Manager, Lrt Operations - Edmonton, Canada - City of Edmonton

City of Edmonton

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Edmonton, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Job Number:48989**
Role:Reporting to the Director of LRT Operations & Maintenance this position is directly responsible for the safe and reliable operation of Capital and Metro line LRT Service. This includes managing high floor LRT service levels and implementing service level adjustments based on changing transit ridership demands.

The Manager, LRT Operations oversees daily operations of LRT service, including managing the LRT Control Centre.

This includes providing oversight and direction to LRT Superintendents and Controllers, fostering positive employee engagement and a culture of safety.

The Manager sets operational standards for how high floor LRT service is delivered and managed, outlining standard operating procedures and developing communications to manage a variety of scenarios and incidents.

Goals and deliverables:

Lead, exemplify, establish the desired culture throughout the Unit, aligned with the City's Cultural Commitments and Leadership Competencies, ensuring these are translated and inherent in the unit's leadership, culture, processes and practices
Develop and maintain a positive workplace culture for a team of approximately 140 staff that include front line leadership, LRT Control Centre Staff, and LRT Operators
Actively participate in LRT Operator recruitment and retention activities to maintain staffing levels of LRT Operators to meet service levels
Accountable for authorizing major LRT service disruptions caused by planned maintenance and Capital renewal work. This includes ensuring the work is planned in a manner that minimizes service disruptions to transit riders
Continually review LRT service levels including frequency and train lengths to ensure the right level of service is being applied. This includes monitoring train loading, reviewing passenger count data, and reviewing feedback from staff and riders
Monitor passenger count data to model when growth light rail vehicles will be required to meet the increasing transit ridership demands. This also includes projecting when modifications are required to the LRT system to increase train frequencies to increase transit ridership capacity
Support ongoing LRT expansion projects and be the lead representative for LRT Operations; prepare related briefings and advice for senior leadership
Manage operational budget, including monthly financial performance reporting submissions
Steward and champion the implementation of all aspects of the City's Occupational Health and Safety Program
Ensure the effectiveness and continual improvement of service delivery through the development of comprehensive key performance indicators, and accurate and transparent reporting
Build strong relationships with business partners to develop new and improved methods of project planning and delivery

Qualifications:

Knowledge, training and/or education in Business Administration or a related discipline
Other types and disciplines of post secondary education may be considered if it can be complemented by relevant work experience, working in a leadership role in either transit operations or other transit related roles
Knowledge of light rail transit operations including basic train operating rules and a strong understanding of the movement of transit riders by train.
Leadership experience in a transit operations position
Experience working in a leadership role in a unionized environment
Ability to work with high degree of independent judgement
Ability to anticipate and adapt to changing priorities, and maintain resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work and lead in change management
Valid Class 5 Driver's permit
Combinations of education and experience will be considered

What does success look like?

Lead and motivate teams while building a healthy, respectful and inclusive workplace environment that enable staff to reach their potential while strengthening organizational capacity
Operate as a strategically agile leader able to anticipate business opportunities and influence enterprisewide policy planning and initiatives
Build new and foster existing partnerships with community organizations, business partners, external agencies, and internal branches
Foster an environment that results in an efficient, effective, and innovative delivery of service
Influence initiatives without positional authority
Demonstrate service excellence, embracing diversity and promoting inclusiveness
Demonstrate alignment with the Cultural Commitments of Safe, Helpful, Accountable, Integrated and Excellent, fostering an environment for others to do the same. For more information on the City's Cultural Commitments, please visit
Demonstrate the foundational competencies, key behaviours and attributes of the City's six leadership competencies: Courage, Inclusivity, Values-Based Influencer, Collaborative Networker, Systems Thinker and Creative Innovator. For more infor