Engineer District Operations Project Administrator

Title: Engineer District Operations Project Administrator

State Role Title: Architect/Engineer II

Hiring Range: $119,191 - $154,948

Pay Band: 6

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Richmond District Office

Agency Website: www.virginiadot.org/jobs

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

What drives you? Whether it's knowing the work you do makes a difference, having a great work/life balance, working on exciting and challenging projects, leading innovation, and championing change or simply working with a great group of people who are committed to professionalism. At the Virginia Department of Transportation, we have something for you.

VDOT Richmond District, Traffic Operations Section is seeking an experienced Engineering Project Administrator to serve as a responsible charge engineer to lead, direct and coordinate the needs identification, prioritization, planning, programming, project development and project delivery oversight for district traffic operations related projects. You will provide engineering design support and construction administration services for traffic control devices (TCD), intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and signal projects, etc.; manage district traffic operations contracts to include providing resource oversight regarding workload, manpower, contract and consultant requirements for projects; and develop/manage project performance metrics. This position will provide direction, leadership and professional engineering advice to staff; manage the development of and monitoring of budgets/expenditures for assigned program areas; and manage VDOT resources and partner with contractors to facilitate on-time completion of traffic operations projects. Position will review, coordinate, and schedule projects and monitor progress throughout construction phase; manage and facilitate contract and construction quality improvement; and prepare and review technical reports. You will work closely with other district staff to manage projects through the design stage phase to contract advertisement; and respond to technical inquiries from local government agencies, stakeholders, other VDOT employees, the public and special interest groups.

"In order to be considered for this position, you must submit your resume."

In addition to a rewarding work experience, VDOT offers excellent health and life insurance benefits, pre-tax spending accounts, state funded short- and long-term disability, paid holidays, vacation, tuition assistance, free wellness programs, and a state retirement plan with options for tax-deferred retirement savings including employer matching.

We are a “Virginia Values Veterans” (V3) official certified company and state agency that provides hiring preference to Veterans and Members of the Virginia National Guard in support of Executive Order 29, (2010). If you are a Veteran or Virginia National Guard Member, we urge you to respond accordingly on your state application.

We have Shared Values and a Code of Ethics: your success in our organization depends upon modeling these values, therefore please access the following link: https://www.virginiadot.org/about/missionandvalues.asp to review them and, if in agreement, we welcome you to apply.

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid Professional Engineer's license.
• Knowledge of supervisory principles and practices to include performance management and discipline.
• Skill in quality control, maintenance of construction schedules, safety, subcontractor responsibility and client relations; and applying environmental due diligence requirements.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with diverse audiences and to deliver presentations and conduct meetings.
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications to include project management software and spreadsheet analysis.
• Skill in transportation engineering, systems engineering, project management, resources and workload management, construction management and strategic planning techniques
• Skill in budgeting, contract negotiation, contract management, personnel management, and performance management.
• Skill in project development and management process including pertinent scheduling and cost estimating systems.
• Skill in leadership, management, and negotiations with the ability to build consensus, provide open communications, make professional decisions and recommendations.
• Degree in Transportation Engineering, Systems Engineering, Transportation Planning or r