Assistant Highway Maintenance Manager

Assistant Highway Maintenance Manager

Are you motivated to help lead the teams that keep Pennsylvania's roads safe and reliable? Join the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) as an Assistant Highway Maintenance Manager and support essential roadway operations across local communities. This role allows you to coordinate crews, oversee maintenance activities, and help deliver safe travel for residents and visitors. Your leadership will strengthen the quality and reliability of county highway systems.

Apply today to begin a career path where your work directly enhances daily transportation for thousands of people!

This position supports county highway maintenance operations by developing work plans, supervising crews, coordinating inspections, and overseeing emergency responses. Through your work, you will ensure that maintenance needs, resource planning, and project oversight align with operational goals. As an Assistant Highway Maintenance Manager, you will perform the following duties:

• Maintenance Planning: Develop programs and estimates for patching, surface treatment, snow removal, and other roadway activities
• Crew Oversight: Supervise general and specialized maintenance crews and evaluate performance across assigned counties
• Project Inspection: Conduct inspections of highways and bridges and review resource requests for personnel and materials
• Emergency Response: Manage operations during incidents and weather events within assigned areas
• Interagency Agreements: Prepare, negotiate, and monitor maintenance agreements with local government partners
• Personnel Management: Interview candidates, address performance matters, and determine training needs for subordinates

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Dual shifts in effect from November through March.
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time, upon successful completion of the probationary period. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Bloomsburg. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time.
  
  Additional details may be provided during the interview.
• Salary:
  Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $69,086.00 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Qualifications

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• One year of experience as a Highway Maintenance Coordinator, Roadway Programs Coordinator, or Transportation Construction Manager 1 (Commonwealth job titles or equivalent Federal Government job titles, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Six years of technical experience in highway maintenance, highway construction, or maintenance of heavy equipment used in highway construction projects; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

Special Requirement:

• All positions require possession of a valid PA non-commercial Class C driver's license or equivalent.

Other Requirements:

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Legal Requirements:

• A conditional offer of employment will require submission of criminal history reports. See hiring agency contact information.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant's own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI…