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Metropolitan Transportation Authority · 13 hours ago

Chief Officer Investigations & Compliance

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$138K/yr - $189K/yr

10+ years exp

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is responsible for public transportation in New York, and they are seeking a Chief Officer for Investigations & Compliance. This role involves overseeing safety operations, directing investigations, and ensuring the implementation of safety practices across the agency.

Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

Responsibilities

Direct and oversee bus and rail operational projects and provide technical expertise and counsel to the Senior Vice President, Safety and Security and the Vice President of Office of System Safety (OSS). Major responsibilities encompass directing the rail and bus Investigations Divisions, resolving safety-related issues with union safety contacts, and coordinating OSS cross divisional operations-related projects involving practices, equipment, and systems

Responds to major system incidents 24 hours/7 days per week and acts on behalf of the Vice President on day-to- day operational safety matters and critical operational task forces, work groups, and partnering projects

Through participation in these functions, the Chief Officer seeks to ensure that customer and employee safety is optimized by incorporating sound system safety practices

Direct the response and investigation of rail and bus accidents, employee fatalities, and potential employee contact (PEC) near miss incidents on a 24 hour / 7 day per week basis

Prepare highly sensitive, comprehensive technical investigation reports to identify causal factors and develop and oversee completion of recommendations with consideration for the feasible safe operation of the agency to prevent recurrence, which requires in-depth working knowledge of each division's complex maintenance, testing and inspection procedures, operating practices, rules, regulations, and sound safety management techniques and policy

Also requires working knowledge of safety disciplines, accident investigation techniques, and system safety principles

Qualification

BusRail operationsAccident investigation techniquesSystem safety principlesSafety management techniquesManagerial experience

Required

Baccalaureate degree required or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree

Ten (10) years of experience of which six (6) years must have been in a managerial/supervisory/administrative capacity

Extensive knowledge of Bus and Rail operations, safety disciplines, accident investigation techniques and system safety principles

Company

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is North America's largest transportation network, serving a population of 15.3 million people in the 5,000-square-mile area fanning out from New York City through Long Island, southeastern New York State, and Connecticut.

Founded in 1834

New York, NY, US

10001+ employees