235,000/year with hybrid/telecommuting flexibility and 20% travel, focusing on rail fleet expansion, vehicle procurement, and project leadership.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • 10 years of experience as a senior rolling stock manager or engineer.
  • 10 years in specification development, multidisciplinary engineering, design reviews, technical writing, and industry standards.
  • 5 years in rail vehicle procurement, capital programs, proposal development, RFPs, asset management, and project management.
  • 2 years managing contract budgets.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Project Management: Lead multidisciplinary teams and control project cost, quality, and delivery for rail vehicle procurement projects up to $40 million.
  • Technical Expertise: Oversee vehicle procurement, performance improvement, design reviews, and systems integration across various rail modes.
  • Business Development: Build client relationships, develop proposals, and drive consulting services for rail fleet expansion and new technologies.
  • Budget & Resource Management: Oversee contract budgets and coordinate staff utilization, workloads, and professional development.
  • Potential transition routes: People from senior engineering or rail consulting roles may bring strong technical specifications and project leadership skills, alongside meeting the required 10 years of rolling stock experience.

Job description

Title: Principal Project Manager – Rolling Stock

Location: 1601 5th Avenue, Suite 800, Seattle, WA 98101

Duties: 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. Position is fixed location based in Seattle, WA office; however, telecommuting from a home office may also be allowed occasionally.

Requirements: Requires a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field plus ten (10) years of experience as a senior rolling stock manager, or engineer with experience in rolling stock. Experience may be gained concurrently and must include:

Ten (10) years in each of the following:

  • 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 each of the following:

  • 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, including light rail vehicles, commuter trains, intercity or high-speed trains, or knowledge of vehicle subsystems
  • Processing client requirements into a successful RFP document to procure capital equipment (worth between $500,000 to $200million USD)
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Mott MacDonald

Principal Project Manager Rolling Stock

Seattle, Washington
On-site
$225,000 - $235,000/year
Performing asset management
  • Leading or performing project management activities typical to rail vehicle procurement and development, including the following: developing project management plans; leading stakeholder meetings or design reviews with suppliers; leading a team of multidisciplinary subject matter experts to deliver successful project outcomes; controlling and monitoring cost, quality, and project delivery; and, implementing decisions and timely responses to dynamically evolving issues and challenges within projects
  • Two (2) years in the following:

    • Managing contract budgets

    Salary: $225,000 - $235,000/year. Benefits: 401k, medical, dental, and vision insurance, STD/LTD disability, holiday, personal time off (PTO), parental leave, and company-paid life insurance.

    Apply via https://apply.mottmac.com. Job Code: 11796.

    Equal opportunity is the law.

    We seek to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

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