Superintendent Structure and Bridge (Dillwyn Bridge Crew)

Title: Superintendent Structure and Bridge (Dillwyn Bridge Crew)

State Role Title: Transport Operations Manager II

Hiring Range: $66,263 - $107,677

Pay Band: 4

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Dillwyn AHQ

Agency Website: www.virginiadot.org/jobs

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Join the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Lynchburg District, where innovation meets infrastructure! At VDOT, we are driven by safety, service to others, and a commitment to excellence! These are the foundational drivers of our success and, as a Superintendent Structure & Bridge with Dillwyn Bridge Crew, you will play a crucial role in shaping the highways that connect communities and drive progress across the Commonwealth of Virginia. In this role, you will be responsible for managing, planning, and directing operations and staff involved in structure and bridge repair, maintenance, and replacement activities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Establishing schedules, planning, and monitoring work activities
  
• Ensuring all work activities are performed safely, following workplace safety protocols and guidelines
  
• Identifying maintenance and repair needs for structures and bridges, while developing project budgets and cost estimates
  
• Managing day-to-day operations, including assigning tasks, complying with environmental regulations, handling administrative duties, and responding to customer concerns
  
• Setting work goals and monitoring performance
  
• Overseeing the placement of temporary bridges and the removal of damaged structures
  
• Emergency Operations

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Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of budgets, cost estimates, and inventory management.
  
• Ability to effectively resolve citizen complaints and other issues successfully.
  
• Ability to gather data, conduct research, and create reports and correspondence.
  
• Valid driver's license.
  
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications.
  
• Considerable knowledge of structure and bridge maintenance methods, procedures, practices, and equipment.
  
• Knowledge of supervisory principles, policies and practices and experience to manage supervisory and crew personnel.
  
• Ability to schedule, plan, and monitor work activities.
  
• Ability to read and interpret bridge and structure plans and specifications.
  
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

Additional Considerations

• Possession of valid CDL and DOT medical card.
  
• Experience preparing cost estimates, developing budgets, tracking costs and preparing project reports.
  
• A combination of training, experience, or education in Civil Engineering or related field desired.
  
• Experience with procurement, inventory and equipment management and computer programs.
  
• Experience in maintenance and construction of bridges, culverts and other highway structures. Supervisory experience in a maintenance and construction environment.
  
• Experience managing performance and applying progressive discipline.
  
• Experience developing, planning, scheduling and overseeing construction or bridge maintenance projects.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

This position is designated as essential and, as such, all duties associated with the job are required during emergency situations which may include but are not limited to inclement weather, disaster response, and emergency operations. Performance of these duties may require work outside of normal business hours including nights, weekends and holidays. VDOT will determine when essential positions are required to report.

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or resume is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

This recruitment can be used to fill additional vacancies within 90 days of the posting close date.

State applications will only be accepted as submitted online by 11:55 pm on the closing date through the PageUp System. State applications submitted via email, postal mail, fax, or in person will not be considered. Applicants are expected to fully represent qualifications and work history on the State application and/or resume. The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information provided on the application, therefore, it is essential to fully complete each section of the application and provide detailed information. Submitting an incomplete state application, or a state application lacking in detail, may impact your interview eligibility.

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.

Fingerprint-based background checks, references, work history, and DMV records will be verified prior to employment. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. H1B VISA Sponsorship is not available. VDOT utilizes a market-based pay program, which has been approved by DHRM. Therefore, advertised rates of pay may or may not align with the Commonwealth pay bands.

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is an Equal Opportunity Employer by both policy and practice. For more information about our employment practices, please visit “Information for VDOT Employees and Applicants”: http://www.virginiadot.org/jobs/information_for_employees.asp

Contact Information

Name: Shanon Gardner

Phone: 434-907-7704

Email: shanon.gardner@vdot.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.