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Job Description
Metro’s mission is to provide a world-class transportation system that enhances the quality of life for all who live, work, and play within LA County.
Description
Supervises technical personnel in the maintenance, repair, and testing of Metro's rail signal systems in compliance with state and federal regulations in order to assist in delivering safe and reliable train service.
Recruitment Timelines : Written exams are projected to be scheduled for the week of January 12 , 2025, and interviews are projected to be scheduled for the week of January 19 , 2025 . These dates are subject to change. We encourage you to monitor your governmentjobs.com profile and emails for the latest updates.
Examples of Duties- 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
May be required to perform other related job duties
Minimum Qualifications
A combination of education and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the position. Additional experience, as outlined below, may be substituted for required education on a year-for-year basis. A typical combination includes:
Education- 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
Essential Knowledge
Knowledge of (defined as a learned body of information that is required for and applied in the performance of job tasks)- 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
- This job specification is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or requirements
- The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job
- Metro provides reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
- Contributes to ensuring that the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policies and programs of Metro are carried out
- 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.)
Metro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, age, veteran status, or disability. Learn more about Metro’s Equal Employment Opportunity Program . Metro does not deny participation in the application process to anyone with prior justice system involvement, in line with Fair Chance hiring practices.
Selection Procedure
Applicants who best meet job-related qualifications will be invited to participate in the examination process that may consist of any combination of written, performance, or oral appraisal to further evaluate job-related experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.
Application Procedure
To apply, visit Metro's website at www.metro.net and complete an online Employment Application.
Computers are available to complete online Employment Applications at the following Metro locations:
METRO Headquarters, Employment Office
One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Open: Monday through Friday, 8am-4pm
(Closed Sat & Sun)
Metro Talent Hub
8501 S. Evermont Place
Los Angeles, CA 90044
Open: Monday through Friday, 9am-5pm
(Closed Sat & Sun)
East Los Angeles Customer Center
4501 B Whittier Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90022
Open: Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 6pm
(Closed Sun & Mon)
Wilshire/Vermont Customer Center
3183 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 174
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Open: Monday through Friday, 10am-6pm
(Closed Sat & Sun)
Rosa Parks Customer Center
Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station
11720 Wilmington Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90059
Open: Monday through Friday, 6am to 6:30pm
(Closed Sat & Sun)
Telephone: (213) 922-6217 or persons with hearing or speech impairments can use California Relay Service 711 to contact Metro.
All completed online Employment Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the closing date. Late applications will not be considered.
*Open to the public and all Metro employees
This job bulletin is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees may be required to perform other related job duties.
PTSC BENEFITS
We offer a range of high-quality medical, dental and vision plan options as well as health care spending accounts for you and your family. Metro will cover a significant portion of your health care premiums.
Medical/Dental/Vision Plan- Employee has the choice of 3 separate medical plans and 3 dental plans. A separate vision plan is included in each medical plan.
Group Life Insurance- PTSC pays for an amount equal to your annual salary, rounded up to the nearest $1,000. Minimum amount of life insurance is $30,000.
Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance- PTSC provides $50,000 coverage for each employee. Additional voluntary coverage in amounts up to $500,000 is available at favorable premium rates.
Long-Term Disability Insurance- 100% employer paid. Provides employees with a minimum income of 60% of earnings after six months of disability. Buy up or buy down options available.
Holidays- 12 days a year: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans' Day, Cesar E Chavez, Juneteenth,Thanksgiving Day, Day After Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.
Time off with Pay (TOWP)- Compensates employees who are on approved absence from work for reasons such as illness, injury, medical and dental appointments, personal business, vacation, or observance of (a) religious holiday.
Years of Service Annual Accrual
Hire date - 5 years20 days
Beginning of 6th - 10th year25 days
Beginning of 11th - 15th year30 days
Beginning of 16th + years35 days
Pension Plan- PTSC retirement plan is the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). Vesting is five (5) years. Minimum retirement age is 52, based on the 2% at 62 formula.
Other Benefits: Transportation passes for employees and/or eligible dependents; Medicare; Tuition reimbursement; credit union membership; SDI; Deferred Compensation Plan; 401(K) Thrift plan; EAP; Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts; Flexible work schedules; and Jury Duty Pay.
Closing Date/Time: 1/7/2026 5:00 PM Pacific -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority - LA Metro
Show moreLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is unique among the nation’s transportation agencies. It serves as transportation planner and coordinator, designer, builder and operator for one of the country’s largest, most populous counties. More than 9.6 million people – nearly one-third of California’s residents – live, work, and play within its 1,433-square-mile service area. Our goal is to provide safe, clean, reliable, on-time, courteous service dedicated to providing Los Angeles County with a world class transportation system.
Metro moves Los Angeles County. Our team operates one of the country’s largest transportation systems – and is planning, designing and constructing its expansion. We are a comprehensive transportation agency, with programs in transit, highways, active transportation and more. The agency’s internationally recognized sustainability programs are based on visionary environmental policies and are part of everything we do.
Come Aboard!
Join Metro’s team of dedicated transportation professionals and help provide the people of Los Angeles County with one of the most effective and efficiently operated mass transit systems in the entire country. Metro offers a variety of employment opportunities that present exciting challenges and growth opportunities in an outstanding work environment.
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