DEPUTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER, FACILITIES MAINTENANCE (OPEN TO METRO OPERATIONS ONLY) - Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Basic Function

Plans, directs, and controls the performance of various departments within Facilities Maintenance; provides leadership and support to assigned staff/personnel to ensure that individual employees have the tools, equipment, budget, training, knowledge, and motivation to perform their respective functions correctly; communicates to individual employees how their own specific role fits into the corporate organization and highlights their connection to meeting overall Agency goals; and promotes the need for subordinate management to remain focused on their own role in achieving qualitative and quantitative standards and goals.

Example Of Duties

• Provides leadership and plans, directs, and controls the performance of the various departments within Facilities Maintenance

• Provides policy direction to assigned departments, directing the establishment of goals and major priorities, and advising in the development of strategies

• Communicates with superiors, peers, and assigned staff regarding appropriate information and direction

• Resolves departments′ major problems and personnel matters

• Monitors activities of assigned departments to ensure conformance with goals and objectives of reporting unit and eliminate impediments to peak performance

• Participates in the development of Metro's regional long-range strategic plans, Environmental Impact Statements/Reports, budget issues, long-range planning strategies and other reports

• Oversees capital and operating department budgets

• Chairs and participates in various committees and task forces

• Consults with and advises Metro executive management on policies and activities

• Prepares and presents reports to management, Metro′s Board of Directors, outside agencies, and the public

• Formulates policy recommendations for the Board of Directors and advises on related issues

• Ensures staff compliance with policies, rules, procedures, regulations, and practices and adherence to labor contracts

• Leads staff participation and/or participates in facilities maintenance planning, design, technical review, and start-up integration/coordination

• Collaborates with Maintenance of Way (MOW) Engineering staff for major repairs and development of capital projects

• Discerns complex issues and the impact on operations within and outside the department

• Interacts with multiple department leaders, and coordinates and negotiates internal and external agency activities to support department

• Ensures implementation of programs and procedures to improve service quality, increase employee and service productivity, and maintain sound fiscal practices

• Represents Metro before public agencies, the business community, labor unions, and the public

• Directs the conducting of studies, investigations, and analyses at the direction of executive staff and Board of Directors, including reports of findings and recommendations

• Meets with officials on programs, proposals, and related issues

• May be a voting member on certain regulatory agencies or committees

• Keeps current on laws, regulations, and rules concerning bus and rail activities

• Trains and develops management staff

• Supervises, motivates, and evaluates assigned staff

• Communicates and implements safety rules, policies, and procedures in support of the agency's safety vision and goals; and maintains accountability for the safety performance of all assigned employees

• Contributes to ensuring that the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policies and programs of Metro are carried out

  
  May be required to perform other related job duties

Requirements For Employment

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

• Bachelor's Degree in Management, Engineering, or a related field; Master′s Degree in a related field preferred

Experience

• Five years of relevant senior management-level experience in facilities maintenance and/or construction management; some positions in this class may require specialized experience in area of assignment

Certifications/Licenses/Special Requirements

• A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions

• Occasional exposure to chemical, mechanical, electrical, physical, and weather hazards during site visit

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications (PQs) are used to identify relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) as determined by business necessity.These criteria are considered preferred qualifications and are not intended to serve as minimum requirements for the position. PQs willhelp support selection decisions throughout the recruitment. In addition, applicants who possess these PQs will not automatically beselected.

The following are the preferred qualifications:

• Experience rehabilitating rail and bus maintenance facilities, rail stations, bus stops, escalators and elevators systems, bridges and tunnels maintenance, solar power system, and electrical charging stations for electric buses.
• Experience developing Facility Rehabilitation Capital projects from inception to culmination without major interruption to existing facility operations.
• Experience working with local utility companies, leading manufacturers/suppliers, and local & state regulatory compliance.
• Experience developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and maintenance procedures for facility maintenance departments (rail & buses).
• Experience providing 24/7 engineering support for any major incidents on Rail and Bus facilities.
• Experience inspecting and commissioning new rail lines, maintenance facility systems, new rail stations, bus stops and new bridges and tunnels.

Knowledge:

• Theories, principles, and practices of facility maintenance, engineering, and electrical/electronic systems

• Applicable local, state, federal and regulatory agencies laws, rules, and regulations relating to facilities maintenance

• Applicable collective bargaining agreements

• Administrative principles and methods, including goal setting, program and budget development and implementation

• Public administration

• Capital and operating budgets

• Modern management theory, principles, and techniques

• Human resources and employee/ labor relations policies

• Applicable business software applications

Skills:

• Directing the overall work of facilities maintenance

• Establishing and implementing policies and procedures

• Analyzing situations, identifying problems, recommending solutions, and evaluating outcomes

• Exercising sound judgment, discretion, and creativity in making decisions

• Determining strategies to achieve goals

• Communicating effectively orally and in writing

• Reviewing blueprints and engineering drawings

• Interacting professionally with various levels of Metro employees and outside representatives

• Mediation and negotiation

• Supervising, training, mentoring, and motivating assigned staff

• Leading/directing diverse people from diverse cultures

 

Abilities:

• Discern complex issues and problem solve

• Represent Metro before the public

• Prepare comprehensive reports, presentations, and correspondence

• Plan financial and staffing needs

• Make financial decisions within a budget

• Compile, analyze, and interpret complex data

• Handle confidential information and matters

• Understand, interpret, and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, contracts, budgets, and labor/management agreements

• Read, write, speak, and understand English

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 location:

METRO Headquarters, Employment Office
One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012

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. OM

*Restricted to Metro employees and current temporary employees who have at least six months of continuous employment with Metro. Regular employees currently on their initial probationary period may apply but will not be certified for hiring department interview until they have successfully completed the initial probationary period.

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.