People & Safety
Safety is foundational. Everything we do demonstrates an appreciation for quality of life, and every act values the lives of our employees, contractors, co-workers, customers, and communities.
Job Title: Manager II (Various)
Working Title: Right-of-Way and Utility Manager (Limited Term)
PURPOSE OF POSITION
The Right-of-Way (ROW) and Utility Manager is a pivotal role responsible for overseeing and managing all aspects related to acquiring, managing, and maintaining rights-of-way and utility easements for various Southern California Optimized Rail Expansion (SCORE) infrastructure projects. This includes securing the necessary land rights, coordinating utility relocation, and ensuring compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements. The manager acts as a primary liaison between Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) and its member agencies and property owners, legal counsel, and other stakeholders.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
This is the senior level of the Manager (various) series. At this level, incumbents typically independently represent the organization; serve as a subject matter expert who possesses highly specialized knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience; are responsible for a specialty program area that has a major impact on the organization
SUPERVISION EXERCISED AND RECEIVED
Advancing the well-being of our riders, our communities, and our planet, one ride at a time.
Metrolink is Southern California’s regional passenger rail service. As a leader in sustainable transportation and a force for equity and economic prosperity, we work hard every day to make our region more accessible by train. We improve the quality of life for all of our communities by empowering riders to choose how they travel and connecting people to greater opportunity and new experiences. As a result, our riders get where they need to go without worrying about access to transportation or sitting in traffic. Metrolink counts nearly 12 million annual boardings, removes an estimated 9.3 million vehicles from the road and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 130,000 metric tons with our fleet of Tier 4 clean technology locomotives each year.

Our employees stand at the very heart of our success – they devote their ideas, creativity, knowledge and entrepreneurial spirit to ensuring a great customer experience. We support and develop our employees through targeted, customized, professional development and a healthy work-life balance, a culture focused on innovation and connecting people to opportunity.
Safety is foundational. Everything we do demonstrates an appreciation for quality of life, and every act values the lives of our employees, contractors, co-workers, customers, and communities.
We operate on best practices and principles with a continued focus on providing high-quality service to our customers every day on every ride.
As responsible stewards of public funds, we embrace innovative solutions and continuous improvement for the lowest cost and most efficient operations.
We continuously seek creative, progressive, and collaborative solutions to promote investment, develop partnerships, and increase capacity to improve the mobility of Southern Californians.

The Metrolink Internship programs are a unique opportunity for current college students, recent grads and those enrolled in specialized program, to gain real world experience, work with industry leaders and exercise practical application of academic studies. Our interns work closely with our team members on agency wide projects to advance their technical, personal, and leadership skills, while enhancing mobility of Southern Californians.