Job Description

Your success is a train ride away!

As we move America’s workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.

 

Are you ready to join our team?

Our values of ‘Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First’ are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, ‘Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security’ are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

 

Job Summary

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for managing complex projects and project planning workstreams within Amtrak’s Planning and State Partnerships department. As a member of the Northeast Corridor (NEC) Planning and Development team, this position will lead Amtrak planning and early project development activities on a portfolio of capital projects to improve speed, reliability, and capacity on the NEC. The position requires strong management, organization, and communication skills, as well as experience with reporting, issues tracking, and stakeholder coordination. It entails working closely with interdepartmental teams across the organization, internal and external stakeholders, and senior management to create, plan, and develop some of Amtrak’s most important Northeast Corridor performance improvement projects. The successful candidate can work with the hiring manager on the job location. This position has potential flexibility for the reporting location to be Amtrak’s Washington, Philadelphia, or New York office locations.

 

Essential Functions

Manage vendors (consultants), multiple departments, and external stakeholders during the project planning and development phase of capital improvement projects.

Establish collaborative partnership across internal and external stakeholders to enable scope alignment, alternatives analysis, and financial decision-making.

Develop and manage scopes of work, milestones, budgets, project artifacts (reports), and project updates.

Work with senior leaders to contribute relevant data to support planning activities.

Provide financial project performance and forecasting reports to senior management and federal partners.

Identify, evaluate, and document the risks associated with project activities, then work across the organization to develop mitigation plans.

Identify efficiencies and present recommended improvement opportunities at various levels of management.

Mentor and coach junior staff and matrixed team members.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience. 
• Plus 6 years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or relevant experience.
• Plus 8 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with transportation planning, alternatives analysis, and/or project development
• Experience with Amtrak and/or the passenger rail industry
• Experience with management and coordination activities on large transportation projects
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (or ability to obtain it within 12 months)
• Experience with Microsoft Copilot and Power BI

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Strong project management skills with prior experience managing complex cross-functional planning and development projects in a highly matrixed environment

Strong written and oral communication skills with ability to present complex information and respond to complex needs of a large and visible project or program

Ability to network with internal and external stakeholders, and leverage relationships to resolve complex project issues

Effectiveness working diplomatically across teams with varying objectives

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, MS Project)

The salary/hourly range is $94,300.00 – $122,256.00. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. Depending on an employee’s assigned worksite or location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied to the employee’s base salary. Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees, including a short-term incentive bonus based upon factors such as individual and company performance that is commensurate with the level of the position and/or long-term incentive plan compensation. In addition to your salary, Amtrak offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental, and vision plans; health savings accounts; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts; 401K retirement plan with employer match; life insurance; short and long term disability insurance; paid time off; back-up care; adoption assistance; surrogacy assistance; reimbursement of education expenses; Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility; Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass privileges. Learn more about our benefits offerings here.

 

Requisition ID: 165532

Work Arrangement: 06-Onsite 4/5 Days Click here for more information about work arrangements at Amtrak.
Relocation Offered: No
Travel Requirements: Up to 25%

You power our progress through your performance.

We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job. We want your career at Amtrak to be a fulfilling experience where you find challenging work, rewarding opportunities, respect among colleagues, and attractive compensation. Amtrak maintains a culture that values high performance and recognizes individual employee contributions.

Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol. All Amtrak positions requires a pre-employment background check that includes prior employment verification, a criminal history check and a pre-employment drug screen.

Candidates who test positive for marijuana will be disqualified, regardless of any state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, or other law that legalizes or decriminalizes the use or possession of marijuana, whether for medical, recreational, or other use. Amtrak's pre-employment drug testing program is administered in accordance with DOT regulations and applicable law.

In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR § 40.25), Amtrak is required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for applicants/employees intending to perform safety-sensitive duties for covered Department of Transportation positions. If an applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to obtain these records, the individual will not be permitted to perform safety-sensitive functions.

 

In accordance with federal law governing security checks of covered individuals for providers of public transportation (Title 6 U.S.C. §1143), Amtrak is required to screen applicants for any permanent or interim disqualifying criminal offenses.

Note that any education requirement listed above may be deemed satisfied if you have an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Amtrak is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/color, to include traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and hairstyles such as braids, locks and twists, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, such as lactation), national origin/ethnicity, disability (intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal characteristics protected by law.

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