Engineering Program Manager Specialist Supervisor Structure and Bridge

Compensation and Work Hours

Hiring Range: $ to $

Full Time or Part Time: Full Time

This position provides leadership, direction, and technical engineering guidance to related program areas. The primary role is to manage assigned program areas with teams of engineering and technical staff responsible for administering and managing their designated program area.

• Provide oversight of the program area within the Division and Districts to ensure compliance with VDOT, state, and federal policies, practices, guidelines and specifications. Review central office and district plans for compliance with established practices and procedures. Provide review and make recommendations on new and innovative procedures, specifications and products. Provide a written summary of findings and recommendations for division management.
• Establish objectives and priorities for the team in support of overall goals, communicate objectives and priorities to employees, and update objectives as needs change. Establish priorities for the program's objectives to enhance achievement of division and VDOT goals. Modify objectives to reflect changes.
• Apply sound engineering practices and methods to satisfy customers, reduce complaints and resolve concerns. Provide leadership in technical areas of engineering. Proactively address issues that are identified within program area and raise appropriate issues to Division Management ensuring compliance with VDOT policies and procedures.
• Assign and review work of subordinate team members to facilitate office objectives. Adjust work assignments and manpower as needed. Monitor staff schedules to ensure adequate assistance is available during peak work hours. Guide and follow-up on assignments and projects to ensure completion. Outline and communicate purpose of assignments to team members. Ensure schedules and budgets are met. Ensure appropriate liaison and technical support is provided to PPTA and DB projects.
  
  Allocate work to team and ensure area personnel are meeting goals and expectations.
• Evaluate program and institute changes and procedures as required. Provide technical guidance to field offices and monitor adherence to approved standards and practices through field coordination, visitation and consultation. Ensure quality control reviews are completed and recommendations for program performance and improvement are implemented.
• Proactively manage human and fiscal resources by recognizing future needs and taking appropriate actions to address those needs. Organize program area's assignments to best utilize available resources. Ensure production schedules and budgets continuously reflect current information.
• Develop and update policies, procedures and guidelines for statewide implementation and administration. Communicate changes in policies and procedures to staff and ensure consistent application statewide.
• Develop short and long-range statewide strategic plans to ensure VDOT programs align with VDOT's vision, mission and goals.
• Coordinate the flow of information both orally and in writing to and from others that contributes to project development. Organize and prioritize work effectively, keep multiple projects on schedule within section. Meet expectations and requirements of internal and external customers. Establish and maintain effective relationships with customers.
• Serve as a technical expert in providing assistance in assigned areas of transportation engineering. Provide research to solve problems and questions. Provide instruction and guidance with policies and procedures. Prepare new VDOT guidelines or memos to address changes or modifications.

• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with diverse audiences and to make presentations and prepare reports.
• Ability to conduct the administrative and technical operations of the assigned engineering program area.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships at all organizational levels with internal and external customers.
• Ability to interpret, apply, and provide guidance on policy and procedures related to program areas.
• Ability to manage an engineering program, manage multiple work teams of professional engineering and technical staff, and oversee complex engineering projects.
• Ability to manage assigned engineering program areas, manage a team of engineering staff, and oversee complex engineering projects.
• Ability to manage multiple and complex statewide programs and projects.
• Ability to plan and schedule work effectively.
• Ability to supervise, coach, train and develop staff.
• Comprehensive knowledge of engineering practices and when necessary, design relevant to program area.
• Considerable knowledge of state and federal regulations, practices, and standards for the assigned engineering program area.
• Demonstrated leadership and consultation skills working with all levels of management, stakeholders, and contractors.
• Knowledge of supervisory principles and practices to include hiring,…