Railroad Technical Solution Services Specialist

Summary

Join Benesch, a growing planning, engineering, and professional services firm, as a Railroad Technical Solution Services Specialist. You will develop and manage custom QuickBase functionalities for one of their largest and fastest-growing divisions. This role involves developing and maintaining project management and field data collection web applications, providing QuickBase expertise and support, and working with various skilled staff. Benesch offers a comprehensive benefits package including paid overtime, exceptional retirement fund contributions, flexible schedules, wellness incentives, and remote work opportunities.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field from an accredited college or university
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience as a QuickBase Application developer or similar position with professional-level experience in the design, development, implementation, and administration of QuickBase Applications
• Active QB Builder Certificate required

Responsibilities

• Developing and managing software tools using QuickBase and related applications
• Developing and maintaining project management and field data collection web applications for internal and external users
• Assisting with coordination, development, implementation, operation, maintenance, and training for QuickBase workflows and best practices
• Providing QuickBase expertise and support to organizational staff and project teams
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with peers, superiors, vendor representatives, and clients
• Analyzing complex problems, evaluating alternatives, and make sound, well-structured recommendations
• Working with various skilled staff from other departments or outside clients
• Supporting QuickBase application development, to include QuickBase ‘pipelines’ management and jinja coding
• Explaining technical issues and concepts to non-technical staff
• Planning, managing, and implementing QuickBase projects; assessing progress and making appropriate corrections to keep projects on track

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Railroad Project Management operations preferred
• Active QB Pipelines Builder Certificate preferred
• Knowledge and experience with python, HTML, and Jinja preferred
• Understand emerging cloud-based project management technologies and their application to improve business operations

Benefits

• Paid overtime
• Exceptional retirement fund contributions
• Flexible schedules including opportunities to work remotely
• Wellness incentives
• Opportunities for management and leadership development at all levels, including executive coaching and leadership development for Team Leaders, Group Managers, Division Managers, and Executive Leaders
• Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses
• Ongoing professional development through resources like Red Vector, LinkedIn Learning, technical team meetings, knowledge-sharing training sessions
• Personalized training and career development plans with your manager
• Funding for training, committee work, professional organization memberships, and licenses/certifications
• Support for active participation in professional organizations to foster leadership and community engagement
• Access to valuable retirement planning tools, education, and individual meetings with plan advisors at no charge
• Potential for Benesch to contribute up to 9% of your gross compensation to your retirement plan (5% profit-sharing contribution to your 401(k) plan, regardless of your own contributions & 80% match on your contributions, up to a maximum company contribution of 4%)
• Flexible work schedules and hours, including work-from-home options (dependent on the role)
• Generous Paid Time Benefits (PTB) that increase with your career
• Immediate use of annual PTB; no accrual needed with the ability to bundle time-off plans for extended vacations or life events
• Ten days of paid parental leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement