As Associate Administrator for...

Safety is our number one priority.  The Federal Railroad Administration continues to closely work with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), specifically the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other federal,...

Commercial Item - generally means supplies and services of a type customarily used by the general public. This includes components and any combination of items or services, as well as management and professional support services...

Compensation

• Most Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) employees are covered under the General Schedule (GS) pay scale, which is comprised of grades 1 though 15, with 10 steps within each grade.  The GS salaries are...

There are five Railroad Safety Inspector occupational disciplines:

• Hazardous Materials
• Motive Power and Equipment
• Operating Practices
• Signals and Train Control
• Track

The job of the...

Duties:

A Hazardous Materials Inspector monitors regulatory compliance of hazardous materials shipments by rail within an assigned territory.  Significant duties include: 

• Plan and carry...

Duties:

A Motive Power and Equipment Inspector is responsible for the improvement and advancement of railroad safety in areas related to design, construction, inspection, maintenance and use of railroad rolling stock and...

Duties: 

An Operating Practices Inspector is concerned with operating rules and practices, administration of Federal alcohol and drug control programs, hours of service for railroad employees involved with the movement of trains,...

Duties:

A Signals and Train Control Inspector is concerned with signal and train control and highway-rail crossing warning systems within an assigned territory. Significant duties include: 

Occasionally, the Federal Railroad Administration recruits for Transportation Specialists at the GS-5 or GS-7 grade levels. These positions are developmental and include formal classroom training and on-the-job training experience in order to provide...