TRB Senior Program Officer-Technical Activities Division
This Senior Program Officer will work in the areas of intercity passenger rail,
passenger rail equipment and systems integration, local and regional rail freight
transport, railroad operating technologies, railroad track structure system
design, railway maintenance, rail transit infrastructure; multimodal freight
systems transportation including economics, regulation, planning, logistics,
urban freight, and transport of hazardous materials; and motor carrier
transport including trucking industry research and truck size and weight.
Responsibilities include providing staff support to committees and the Rail
Group and Freight Systems Group Executive Boards; arranging conferences,
workshops and elements of the TRB Annual Meeting program; reviewing and
processing reports and papers; traveling to state, local, and federal
transportation departments, transportation-related industries, and universities
to exchange information about problems and potential solutions and about
current and proposed research programs; maintaining ongoing relationships
with major TRB sponsors (including the Federal Railroad Administration,
Association of American Railroads, American Transportation Research Institute,
and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration); developing
new program areas; serving as liaison to Cooperative Research Programs,
particularly those related to Freight and Hazardous Materials; responding to
inquiries; and performing other related duties as assigned. Supervises work of
support and other program staff associated with the projects.
The complete job description and application procedure is available at
http://tbe.taleo.net/NA4/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?
org=NAS&cws=1&rid=6826.
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