Mgr. Trainee; IMCS Northeast Corridor

Overview

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Date:
Jan 21, 2026

Location:

US

Company:
Amtrak

Your success is a train ride away!

As we move America’s workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.

Are you ready to join our team?

Our values of ‘Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First’ are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, ‘Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security’ are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful  living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

The Amtrak Management Trainee Program is an aggressive, fast paced program designed to accelerate future leaders into management professionals  program gives college graduates and early career professionals an opportunity to gain a broad perspective and valuable experience in a series of rotation assignments throughout the organization. It offers assignments which allow employees to train, develop, and grow professionally while making meaningful contributions to the organization.

Through the program, the trainee will have the opportunity to build a solid record of accomplishments and gain a broad-based perspective of the company.
The program typically ranges from 12-18 months (about 1 and a half years) in length depending upon career track and performance. The summer cohort will start on June 15, 2026.

The onboarding phase of the program includes orientation and multiple training requirements. During this phase, trainees will participate in meet and greets with executives and department leaders, as well as receive tours of several facilities, shops, and stations across Amtrak’s footprint. The first four weeks of the program will be classroom and computer-based training and on-site operational training across multiple Amtrak locations.

Once the orientation, tours, and mandatory trainings are complete, trainees will move into the observations phase of the program. During the observations phase, the trainees will get a high-level overview of each department. They will attend meet and greets with front-line employees and get an introduction to off corridor railroading. They will participate in roundtable discussions with department managers and supervisors and receive behind-the-scenes tours of stations, facilities, yards, maintenance of way facilities, and other work sites.

The observations phase lasts approximately eight weeks. The next phase of the program is the advanced rotation assignments. Assignments are selected for each trainee based on hired role, previous experience, and business needs. Trainees are placed one-on-one with an Amtrak manager, to gain a more detailed understanding of each position. This phase may last about eight – ten weeks depending on the trainee’s path, familiarity of the department and whether the candidate is an internal or external hire.

The program's final phase includes placing the trainee in an assistant manager role aligned with a manager from the position where the trainee will be the best fit. This is determined by the Program Manager based on feedback from managers during advanced rotations and business needs. This phase may last three to twelve months based on career path and individual development plan.

During this final phase, training will continue to help the trainee learn all facets of the Infrastructure Maintenance Construction Services (IMCS) Department. Schedules will vary between sub-departments, but the first 3 months will be spent completing mandatory training and visiting Maintenance-of-Way facilities and Production field…