MANAGER OF TAM CAPITAL PLANNING

Manager of Transit Asset Management and Capital Planning

Department: Planning & Compliance

Reports To: Assistant Vice President of Planning & Compliance

Status: Full-Time

General Summary

Under direction of the Assistant Vice President of Planning and Compliance and through collaboration across all administrative departments, the Manager of Transit Asset Management and Capital Planning will assist with on-going development and coordination of an agency-wide Transit Asset Management (TAM) system, development of data-driven recommendations including the agency’s capital plan and elements associated with the final rules under 49 U.S.. 5326 (Transit Asset Management). Working with the grants department, the position will use the TAM approach to: manage SMART’s direct operations and community partner grant process; identify and apply for capital improvement grants; and manage and update SMART’s Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) through SEMCOG. Working with the finance department, the position will also assist in the coordination, tracking and reporting of asset data and related performance measures through National Transit Database (NTD).

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Transit Asset Management (TAM)

• Updates and Maintains SMART Tier I TAM plan and SMART Tier II Group TAM Plan
• Conducts Facility Asset Condition Assessments annually with Facility Manager
• Conducts Vehicle Asset Condition Assessments using Fleet Condition Assessment Model (FCAM) tool.
• Updates condition rating of assets in enterprise asset management system
• On-boards new Facility assets and retires replaced facility assets in EAM as new assets are put into service
• Conducts Group TAM Plan survey process annually. This entails gathering updated asset and agency information for each participating subrecipient.
• Conducts State of Good Repair analysis annually and determines backlog through use of TERMLite.
• Manages TAM Implementation Workplan
• Support subrecipient oversight on TAM related items
• Reports subrecipient facility, rolling stock, safety, and agency data in annual NTD report
• Updates state of good repair performance measures for SMART-operated and Subrecipient-operated assets and reports annually to NTD
• Writes SMART-operated asset Performance Narrative and Subrecipient-operated asset Performance Narrative and reports to NTD.

Capital Planning

• Works with AVP Compliance and Planning to update rolling ten-year prioritized list of projects/capital plan based on changes in asset conditions, criticality of assets, projected available funding and capital programming decisions made each year.
• Facilitates annual internal call for projects to initiate project development and identify funding for approved projects
• Programs projects in federal formula grants
• Participate in 5310 project selection process during RTA managed call for projects
• Identify and apply for state and federal capital improvement discretionary grants
• Manage SMART’s Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) through MDOT and SEMCOG
• Coordinate with Manager of Community Mobility Programs to support grant, asset and legal agreement processes between SMART and its subrecipients

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business or other suitable discipline. Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum two (2) years of experience in capital asset management and/or capital programming.
• Experience and knowledge of FTA Section 5310, 5307, and 5339 Programs and regulations; experience interacting with FTA and MDOT staff, preferred.
• Grant development and writing experience preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted for minimum requirements.
• Well developed verbal, written, negotiating, administrative, analytical, problem solving and planning skills.
• Proficient in the use of enterprise asset management systems and PC-based database and spreadsheet applications is required.
• Experience with Trapeze Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system preferred.

SMART is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age

THE AUTHORITY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REVISE OR CHANGE THIS JOB DESCRIPTION AT ANY TIME.