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Job Description
Marketing Statement
Ride BART to a satisfying career that lets you both: 1) make a difference to Bay Area residents, and 2) enjoy excellent pay, benefits, and employment stability. BART is looking for people who like to be challenged, work in a fast-paced environment, and have a passion for connecting riders to work, school and other places they need to go. BART offers a competitive salary, comprehensive health benefits, paid time off, and the CalPERS retirement program.
Job Summary
Non-Rep Pay Grade E09
Annual Salary Range: $151,524.00 (Minimum) - $229,559.00 (Maximum)
*Starting negotiable annual salary range will be $151,524.00 - $197,734.95 to commensurate with education and experience.
Reports To
Group Manager, Capital Projects
Current Assignment
BART’s CBTC Project Manager of System Integration will serve as the Manager to Oversee the Design of the new CBTC System with a focus on the existing Train Control System and System Interface. This includes BART’s Core Capacity Program is both locally and federally funded with FTA CIG (Federal Transit Agency Capitol Investment Grant) funds, total investment of $3.5B. The Core Capacity Program consist of four subproject elements:
Full system design and deployment of new Train Control system - CBTC (Communication Based Train Control);HMCII (Hayward Maintenance Complex Phase 2 - New vehicle Storage Yard);New Revenue Vehicle Procurement; andAddition of new Traction Power Substations (TPSS).
BART’s CBTC Project Manager of System Integration will serve as the Manager to oversee the design of the new CBTC System with a focus on the existing train Control System and System Interface. All the CBTC Design Team staff (mix of consultant and BART staff) will be reporting to position. The Manager of System Integration will oversee efforts to ensure compliance to Contract Requirements, District policies and procedures with each of the Project Elements. The Manager of System Integration will also be responsible for overseeing the strategy and discussion with other departments like Train Control Engineering, Operations, Rolling Stock and Shops and System Engineering for system design, deployment and to some extent, training. The Manger of System Integration will be point of contact for all reporting requirements both internally to other departments in BART and BART executives as well as external reporting to FTA/PMOC through the Core Capacity Program office. Incumbent will assist Group Manager, Capital Projects with all communications to PMOC and FTA and in some cases lead the discussion/effort around progress of the Design and developments of new CBTC System, Hardware and Software.
Additional duties and responsibilities will include:- Manages and administers the District’s system integration process; coordinates and standardizes system integration of continually changing complex interacting systems; reviews and comments on BFS; writes draft of new section of the BFS for system design criteria.
- Develops and directs the implementation of goals, objectives, policies and procedures in assigned project areas.
- Plans, organizes, assigns, reviews and evaluates the work of assigned District and contract staff; manages and directs the work of contract consultants.
- Directs or participates in the preparation and review of designs, plans, specifications and cost estimates; ensures specifications and contract requirements comply with District standards and policies.
- Identifies equipment or systems needs on assigned projects; evaluates functional requirements; reviews vendor and manufacturer design and specifications on project equipment and materials; coordinates equipment procurement and testing activities; oversees equipment installation.
- Oversees contractor and consultant contracts; develops scope of work; prepares request for proposal; reviews proposals and makes recommendation on selection; assists in contract negotiation and preparation; monitors work activities to ensure compliance with contractual obligations.
- Serves as the project liaison with other divisions, departments and outside agencies; negotiates and resolves project issues. Coordinates a variety of activities associated with the implementation of new systems and successfully integrating them with an existing set of systems.
- Provides responsible staff assistance for higher level management staff on projects and related matters.
- Attends and participates in professional group meetings; stays abreast of new trends and innovations in the field of engineering design and construction.
- Helps to prioritize work during design phase for combination of mix staff (consultant/BART staff).
- Be point of contact for all reporting requirements both internally to other departments in BART and BART executives as well as external reporting to FTA/PMOC through the Core Capacity Program office.
- Assists Group Manager with all communications to PMOC and FTA and in some cases lead the discussion/effort around progress of the Design and developments of new CBTC System, Hardware and Software.
- Manage Software configuration oversight.
- The Manager of System Integration will manage the integration of the following at a minimum:
- Automatic Train Control (ATS) may also be referred to as the signaling system includes central, wayside and on-board devices.
- Power supply and distribution system, including Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) which is one of representative devices.
- Data Communication System (DCS) provides the means for communication between all of the sub-systems. It is made of system-wide fiber optic network, trackside radios, onboard mobile radios and network. It includes a Network Management System (NMS) that monitors and reports the health of DCS equipment and provision of IP phones for the new train control houses. The network is physically separated from other networks through firewalls.
