Transportation Construction Superintendent - Kanawha County

** Disclaimer-this position will be considered classified-exempt and "at will."

Pay Grade: 14

• Schedules maintenance activities, assigning employees and equipment according to the needs of the project.
• Organizes and plans for maintenance improvement projects based on needs and available funding.
• Estimates and submits costs on maintenance contracts.
• Records the labor, materials, and equipment expense for each maintenance construction project.
• Writes correspondence and reports pertaining to maintenance and construction projects.
• Conducts field reviews to inspect and assure compliance to highway maintenance and construction policies, procedures and standards.
• May teach maintenance management classes.
• Identifies equipment for repairs.
• Checks complaints on roads and inspects highways to determine repair work needed.
• Oversees the progress and checks the quality of work performed by crews.
• Trains crew members on individual tasks of maintenance and repair projects.
• Completes employee performance evaluations and approves employee leave requests and time.
• Inventories materials and equipment for availability.
• Recommends hiring and disciplinary action and trains new employees.
• Personal contacts are with employees of the same agency but outside the immediate organization.
• Travel may be required; therefore, a valid driver's license is required.
• Knowledge of the methods, materials, and equipment used in the construction and maintenance of highways.
• Knowledge of surveying and engineering principles and techniques.
• Knowledge of the office and administrative procedures.
• Knowledge of maintenance management skills and philosophies.
• Ability to organize, assign, and supervise skilled and semi-skilled employees engaged in road repair and construction.
• Ability to understand and interpret blueprints and drawings.
• Ability to maintain records and to prepare reports.
• Ability to interpret oral and written instructions and directions.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Knowledge of general governmental highway standards and regulations and highway safety procedures.
• Knowledge of highway construction and maintenance techniques.
• Knowledge of capabilities of construction and maintenance equipment.
• Knowledge of basic mathematics.
• Ability to plan, organize, supervise, and coordinate the work of employees.
• Ability to coordinate and schedule projects to meet goals and proposed deadlines.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic calculations to determine amounts of materials needed.
• Ability to maintain working relationships with others.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.

• High school diploma or the equivalent.

• Four (4) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in highway construction or maintenance, or traffic sign control maintenance, business or public administration, transportation, construction, manufacturing, mining, or the armed forces ; two (2) years of which must have been in a supervisory capacity.
• Substitution:
  Successful completion of coursework from a regionally accredited college or university may substitute for the non-supervisory experience through an established formula.