Our Chicago, IL office is currently seeking a Lead Rail Signal Designer to join our Transit & Rail Systems Group.  If you are looking for new and challenging ways to expand your range of experience in an exciting field of engineering practice, consider joining our world class team.

The Lead Rail Signal Designer will produce preliminary and final designs for a wide variety of clients and signal system technologies.  Our client base includes commuter rail (heavy rail) mass transit (subway, elevated and other fixed urban guideway systems) and light rail. We also provide services to signal equipment suppliers for large signal projects. Our signal designers develop drawings and plans, technical specification, technical reports, construction cost estimates and project schedules in accordance with our customers’ needs.  Work will also entail the oversight of commissioning and testing during the implementation phase of a project. Knowledge of wayside, vehicle and central control signal systems is required.

In an increasingly complex and financially constrained environment, Gannett Fleming recognizes that safety, operating efficiency, state of good repair, stakeholder requirements, and risk mitigation drive program success. We provide planning, engineering, program delivery, testing, and commissioning services to the transit and freight rail industries and offer extensive experience in rail and bus systems, transit facilities, and civil and structural infrastructure. We deliver system expansions and upgrades for bus, commuter railroads, freight railroads, and light and heavy rail transit systems.

Typical duties and Responsibilities ;

• Leads the development of project design concepts and criteria and researches large or complex project elements
• Has responsibility for interpreting, organizing, executing, and coordinating large or complex engineering assignments
• Oversight of complex technical project teams integrated with multiple disciplines of over 25 people
• Provides QA/QC reviews
• Supervises a staff of Engineers or Technicians
• Participates in development of Transit & Rail BL strategy
• Participates in capture management from a viewpoint of technical expertise
• Responsible to oversee complex tasks for multiple concurrent projects and sets priorities for completion of multiple assignments
• Responsible to provide direction for multiple disciplines on a project
• Responsible for staffing of multiple assignments and providing key input for the completion of multiple projects.
• Participates to provide technical support for meetings with public and agencies