- Intelligent Asset Management System (IAMS) Data Warehouse (DWH): collects and normalizes CBTC sub-systems data, making it available to other external systems, as well as providing the Reliability and Maintainability (RAM) accounting function and computing service availability. It shall also play the role of the Electronic Record Management System (ERMS). Note that since the ATS has a direct connection to BART DWH, it shall transmit real-time data directly to BART DWH, without going through IAMS DWH. BART DWH is able to request historical data from IAMS DWH.
- Physical Security System provides CCTV over watch of newly installed sites as well as access control for new train control houses.
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) of plant support systems in new train control houses.
- Auxiliary systems, or plant support systems for new train control houses such as fire alarm fire suppression system and HVAC.
- Cybersecurity System: monitors and defends electronic data storage and transmission systems.
The ideal candidates should demonstrate the ability to work with a wide range of stakeholder departments within BART including:- Ability to prioritize work during design phase for combination of mix staff (consultant/BART staff)
- Understanding of principles and practices of contract administration including oversight of contract requirements
- Must be willing to occasionally work off hour shifts, weekends, and holidays
Preferred candidates will possess the following qualifications above the minimum qualifications including:- Possession of a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or Business Administration
- Two years of project management experience in engineering projects
- Certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Currently registered and licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of California
Selection Process
Applications will be screened to assure that minimum qualifications are met. Those applicants who meet minimum qualifications will then be referred to the hiring department for the completion of further selection processes.
The selection process for this position may include a skills/performance demonstration, a written examination, and a panel and/or individual interview.
The successful candidate must have an employment history demonstrating reliability and dependability; provide copies of certificates, diplomas or other documents as required by law, including those establishing his/her right to work in the U. S; pass a pre-employment medical examination which may include a drug and alcohol screen, and which is specific to the essential job functions and requirements. Pre-employment processing will also include a background check. (Does not apply to current full-time District employees unless specific job requires additional evaluations).Application Process
External applicants may only apply online, at www.bart.gov/jobs. Applicants needing assistance with the online application process may receive additional information by calling (510) 464-6112.
Current employees are strongly encouraged to apply online, either at www.bart.gov/jobs , or on EmployeeConnect. Current employees may also apply using a BART paper application by delivering the completed form to the Human Resources Department, or by mailing it to P.O. Box 12688, Oakland, CA 94604-2688.
All applicants are asked to complete the application in full, indicating dates of employment, all positions held, hours worked, and a full description of duties. Online applicants are invited to electronically attach a resume to the application form to provide supplemental information but should not consider the resume a substitute for the application form itself.
Examples of Duties
Manages and administers the District’s system integration process; coordinates and standardizes system integration of continually changing complex interacting systems; reviews and comments on BFS; writes draft of new section of the BFS for system design criteria.Develops and directs the implementation of goals, objectives, policies and procedures in assigned project areas.Plans, organizes, assigns, reviews and evaluates the work of assigned District and contract staff; manages and directs the work of contract consultants. Directs or participates in the preparation and review of designs, plans, specifications and cost estimates; ensures specifications and contract requirements comply with District standards and policies.Identifies equipment or systems needs on assigned projects; evaluates functional requirements; reviews vendor and manufacturer design and specifications on project equipment and materials; coordinates equipment procurement and testing activities; oversees equipment installation. Oversees contractor and consultant contracts; develops scope of work; prepares request for proposal; reviews proposals and makes recommendation on selection; assists in contract negotiation and preparation; monitors work activities to ensure compliance with contractual obligations. Participates in specification review and ATS functional requirement discussion and ensures ATS Concept of Operation document is accurate. Serves as the project liaison with other divisions, departments and outside agencies; negotiates and resolves project issues. Coordinates a variety of activities associated with the implementation of new systems and successfully integrating them with an existing set of systems. Provides responsible staff assistance for higher level management staff on projects and related matters. Attends and participates in professional group meetings; stays abreast of new trends and innovations in the field of engineering design and construction.
Minimum Qualifications
Education :
Possession of a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field from an accredited college or university.
Experience :
The equivalent of five (5) years of full-time verifiable professional experience in systems engineering or related experience.
Substitution :
Additional professional experience as outlined above may be substituted for the education on a year-for- year basis. A college degree is preferred.
Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of :- Principles and practices of engineering disciplines in assigned project area
- Principles and practices of engineering design and construction in assigned project area
- Principles and practices of project management
- Principles and practices of contract administration
- Principles and practices used in the preparation of designs, plans, specifications and cost estimates
- Principles and practices of strategic planning
- Methods and techniques of coordinating and scheduling project work
- Methods and techniques of contract negotiation
- Principles and practices of procurement
- Principles and practices of budget development and administration
- Principles of supervision, training and performance evaluation
- Current office procedures, methods and equipment including computers
- Related Federal, State and local codes, laws and regulations
Skill/Ability in :- Managing, supervising and coordinating assigned projects
- Developing and implementing project goals, objectives and procedures
- Planning, organizing, directing, and coordinating the work of professional staff and contract consultants
- Planning, organizing, scheduling, monitoring and reviewing project work
- Managing project design concepts and solutions
- Managing and reviewing project budget analysis, calculations and cost estimates
- Preparing designs, plans, specifications and cost estimates
- Directing or conducting contract negotiations
- Conducting field inspections
- Developing and administering project budgets
- Analyzing problems, identifying alternative solutions, projecting consequences of proposed actions and implementing recommendations in support of goals
- Interpreting and explaining established policies and procedures for assigned District projects
- Preparing clear and concise reports
- Operating office equipment including computers and supporting word processing and spreadsheet applications
- Communicating clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work
Equal Employment Opportunity GroupBox1
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 and above), religion, national origin (including language use restrictions), disability (mental and physical, including HIV and AIDS), ancestry, marital status, military status, veteran status, medical condition (cancer/genetic characteristics and information), or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.
The BART Human Resources Department will make reasonable efforts in the examination process to accommodate persons with disabilities or for religious reasons. Please advise the Human Resources Department of any special needs in advance of the examination by emailing at least 5 days before your examination date at employment@bart.gov .
Qualified veterans may be eligible to obtain additional veteran's credit in the selection process for this recruitment (effective Jan. 1, 2013). To obtain the credit, veterans must attach to the application a DD214 discharge document or proof of disability and complete/submit the Veteran's Preference Application no later than the closing date of the posting. For more information about this credit please go to the Veteran's Preference Policy and Application link at www.bart.gov/jobs .
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) prides itself in offering best in class benefits packages to employees of the District. Currently, the following benefits may be available to employees in this job classification.
Highlights- Medical Coverage (or $350/month if opted out)
- Dental Coverage
- Vision Insurance (Basic and Enhanced Plans Available)
- Retirement Plan through the CA Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)
- 2% @ 55 (Classic Members)
- 2% @ 62 (PEPRA Members)
- 3% at 50 (Safety Members - Classic)
- 2.7% @ 57 (Safety Members - PEPRA)
- Reciprocity available for existing members of many other public retirement systems (see BART website and/or CalPERS website for details)
- Money Purchase Pension Plan (in-lieu of participating in Social Security tax)
- 6.65% employer contribution up to annual maximum of $1,868.65
- Deferred Compensation & Roth 457
- Sick Leave Accruals (12 days per year)
- Vacation Accruals (3-6 weeks based on time worked w/ the District)
- Holidays: 9 observed holidays and 5 floating holidays
- Life Insurance w/ ability to obtain additional coverage
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- Survivor Benefits through BART
- Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts: Health and Dependent Care
- Commuter Benefits
- Free BART Passes for BART employees and eligible family members.
Closing Date/Time: 5/14/2025 11:59 PM Pacific -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)
Show moreThe BART story began in 1946. It began not by governmental fiat, but as a concept gradually evolving at informal gatherings of business and civic leaders on both sides of the San Francisco Bay. Facing a heavy post-war migration to the area and its consequent automobile boom, these people discussed ways of easing the mounting congestion that was clogging the bridges spanning the Bay. In 1947, a joint Army-Navy review Board concluded that another connecting link between San Francisco and Oakland would be needed in the years ahead to prevent intolerable congestion on the Bay Bridge. The link? An underwater tube devoted exclusively to high-speed electric trains.
Since 1911, visionaries had periodically brought up this Jules Verne concept. But now, pressure for a traffic solution increased with the population. In 1951, the State Legislature created the 26-member San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Commission, comprised of representatives from each of the nine counties which touch the Bay. The Commission's charge was to study the Bay Area's long range transportation needs in the context of environmental problems and then recommend the best solution.
The Commission advised, in its final report in 1957, that any transportation plan must be coordinated with the area's total plan for future development. Since no development plan existed, the Commission prepared one itself. The result of their thoroughness is a master plan which did much to bring about coordinated planning in the Bay Area, and which was adopted a decade later by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG).
