AECOM’s Greater Pennsylvania Area (GPA) rail operations practice has an opportunity available for a Rail Program Manager and Operations Lead.  In this role, this person will be responsible for reporting to the Transit Rail team and the Transit Planning practice in Philadelphia, PA and throughout the AECOM East Region.  Works with local, national and global rail leaders to create a national and global rail operations center of excellence within AECOM.  This is a hybrid role based in Philadelphia, PA.SUMMARY:The Rail Program Manager and Operations Lead will work with the Transportation & Environmental Planning group as well as the Engineering groups and support a broad range of technical assignments. The successful candidate may be asked to serve as an AECOM team and/or discipline lead, project manager and/or technical task leader on selected projects and will coordinate, cooperate, and work collaboratively with others within multiple AECOM regions.  Clients may include Amtrak, Departments of Transportation, public rail agencies, railroads, private operators and more. 
 RESPONSIBILITIES of this role include, but may not be limited to, the following:Advancing an integrated approach to rail infrastructure design and service planning and overall responsibility for managing rail network simulation projects/tasks and contributing to preliminary design and final design of rail infrastructure projects as appropriate, including intercity rail, regional/commuter rail, freight rail and high-speed rail throughout the United States. Oversees railroad service planning and operations analysis including high level runtime and detailed rail network simulation modelingTeam building, staff mentoring, business development and program/project management and planning.  Interfaces with clients including railroads, passenger rail agencies and modelersTranslates client goals into deliverable modeling tasksProposes approach to solve new problems encountered using modifications of standard procedures or methods developed in previous assignments.Provides in-depth Quality Control and Quality Assurance for design/project management/program management.Identifies discrepancies in results.Provides guidance to modelers/analystsInterpret and advise on modeling logic and railroad operating rules as necessaryVerify modeling outputs results are realistic and client alignedCharacterize modeling results into clear, digestible reports and presentationsCoordinate and iterate with other rail planning disciplines including design teamsPerforms work in accordance with agreed upon budget and schedule with little supervision.Performance at this level requires developmental experience in a professional position.