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Vertical Transportation Specialist (Elevators) (Finance)



At Regional Transportation District (RTD), We make lives better through connections!

When you join RTD, you will be among dedicated employees exhibiting RTD's values of passion, respect, diversity, trustworthiness, collaboration, and ownership. RTD is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of our diversity value statement, we encourage our employees to honor diversity in thought, people, and experience. Come join RTD on this great journey to be the trusted leader in mobility, delivering excellence and value to our customers and community.

RTD Employee Benefits: https://www.rtd-denver.com/careers/benefits

(RTD Represented Employee Benefits: Please refer to the Labor Agreement included in the above link for details.)

This position is responsible for managing maintenance, repairs, and renovations of RTD elevators and escalators, and will have a prominent role in shaping how elevators and escalators are managed, standardized, modernized, and replaced. RTD is currently responsible for 91 elevators and 8 escalators for public and internal use in seven counties in the Denver-Boulder metropolitan area. The elevators are both traction power and hydraulic and built by different project teams over 40 years. Maintenance is currently outsourced.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Essential:

  • Manage all elevator and escalator maintenance, repairs, and renovations in compliance with Federal, State, and local regulations and best practices.  Develop budgets and schedules.  Provide quality control oversight.
  • Follow industry developments, market conditions, supply chain, and pricing factors and issues, and update practices to respond. 
  • Manage existing maintenance contracts and procuring maintenance services from external vendors.  Review cost estimates for being reasonable.
  • Provide management and oversight of all elevator monitoring services.  Oversee data collection, usage, and service life metrics.  Review the data and evidence and find the root cause of elevator issues.  Proactively work to reduce elevator issues.
  • Collaborate on new installations for all RTD elevators and escalators.
  • Develop modernization program for the equipment portfolio.

Other:

All job-related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Highschool, GED or equivalent qualification required.
  • A minimum of ten years of experience in conveyance systems industry.
  • Field experience considered a plus.
  • Experience in budgeting, evaluating estimates, and contract administration..
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
  • Ability to use sound judgment.
  • Ability to manage time and workload effectively which includes planning, organizing, and prioritizing with attention to details.

OR:

An equivalent combination of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear.

  • The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
  • The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and color vision.
  • The work environment is field/office environment with some exposure to excessive noise or adverse environmental issues.
  • The work environment will also include field locations where conveying systems reside.

We are considering all applications for this position up until the position close date of 6/23/2025. For consideration, please be sure to apply before the posting end date.

EEO POLICY AND ADA ACCOMMODATIONS
RTD is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless to the race, sex, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. RTD is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, promotions, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to our Employment ADA Coordinator Kris Frazier at adarequests@rtd-denver.com, or the Talent Acquisition team at rtd.ta@rtd-denver.com. 

Pay Range:

$77,437.00 - $109,380.25 Annual

RTD is an Equal Opportunity Employer, please see our EEO policy [ https://www.rtd-denver.com/sites/default/files/files/2022-12/EEO%20Policy%20Statement-%20UPDATED.pdf ]

RTD posts a compensation range that represents a good faith estimate of what RTD anticipates paying for the position at the time of posting.  Starting salary is based on the candidate's relevant and verified education, training and work experience.  Applicants should submit all relevant and verifiable education, training and work experiences at the time of application.

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