System Preservation Projects Program Manager; Transportation Engineer V

System Preservation Projects Program Manager (Transportation Engineer V)

Position:
State Highway Administration, Asset Management Office (AMO). Grade 19 (2706) SP# 26-43-03.

Location:

Anne Arundel County, Maryland. This is a position specific recruitment. Minimum and selective qualifications listed below.

Primary purpose: develop, track, and improve asset management practices and processes throughout SHA through project, fund, data, and team management. Oversee engineering designers on roadway safety enhancement projects, manage daily expenditures, allocations, and capital fund forecasting. Track and analyze project development progress, schedules, permitting needs and related activities across multiple teams and partners, internally and externally. Coordinate with SHA Districts, engineering, planning, and business offices to support state-of-good-repair needs.

Prepare reports, white papers, agreements, and other documentation of meetings and agreed-upon procedures.

Additional responsibilities include monitoring capital, operations, and maintenance needs, identifying innovative solutions that support delivery of systemic asset preservation projects, conducting data modeling and interpretation for decision‑making and prioritization, overseeing AMO support staff, supervising consultant teams, managing consultant tasks, and providing technical and funding guidance to stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited college or university.
• Five (5) years of experience in professional engineering.
• Three (3) years of experience in transportation engineering or project management involving planning, design, data analysis, or project development for infrastructure assets, including activities related to asset preservation, safety, or mobility improvements, or fund and budget monitoring. Experience may come from disciplines such as roadway, traffic, structures, water resources, geotechnical, environmental, or other related fields.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of project development and delivery, including:
  • Tracking project development progress.
  • Project management.
  • Permitting needs and requirements.
  • Engineering design for safety and mobility, which could include AASHTO requirements, highway geometry, ADA or signage.
• Knowledge of fund management, including:
  • Implementation and enforcement of budgets.
  • Forecasting and projected spending.
  • Cost‑benefit evaluation.
• Knowledge of transportation infrastructure asset management and system preservation programs, including:
  • Asset life‑cycle analysis.
  • Life‑cycle processes of planning, engineering, construction, operations and maintenance.
  • Development of target strategies for preventive maintenance and upkeep.
  • Data interpretation, analysis and modeling to aid in prioritization and decision making.
• Ability to identify, understand and apply cutting edge asset management concepts and best practices.
• Ability to develop and present recommendations to management in a clear, concise and audience‑appropriate manner.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative and exercise sound judgement aligned with SHA's needs and goals.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in diverse groups, and coordinate and communicate across offices and teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and related data management or database tools such as ArcGIS suite such as Pro, AGOL and Dashboards.
• Ability to establish and maintain productive working relationships with peers, stakeholders, and customers.

Notes:

• Additional work experience in professional engineering, or in technical engineering at the journey level or above, may be substituted on a year for year basis for the required education.
• Possession of a master's degree in engineering may be substituted for one year of the required experience.
• Persons currently registered as Professional Engineers in the state of Maryland, or in a state with comparable requirements, are considered to have met the education requirements.

• Motor vehicle operator's license valid in the state of Maryland.

MDOT offers a generous and competitive benefits package.

We are an equal opportunity employer. SHA does not discriminate based on age, ancestry, color, creed, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religious affiliation, belief or opinion, sex, or sexual orientation.