Move Forward with us! At NJ TRANSIT, you’ll join us in transforming the third-largest transportation agency in North America. We are committed to delivering safe, reliable service that gets our customers to their destinations on time- and we’re looking to hire talented folks with a commitment to excellence.

Right now, we are looking for a Principal Project Coordinator to join our team.

Principal Accountabilities:

Principal responsible party for the continuous generation of and updating of the NJ TRANSIT rolling five-year capital plan.
Responsible for the intake of capital improvement concepts from the Rail, Law Enforcement, and Surface Transportation service lines and evaluating their merit to promote them to capital project candidates.
Responsible for shepherding candidate projects through the Capital Plan process to develop a right sized scope of work, budget, and project delivery schedule.
Responsible for employing external consultants as extension of staff to evaluate potential projects for their life cycle cost value, benefit to the NJTRANSIT system operation, and to the state of New Jersey as a whole.
Evaluates progress of the Capital Program year over year and revisits Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metric benchmarks to evaluate success and performance improvement opportunities of the overall Capital Program.
Develops, reviews, assists and/or manages infrastructure, station, and operational facility master planning activities at different phases of project development
Supports other efforts including the adoption of zero emissions systems, the incorporation of innovative technologies into major projects, assessing resiliency and climate change adaptation needs, and supporting sustainability efforts.
Advises capital project teams in the fields of urban planning, transportation planning, facility planning, and fleet planning as necessary.

Knowledge& Skills Required:

Bachelor’s Degree in Transportation Planning, Systems Engineering, Railroad Systems Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering or related field, and five (5) experience in initiating, developing, evaluating public improvement projects, to include 2 or more.

At NJ Transit you will enjoy a competitive salary and excellent benefit package:

Comprehensive Family Health Insurance – Prescription, Dental, Vision
Flexible Spending Account
Life Insurance
Paid Leave
401(a), 401(k) Retirement Plans - up to 9% employer contribution
Tuition Assistance
Qualified Transportation Expense Plan (QTE)


At NJ TRANSIT we support and depend upon the diversity of our staff. NJ TRANSIT is an Equal Opportunity Employer.