• Plans, organizes, and monitors signal repair activities and tracks progress

• Ensures compliance with design criteria

• Plans and monitors new system installations

• Studies and develops equipment maintenance plans and schedules

• Responds to signal system emergencies

• Investigates, diagnoses, and corrects system problems

• Trains and certifies inspectors

• Develops training materials

• Develops system inspections/testing and preventive maintenance procedures

• Initiates ordering parts

• Provides system information to other departments and outside agencies

• Reviews blueprints and technical data

• Works with other departments to resolve problems or coordinate activities

• Conducts periodic safety meetings to ensure compliance with procedures and regulations

• Interprets government regulations

• Interacts with other rail services, such as Union Pacific, to coordinate inspections, repairs, or improvements on shared rail lines

• Provides flagging assistance during revenue and non-revenue service periods to control local train movement

• Assists staff with repair, maintenance, and testing during revenue and non-revenue service periods in conjunction with train movement

• Deploys, mounts, and operates high-rail equipment during revenue service periods adjacent to train movement

• Utilizes hand-held radios to effectively communicate with staff and direct equipment during revenue and non-revenue service periods

• Oversees and implements repairs, adjustments, and tests of vital signal equipment which are responsible for controlling the operation of trains

• Provides hands-on training to employees utilizing live equipment which supports revenue and non-revenue service periods

• Organizes, supervises, and provides guidance to subordinate staff; responsible for employee performance evaluation

• Contributes to ensuring that the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policies and programs of Metro are carried out

May be required to perform other related job duties

• Theories, principles, and practices of electronic rail signal systems

• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to the operation, maintenance, and testing of rail transit/ railroad signal systems

• Principles of supervision

• Labor contracts

• Safety policies, procedures, and practices

• Applicable business software applications

• Planning, organizing, and monitoring the activities of a signal repair and maintenance report work unit

• Analyzing situations, identifying problems, and recommending solutions

• Communicating effectively orally and in writing

• Plan and monitor new systems installations

• Develop equipment maintenance plans and schedules

• Respond to signal systems emergencies

• Read electrical and signal schematics

• Operate various testing equipment

• Prepare comprehensive reports and correspondence

• Compile and analyze complex data

• Understand, interpret, and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, contracts, budgets, and labor/management agreements

• Interact professionally with various levels of employees and outside representatives

• Supervise subordinates

• Travel to offsite locations

• Read, write, speak, and understand English

• Associate′s Degree in a related field or equivalent training from a recognized trade school

• Three years of relevant experience performing repair and maintenance of signal systems

• Frequent exposure to electrical, weather, mechanical, and physical hazards

• Must comply with all California Occupational Safety & Health Act (Cal/OSHA) regulations and utilize approved safety equipment and protective gear "including but not limited" to respirators and/or hearing protective devices (HPD), if and when required

• Must have normal color vision

• Valid California Class C Driver License

• Positions in this job classification are considered safety-sensitive and subject to drug and alcohol testing, including random testing, under Federal Transit Administration (FTA) regulations

• Typical office situation

• Close exposure to computer monitors and video screen

• Exposure to moving machinery and/or vehicles

• Exposure to radiant or electrical energy (e.g., ionizing radiation, overhead catenary or contact rail power distribution, etc.)

• Exposure to outdoor weather including extreme heat, cold, dampness and/or humidity

• Extensive safety training and/or use of protective devices and personal protective gear

• Sitting at a desk or table

• Type and use a keyboard and mouse to perform necessary computer-based functions

• Standing

• Walking (distance 5' to 100')

• Light lifting or carrying 25 lbs. or less

• Operating foot pedals

• Communicating through speech in the English language required

• Good distance vision and/or depth perception to judge distances

• Color recognition (e.g., distinguishing wires, resistors, containers, light signals, etc.)