Field Supervisor

FIELD SUPERVISOR BID/JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

FIELD SUPERVISOR

CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CDOT)

SIGN MANAGEMENT DIVISION

Number of Positions: 1

(Additional vacancies possible pending budget approval)

Starting Salary: $93,468*;
Grade V-16

* NOTE:

This title is on a step schedule and the salary range for the grade V-16 schedule is $93,468 - $157,296. New hires will start at the first step of $93,468 annually.

The starting salary is non-negotiable.

This position is open to the public and all current city employees covered under the City's Collective Bargaining Agreement with the LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF N.A. LOCAL 1001 (BU#54). Only employees currently in City job titles in this bargaining unit are eligible to bid.

Under general supervision, supervises staff engaged in performing traffic surveys and field inspections of construction activity in the public way, and performs related duties as required.

• Supervises and conducts field inspections of regulatory, warning, parking restriction, traffic control, and other traffic signage to verify proper installation, location, visibility, and condition.
• Maintains accurate records of signage inspections, findings, recommendations, corrective actions, and completed follow-up inspections.
• Provides technical guidance to field inspection personnel regarding traffic sign inspections, documentation requirements, ordinance interpretation, and departmental procedures.
• Coordinates with sign installation personnel, engineering staff, contractors, elected officials, and other City departments to resolve signage deficiencies and field conditions.
• Reviews requests for new, modified, relocated, or removed traffic signage and provides recommendations based on field conditions, traffic observations, applicable ordinances, and established departmental criteria.
• Assists in prioritizing, scheduling, and assigning field inspection and traffic survey work to staff based on urgency, complexity, and staff availability.
• Interprets and explains provisions of City codes and ordinances involving the public way to contractors and staff.
• Supervises inspections of construction staging areas to ensure proper permitting, safety, and compliance with City ordinances.
• Supervises inspections of the public way in response to complaints resulting from construction activity.
• Participates in the development and implementation of work methods and standards for conducting inspections and traffic surveys.
• Coordinates and participates in training staff.
• Completes performance appraisals of staff and initiates and administers corrective or disciplinary action as necessary.
• Reviews traffic survey data prepared by staff for completeness and appropriateness and approves recommendations on the approval or denial of requests for traffic sign installations.
• Oversees the development of detour and sign plans for streets under construction.
• Ensures that worn or damaged traffic signs are replaced in a timely manner.
• Meets with contractors, aldermen, residents, and business owners to mediate noise and traffic complaints in connection with construction activity and to explain fees and procedures for the installation of traffic flow and parking restriction signs.
• Maintains daily activity reports and prepares correspondence to elected officials.
• Plans, assigns, and supervises the work of office support staff, as required.
• Testifies at administrative hearings and in court as an expert witness on City codes concerning the public way, as required.
• Conducts special projects or assignments requested by superiors, aldermen, and/or other departments, as required.

Additional duties may be required for this position.

Location: 3254 South Lawndale

Days: Monday - Friday

Hours: 7:30 am - 3:30 pm

THIS POSITION IS IN THE CAREER SERVICE.

• Five (5) years of work experience inspecting public way construction or demolition projects, and/or interpreting blue prints for construction or demolition projects, and/or paraprofessional engineering experience, and/or conducting traffic flow surveys, of which two (2) years are in a supervisory role related to the responsibilities of the position, OR
• Graduation from an accredited college with an Associate's degree, plus three (3) years of work experience inspecting public way construction or demolition projects, and/or interpreting blueprints for construction or demolition projects, and/or paraprofessional engineering experience, and/or conducting traffic flow surveys, of which two (2) years are in a supervisory role related to the responsibilities of the position, OR
• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree or higher, plus one (1) year of work experience inspecting public way construction or demolition projects, and/or interpreting blueprints for construction or demolition projects, and/or paraprofessional engineering experience, and/or conducting traffic flow surveys, of which two (2) years are in a supervisory role related to the…