Technical Services Section Manager – Career Executive

Technical Services Section Manager – Career Executive

Bring your leadership skills and help guide the development and improvement of Wisconsin’s roadways!

The WI Department of Transportation (WisDOT), Division of Transportation System Development (DTSD) is seeking an interested and qualified individual to fill a Technical Services Section Manager (DOT Technical Services Chief) position in the Southwest Region.

This full-time career executive position will be headquartered in Madison or La Crosse.

This position offers a hybridized work schedule. The position will be headquartered at and required to work from the DTSD Madison or La Crosse office buildings at least 3 days per week. All employees working a hybrid work schedule are generally expected to telework from within the State of Wisconsin. This topic will be discussed more at the time of the interview.

WisDOT is a great place to work! In addition to meaningful and rewarding work, we offer a competitive benefits package featuring:

• Substantial leave time including eks of paid leave time to start, 9 paid holidays, and 130 hours of sick time that rollover each year.
• A casual office atmosphere, flexible work schedules, and telework options depending on the position’s requirements
• An exceptional pension plan with employer match and lifetime retirement payment, plus an optional tax advantaged 457 retirement savings plan
• A free and confidential employee assistance program that offers employees and their immediate family dependents a variety of tools, resources, and professional consultation services to support their health, goals, and overall well-being

In addition to our generous employee benefits, we strive for inclusivity and celebrate different religious holidays and cultural observances and provide flexibility for utilizing paid time off for such celebrations.

For more information on WisDOT you can visit our website by clicking here .

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is an organization dedicated to creating transportation solutions through innovation and exceptional service. We are committed to fostering an environment rooted inIntegrity, Diversity, Excellence, and Accountability.  to learn more about how we apply these values in our work.

Every day, WisDOT’s Division of Transportation System Development plays the leading role in the upkeep and improvement of nearly 12,000 miles of state highways and bridges used by millions of people. You’ll find that behind every barrel is a dedicated team from a wide array of backgrounds including engineering, planning, environmental services, public outreach, real estate, finance and many more.

It can be a challenging job, but we think you’ll find it’s an awfully rewarding one, too.

We’re looking for detail-oriented critical thinkers to help deliver a quality program to build, improve and maintain transportation infrastructure throughout the state. We encourage anyone at any point in any career to take a look at WisDOT opportunities and give some thought to how your skills and resume line up. Having a good attitude, a willingness to learn and a passion for creating lasting, impactful work will go a long way here.

It’s a big system with lots of opportunity and responsibilities.

Are you up for it? At WisDOT, you can Build the Future – NOW.

As a member of the Southwest Region Management Team, this position will perform highly responsible administrative and managerial functions in the development, implementation and evaluation of important and complex policy, budgetary and organizational components of the department’s transportation engineering and related programs. This position will manage the delivery of Technical Services to other region sections, which includes responsibility for Real Estate, Environmental Programs, Soils, Materials, Pavement, Right-of-Way Plat Preparation, Survey/Mapping, Utilities, Railroads, Engineering Automation and Administration.

Work is done through the use of in-house staff and consultants. Activities require extensive communication within and outside the Department.

This position has the authority to independently commit department resources to achieve established…