A professional who directs and coordinates, through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities of workers engaged in installing, maintaining, and testing communications and signalling equipment within specified jurisdiction of railroad. Responsibilities include:

• Reviews reports that describe handling of communications and signal irregularities to discern whether deployment of personnel and maintenance procedures followed administrative and labor regulations.
• Discusses causes of irregularities with supervisor who directed repairs to suggest changes in inspection or maintenance techniques that would prevent recurrence of irregularities, utilizing knowledge of communication and signal functioning.
• Writes summary of reports indicating worker overtime involved and nature of equipment malfunctions and routes reports to superior.
• Confers with company engineers regarding major repairs or installation projects in communication and signal system to stay apprised of changes within system.
• Confers with supervisors throughout projects to provide technical assistance and to ensure availability of equipment needed to complete project.