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Deputy Director - Light Rail Operations

Maryland Department of Transportation
$97,972.00 - $152,528.00 Annually
dental insurance, long term disability
United States, Maryland, Baltimore
Dec 26, 2025

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MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

Join the Team That Moves Maryland!

Now Hiring: Deputy Director - Light Rail Operations (Administrator VII) (0939)

Are you ready to take on a career where your work directly impacts the lives of thousands of Marylanders every day? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments, enjoy solving real-time challenges, and feel motivated by meaningful public service?

If so, the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) wants you on our team.

The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) is seeking a Deputy Director of Light Rail Operations. The right leader will be responsible for providing overall leadership of Light Rail Operations in formulating and achieving public transportation goals and objectives.

The Deputy Light Rail Operations impacts the MTA's organizational success by:

  • Providing executive leadership and strategic direction for Light Rail Operations to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient rail service that meets agency goals and public transportation objectives.
  • Directing the development and execution of short- and long-range operational strategies, business plans, and performance initiatives aligned with MTA's mission, regulatory requirements, and customer service standards.
  • Establishing, reviewing, and enforcing operational policies, procedures, and standards to improve system performance, operational consistency, and regulatory compliance.
  • Ensuring effective coordination, integration, and collaboration among Light Rail divisions and supporting departments to optimize resources and service delivery.
  • Representing Light Rail Operations on internal and external committees, task forces, and interagency forums to advance organizational priorities and regional transit coordination.
  • Overseeing labor relations activities, including participation in collective bargaining, contract administration, grievance resolution, and arbitration, while maintaining productive labor-management relationships.
  • Maintaining executive accountability for system safety by ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local safety regulations and monitoring agency-wide safety performance metrics.
  • Managing operational budgets by approving expenditures, monitoring financial performance, and implementing budgetary adjustments to ensure fiscal responsibility and operational sustainability.
  • Coordinating departmental initiatives with external partners, regulatory agencies, and stakeholders to support capital projects, service enhancements, and operational continuity.

The Deputy Director of Light Rail Operations directs the development of short and long-term department plans and programs as well as provides leadership and direction to departmental staff. As a member of the Senior Executive Team, the incumbent represents the agency at meetings, conferences, and ensures conformance to the agency's vision, goals and objectives.


Location: Baltimore City


Qualifications

Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
Experience: Six years of experience in administrative staff or professional work. Five (5) years' experience supervising and monitoring employees and overseeing rail operations applying relevant rules, regulations, and exercising responsibility for the development of policies or procedures. * Must have at least five (5) years in middle management or higher-level capacity managing in a public or private sector urban rail transit agency and/or experience in large transit operations or transit property.

*Selective Qualification recruitments are utilized when the position requires specific or additional bona fide occupational qualifications (knowledge, skill, or ability). No substitution is allowed for a selective qualification.
Notes:
  1. Candidates may substitute 30 credit hours from an accredited college or university for each year up to four years of the required experience.
  2. Candidates may substitute the possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and two years of experience in administrative staff or professional work for the required experience.
  3. Candidates may substitute the possession of a master's degree from an accredited college or university and one year of experience in administrative staff or professional work for the required experience.
  4. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience involving staff work related to the administration of rules, regulations, policies, procedures and processes, or overseeing or coordinating unit operations or functioning as a staff assistant to a higher-ranking commissioned officer on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

Licenses & Certifications

Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle.Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland.

Additional Information

Managers should foster a positive safety culture by leading with integrity and establishing departmental safety practices and procedures for all employees. Managers should attend and participate in safety meetings and adhere to and enforce all safety rules, policies, regulations, and personal protective equipment requirements to support a safe and healthy working environment. Ensure employees are properly trained and provided with personal protective equipment to conduct their job functions in a safe manner. Report hazards, unsafe acts, near misses, injuries, and accidents immediately to the Office of Safety. Collaboratively work to mitigate reported hazards in a timely manner. Conduct safety risk assessments and/or job hazard analyses as needed.

To support a safe and healthy work environment, employees must refrain from willful violations of safety rules and procedures, reckless and negligent behavior, involvement in criminal activities, and the misuse of drugs or alcohol. Failure to adhere to this requirement may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination. May only perform work for which they have the appropriate safety training.

To Apply:
You must complete a Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) application (Form DTS-1) to be considered for this recruitment. Resumes may not be substituted for the application. Consideration for employment may be based solely on the contents of your application; therefore, it is essential that the application is filled out completely and accurately, listing all relevant experience in detail and addressing the specific requirements shown above. Please include all relevant experience on your application. This includes, but is not limited to, full or part time, volunteer, military, acting capacity, or any other experience that is relevant to the position you are applying for within MDOT, one of the Transportation Business Units, or the Authority.

Note : Applications not completely filled out will not be considered. The selected candidate may be subject to background and reference checks. Employees are subject to the State Substance Abuse Policy to include possible drug testing.

It is highly recommended that applications be completed and submitted online by registering at www.mdot.maryland.gov/employment. Make sure you meet the minimum and selective qualifications and follow the instructions on MDOT's Online Employment Center website.
Applicants with degrees granted outside of the United States will be required to provide a written evaluation of education documentation by a credentialing organization such as: International Credential Evaluation (WES), https://www.wes.org/ .

Reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities will be provided as requested.


The incumbent in this position is not a member of a covered bargaining unit.

The Maryland Department of Transportation is not sponsoring new employees in application of the H-18 Visa at this time due to budgetary constraints. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Federal regulations prohibit H1B Visa candidates from paying sponsorship fees; all sponsorship fees must be assumed by the potential employer.

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WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
MTA does not discriminate based on age, ancestry, color, creed, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religious affiliation, belief or opinion, sex, or sexual orientation, or any other protected status.

Issue Date: 12/26/2025

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