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What is it like to be an Amtrak employee?
Ever wonder what it is like to work at Amtrak? We employ a diverse workforce of over 20,000 people, and we don't all work on trains - but we do all work together to keep America's Railroad running! Hear from our employees themselves - what they do, how they got to where they are, and what their advice is if you're interested in joining #TeamAmtrak!
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What is it like to be an Amtrak employee?
Ever wonder what it is like to work at Amtrak? We employ a diverse workforce of over 20,000 people, and we don't all work on trains - but we do all work together to keep America's Railroad running! Hear from our employees themselves - what they do, how they got to where they are, and what their advice is if you're interested in joining #TeamAmtrak!
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What is it like to be an Amtrak employee?
Ever wonder what it is like to work at Amtrak? We employ a diverse workforce of over 20,000 people, and we don't all work on trains - but we do all work together to keep America's Railroad running! Hear from our employees themselves - what they do, how they got to where they are, and what their advice is if you're interested in joining #TeamAmtrak!
Anella has been a member of the Amtrak team for 23 years, and started her career as an attendant on the Auto Train. Since then she has worked as a Ticket Agent, Station Manager, District Manager, Director of Long Distance, and is now the Superintendent of On Board Service in New York City. While working for Amtrak, Anella earned her MBA in 2013 through our tuition reimbursement program.
Oren is conductor on the San Joaquins train out of Oakland, California who started at Amtrak later than most - joining Team Amtrak after serving in the military for 28 years. If you've ever wanted to know what it is like to be a conductor (they do more than just collect tickets!), or if Amtrak is a great place for veterans, this is one employee profile you won't want to miss.
Jenny is a Navy veteran and a Senior Director in Amtrak's Program Management Office. She manages a team of talented and creative professionals who have three primary objectives: set company-wide standards for Project Management, train Amtrak Project Managers to follow One Amtrak Way for managing projects, and develop tools that help Amtrak's Senior Leaders understand how our projects are performing against the plan.
Ryan is a Capital Construction Manager in the Engineering Department who has been with Amtrak full time for almost five years. The projects Ryan manages require teamwork between several Amtrak departments, contractors, agencies, and utility companies and can range from a few months to multiple years. One project he is currently overseeing is the creation of Hanson Interlocking, in Maryland, on Amtrak’s busy Northeast Corridor.
Sammy is a 2018 graduate of George Mason University, former Amtrak intern, and current web developer in our IT department. He was hired full time after doing an internship where he learned how to use Adobe AEM, which powers many of Amtrak’s websites.
Aretha, also known as the “A/C Queen," has worked for over 22 years at Amtrak's Beech Grove facility in Indiana as a pipe fitter. Since becoming trained and certified to repair A/C units, she has been performing that task on our Superliner fleet for the past seven years. Her philosophy is to do your job well, work hard, and to have a “tough skin.”
Mickey is a recent graduate of The College of New Jersey, majoring in Civil Engineering with a minor in Physics. He started his career at Amtrak as an intern in the Engineering Track Department in Philadelphia in 2017, and was later hired full-time as a Management Trainee in the June 2018 class.
Andrew is a 2017 graduate of Penn State Altoona’s Rail Transportation Engineering program. He started his career in the railroad industry with internships at both Norfolk Southern and Amtrak, and was later hired by Amtrak full-time as a Management Trainee for the June 2018 class.
Nevaeh was a summer 2018 Project Management intern in Amtrak's Engineering department. She is currently a student at the University at Buffalo, and is pursuing a degree in Civil Engineering. Project manager interns assist in a wide variety of tasks, from design plan reviews, survey operations, and track geometry inspections to administrative support to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget.
Annette was a fall 2018 graduate Communications intern with Amtrak's Police Department. She attends Wilmington University as a communications major, with a focus in integrated marketing. A major part of her job with the APD is targeted around railroad safety initiatives. Annette is also a veteran currently serving in the US Navy reserves.
Noah was a summer 2019 intern in the System Safety department at Amtrak, where our employees come up with new ways to make our trains safer. He assisted in performing engineering reviews, and analyses of railroad infrastructure and components to improve reliability and to enhance safety on America's Railroad. Noah majored in Mechanical Engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology. Noah also completed internships at Amtrak during summer 2017 and 2018.
Eden was a summer 2019 intern with Amtrak’s Track Engineering Department, a group tasked with the important job of keeping the tracks safe for passengers. This is her second internship at Amtrak, and she plans on getting an engineering job in transportation when she graduates from Penn State with a degree in Civil Engineering.
Many students attending school along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor have seen the Acela - but did you know Amtrak has been working for several years to develop the next generation of this high-speed service? New Acela trainsets are due to enter service in 2021, and many Amtrak employees are working hard on this project, which included one of Amtrak's co-ops, Shahab Makda.
Riya was a Construction Project Management co-op at Amtrak in 2019 and 2020. She completed her co-op while studying at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Her project team worked on several construction projects along the Northeast Corridor, including designing new ticketing areas, and platform improvement projects in New York's Penn Station.
