Non-Train Control Systems (Non-TCS) Deputy Design Manager

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Non-Train Control Systems (Non-TCS) Deputy Design Manager to support the 6th Avenue / 63rd Street Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) Project in New York. The position will work under PMC’s Non-TCS Design Manager and will provide technical leadership, coordination, and oversight of the Design-Builder’s non-train-control design, procurement, installation, testing, commissioning, and closeout activities.

The Non-TCS Manager will lead oversight across mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural, architectural, uninterruptible power supply (UPS), fire alarm, utility/civil, instrumentation and controls, equipment-room infrastructure, and other supporting systems that are not part of the train control system. The role will help ensure that the Design-Builder’s non-TCS work is coordinated with CBTC/TCS, communications, track, traction power, operations, safety, quality, and maintainability requirements.

The ideal candidate combines multidisciplinary design-management experience with practical knowledge of rail-transit infrastructure and design-build delivery. The candidate must be able to direct discipline reviewers, assess interfaces and constructability, identify risks early, and provide clear recommendations to the Program Management Team and MTA stakeholders.
 

Your Impact

• Provide technical and managerial leadership for all non-TCS elements of the 6th Avenue / 63rd Street Project, under the direction of Non TCS Design Manager.

• Oversee the Design-Builder’s non-TCS design and implementation activities for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural, architectural, UPS, fire alarm, utility/civil, instrumentation and controls, equipment rooms, cabinets, racks, supports, grounding, environmental controls, and related systems.

• Direct and coordinate multidisciplinary technical reviewers and subject-matter experts; consolidate comments and confirm that review responses are clear, consistent, timely, and aligned with contract requirements.

• Review Design-Builder submittals, design packages, calculations, specifications, drawings, shop drawings, RFIs, technical memoranda, construction work plans, test procedures, and closeout documentation for technical completeness and compliance.

• Confirm conformance with applicable Project Requirements and Design Criteria (PRDCs), Design-Build Contract requirements, MTA/NYCT technical standards, codes, regulations, permits, and Authority Having Jurisdiction requirements.

• Manage interfaces among non-TCS disciplines and with CBTC/train control, communications, track, traction power, operations, safety, systems assurance, testing and commissioning, and existing infrastructure.

• Identify design gaps, clashes, scope boundaries, constructability concerns, operational constraints, long-lead items, and integration risks; develop practical recommendations and track issues through resolution.

• Assess the Design-Builder’s design approach, technical deviations, substitutions, value-engineering proposals, and proposed changes, including potential impacts on safety, quality, cost, schedule, operations, maintainability, and system performance.

• Support requirements traceability, interface-control documentation, design maturity assessments, configuration management, and verification and validation for non-TCS systems.

• Coordinate with MTA C&D, NYCT user and maintenance groups, MTA Code Compliance, FDNY, utilities, and other Authorities Having Jurisdiction as required for reviews, approvals, and issue resolution.

• Facilitate or participate in design-progress meetings, multidisciplinary coordination workshops, constructability reviews, risk reviews, submittal/RFI reviews, schedule reviews, and Design-Builder progress meetings.

• Monitor the Design-Builder’s non-TCS design and corresponding construction schedule, submittal status, procurement activities, installation readiness, testing progress, and completion milestones; promptly elevate issues that may affect project delivery.

• Coordinate with construction-compliance, quality, safety, commercial, project-controls, operations, and testing and commissioning teams to maintain a consistent oversight position.

• Support field verification, installation reviews, nonconformance resolution, punch-list development, testing, commissioning, systems turnover, operations and maintenance manuals, training, as-built documentation, spare parts, and final acceptance.

• Maintain accurate technical records, decision logs, interface and issue logs, action trackers, and supporting documentation for change management and potential claims.

• Prepare concise technical briefings, recommendations, status reports, and escalation materials for project leadership.

• coordinating with field inspectors to ensure field installations adhere to the design

• Perform additional responsibilities as required to support safe, compliant, timely, and coordinated delivery of the non-TCS scope.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, architectural engineering, architecture, construction management, systems engineering, or a related field.

• 10+ years of relevant post-education experience in multidisciplinary infrastructure design, design management, construction management, or engineering oversight, including transit and rail experience.

• Demonstrated experience managing or overseeing multiple building and infrastructure disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural, and architectural systems.

• Experience with transit facilities, stations, tunnels, equipment rooms, power distribution, UPS systems, grounding/bonding, fire alarm/life-safety systems, ventilation, drainage, utilities, and supporting civil works.

• Experience coordinating with field inspectors to ensure field installations adhere to the design

• Experience reviewing design-builder or contractor deliverables for contract compliance, constructability, interdisciplinary coordination, installation readiness, and maintainability.

• Working knowledge of design-build project delivery, technical submittal and RFI workflows, configuration/change control, and design-review processes.

• Ability to interpret plans, specifications, calculations, codes, standards, schedules, interface documents, and testing/commissioning requirements.

• Strong leadership, coordination, written communication, meeting facilitation, and issue-resolution skills.

• Ability to work effectively with designers, contractors, construction teams, agency stakeholders, operations and maintenance personnel, and Authorities Having Jurisdiction.

• Ability to adapt to changing project priorities and work schedules. Occasional off-hours work and travel to project sites may be required.

Technical Knowledge

• Multidisciplinary coordination of architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire alarm/life safety, UPS, utility/civil, and instrumentation and controls systems.

• Building and equipment-room infrastructure supporting railway systems, including space planning, heat-load management, HVAC, drainage, fire protection, power quality, grounding/bonding, cable routing, access, and maintainability.

• Interface management between non-TCS infrastructure and CBTC/train control equipment, communications systems, traction power, track, existing facilities, and operational constraints.

• Design-review methods, constructability and installation sequencing, commissioning readiness, asset turnover, and operations and maintenance requirements.

• Applicable New York City and New York State codes and generally recognized transit, electrical, mechanical, structural, fire/life-safety, and accessibility requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, or a related field.

• Experience supporting MTA Construction & Development and New York City Transit projects.

• Experience on complex brownfield rail-transit projects with active passenger service, constrained access, multiple interfaces, and staged cutovers.

• Experience leading technical teams on design-build programs and supporting change management, risk management, claims avoidance, and schedule recovery.

• Familiarity with requirements-management, document-control, and project-management systems used on major infrastructure programs.

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation
Expected Salary (all locations): $200,000 - $235,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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