Rail Systems / Track Subject Matter Expert

PEMCCO is seeking a Rail Systems / Track Subject Matter Expert to provide senior advisory, technical review, and escalation support on complex rail systems and trackwork issues beyond routine design or inspection decisions. This role supports special trackwork, atypical deterioration patterns, ride‑quality concerns, standards interpretation, maintenance optimization, and interdisciplinary problem‑solving in active rail operating environments.

PEMCCO, Inc. is an integrated Information Technology, Information Management (IT/IM), Systems Engineering, and Technical Services firm supporting infrastructure, transportation, and capital program delivery environments.
We assist our customers in delivering mission-critical engineering support, program coordination, data-driven decision tools, and technology-enabled solutions that enhance operational performance, asset reliability, and capital project execution.

In support of transit clients, our teams provide multidisciplinary support across trackwork engineering programs, including field inspection, data analytics, construction coordination, and capital program support functions. We specialize in bridging engineering, operations, and technology to improve system performance and lifecycle outcomes.

Living the Culture and Making It Happen is the motto we live by. We Live the Culture by carrying out the tenets of our Core Values of Loyalty, Integrity, and Commitment to our Customers and Employees every day. We Make It Happen by following Smart Organization Healthy Organization (SOHO) principles for internal and external communications and the successful execution of projects, ensuring disciplined coordination across engineering teams, field personnel, program stakeholders, and client leadership in complex, fast-paced project environments.

Our approach emphasizes flexibility, responsiveness, and execution excellence, enabling us to support both technical engineering functions and the programmatic infrastructure required to deliver safe, reliable, and efficient transportation systems.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide senior technical oversight and independent judgment for complex trackwork, rail systems, and system-interface challenges.


• Review and advise on engineering recommendations involving special trackwork, maintenance strategies, component performance, modernization approaches, and rehabilitation options.


• Support root-cause analysis of recurring defects, poor ride quality, unusual wear, stray current concerns, or accelerated degradation of rail assets.


• Advise on standards interpretation, technical criteria, and component-selection considerations affecting long-term maintainability and performance.


• Support high-level technical quality reviews of reports, drawings, specifications, analyses, and field findings.


• Assist in resolution of complex issues involving multi-discipline coordination, operational constraints, or construction impacts.


• Support research and recommendations on new track components, technologies, and materials that may reduce maintenance expenditures or improve system performance.


• Provide technical mentoring and coaching to engineers, inspectors, and support staff.
  

Competencies:

• Advanced rail systems expertise


• Technical leadership and peer review


• Failure analysis and standards interpretation


• Problem-solving across disciplines


• Executive-level technical communication
  

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field.


• Minimum fifteen (15)+ years of relevant rail/transit experience.


• Demonstrated expertise in track systems, maintenance engineering, rail capital delivery, or independent technical review.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• PE license preferred; Maryland preferred.


• Experience with MTA, WMATA, commuter rail, freight, or other complex operating rail systems.


• Experience with standards development, technical audits, or independent design review.
  

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:

• Ability to support field reviews and targeted technical investigations when required.


• Ability to obtain project access credentials and support stakeholder briefings as needed.
  

Benefits

• 15 days of Paid Time Off


• 11 Paid Holidays


• Medical, Dental, and Vision


• Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Life Insurance, Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Whole Life Plus, Identity Theft, and Law Assure


• 401(k)


• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  
  

Compensation

• $78 – $122 per hour, depending on Experience, Rail Specialization, and Applicable Certifications.

PEMCCO, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. The Company does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.