The BART Concept is Born
The Commission's least-cost solution to traffic tie-ups was to recommend forming a five-county rapid transit district, whose mandate would be to build and operate a high-speed rapid rail network linking major commercial centers with suburban sub-centers.The Commission stated that, "If the Bay Area is to be preserved as a fine place to live and work, a regional rapid transit system is essential to prevent total dependence on automobiles and freeways."
Thus was born the environmental concept underlying BART. Acting on the Commission's recommendations, in 1957, the Legislature formed the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, comprising the five counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo. At this time, the District was granted a taxing power of five cents per $100 of assessed valuation. It also had authority to levy property taxes to support a general obligation bond issue, if approved by District voters. The State Legislature lowered the requirement for voter approval from 66 percent to 60 percent.
Between 1957 and 1962, engineering plans were developed for a system that would usher in a new era in rapid transit. Electric trains would run on grade-separated right-of-ways, reaching maximum speeds of 75-80 mph, averaging perhaps 45 mph, including station stops. Advanced transit cars, with sophisticated suspensions, braking and propulsion systems, and luxurious interiors, would be strong competition to "King Car " in the Bay Area. Stations would be pleasant, conveniently located, and striking architectural enhancements to their respective on-line communities.
BART employees in the 1970s.
Hundreds of meetings were held in the District communities to encourage local citizen participation in the development of routes and station locations. By midsummer, 1961, the final plan was submitted to the supervisors of the five District counties for approval. San Mateo County Supervisors were cool to the plan. Citing the high costs of a new system-plus adequate existing service from Southern Pacific commuter trains - they voted to withdraw their county from the District in December 1961.
With the District-wide tax base thus weakened by the withdrawal of San Mateo County, Marin County was forced to withdraw in early 1962 because its marginal tax base could not adequately absorb its share of BART's projected cost. Another important factor in Marin's withdrawal was an engineering controversy over the feasibility of carrying trains across the Golden Gate Bridge.
BART had started with a 16-member governing Board of Directors apportioned on county population size: four from Alameda and San Francisco Counties, three from Contra Costa and San Mateo, and two from Marin. When the District was reduced to three counties, the Board was reduced to 11 members: four from San Francisco and Alameda, and three from Contra Costa. Subsequently, in 1965, the District's enabling legislation was changed to apportion the BART Board with four Directors from each county, thus giving Contra Costa its fourth member on a 12-person Board. Two directors from each county, hence forth, were appointed by the County Board of Supervisors. The other two directors were appointed by committees of mayors of each county (with the exception of the City and County of San Francisco, whose sole mayor made these appointments).
The five-county plan was quickly revised to a three-county plan emphasizing rapid transit between San Francisco and the East Bay cities and suburbs of Contra Costa and Alameda counties. The new plan, elaborately detailed and presented as the "BART Composite Report, " was approved by supervisors of the three counties in July 1962, and placed on the ballot for the following November general election.
The plan required approval of 60 percent of the District's voters. It narrowly passed with a 61.2 percent vote District-wide, much to the surprise of many political experts who were confident it would fail. Indeed, one influential executive was reported to have said: "If I'd known the damn thing would have passed, I'd never have supported it. "
The voters approved a $792 million bond issue to finance a 71.5 mile high-speed transit system, consisting of 33 stations serving 17 communities in the three counties. The proposal also included another needed transit project: rebuilding 3.5 miles of the San Francisco Municipal Railway. The new line would link muni streetcar lines directly with BART and Market Street stations, and four new Muni stations would be built.
The additional cost of the transbay tube -- estimated at $133 million -- was to come from bonds issued by the California Toll Bridge Authority and secured by future Bay Area Bridge revenues. The additional cost of rolling stock, estimated at $71 million, was to be funded primarily from bonds issued against future operating revenues. Thus, the total cost of the system, as of 1962, was projected at $996 million. It would be the largest single public works project ever undertaken in the U.S. by the local citizenry.
After the election, engineers immediately started work on the final system designs, only to be halted by a taxpayer's suit filed against the District a month later. The validity of the bond election, and the legality of the District itself, were challenged. While the court ruled in favor of the District on both counts, six months of litigation cost $12 million in construction delays. This would be the first of many delays from litigation and time-consuming negotiations involving 166 separate agreements reached with on-line cities, counties, and other special districts. The democratic processes of building a new transit system would prove to be major cost factors that, however necessary, were not foreseen.
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