Website BNSF Railway
Job Description:
Do you want to be a part of something that really matters? Team BNSF includes professionals focused on safety, service, and who take pride in delivering the nation’s freight. Together, we help move goods and materials that sustain life and support local, national and global economies. The BNSF rail network is one of the largest freight railroads, spanning 28 western states and serving three Canadian provinces.
Job Responsibilities:
- Perform CAD (compuer aided drafting) work in signal design, specifically in the area of signal plans and circuitry.
- Assist in the development of processes relating to signal design and execution.
- Coordinate, administrate and review design activities to ensure assigned projects are completed on time, within budget and meet the requirements of our customers.
- Prepare contract task orders to specify scope of work to outside engineering contractors for either requests for quotations or actual engineering work.
- Review, create, and analyze signal project layouts, field surveys and field diagnostic team requests, to ensure BNSF, FRA (Federal Railroad Administration), AREMA (American Railway Eng and Maintenance-of-Way Association) and AAR (Association of American Railroads) standards and recommended practices are followed.
- Track and report deviations of engineering contractor firm progress related to estimated time and cost to complete their work to ensure schedules and budgets are met.
- Follow Signal Engineering standards in regards to process control of projects, not limited to filing, uploading, downloading of plans, software, and project information.
- Keep departmental project tracking and scheduling databases up to date for assigned projects.
- Review contractor invoices for services rendered and prepare requests for payment against the appropriate projects.
Job Requirements:
- High school diploma or GED
- Must have extensive computer aided technical drawing expertise, specifically with MicroStation software
- Project management skills
- Must have analytical ability, be innovative and resourceful and be able to communicate accurately on technical subjects
- Must be able to work effectively and efficiently with all levels of BNSF management and personnel as a team dedicated to fulfilling corporate goals
- Ability to quickly acquire a basic knowledge of wayside train signal and crossing warning safety circuit logic and a working knowledge of general signal engineering principles and practices including design, construction and maintenance
- Ability to quickly acquire a basic knowledge of Federal, State and Local regulations as they apply to signaling practices
Qualification & Experience:
- Experience with peripheral MicroStation file systems such as ProjectWise Explorer
- 2-3 years of formal technical training in electricity/electronics strongly preferred
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or equivalent
Job Details:
Company: BNSF Railway
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Job Location: Topeka, KS, US
Application Deadline: N/A
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