Assistant Highway Occupancy Permits Manager (Transportation Construction Manager 1

THE POSITION

Would you enjoy a career solving complex problems and coordinating details that keep transportation projects on track? If so, we invite you to step into an impactful role as an Assistant Highway Occupancy Permits Manager with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). In this role, you will help ensure roadway access projects meet safety standards and follow key engineering guidelines. Apply today to begin a profession where collaboration, planning, and decision making come together to support responsible development!

This position focuses on reviewing Highway Occupancy Permit applications, coordinating analytical reviews, and guiding field inspection activities across the district. Your responsibilities will involve working with engineers, consultants, and applicants to ensure project compliance and support safe access to state highways. As an Assistant Highway Occupancy Permits Manager, you will perform the following duties:

• Permit Evaluation:
  Conduct detailed reviews of plans, specifications, and materials to determine compliance with state standards
• Field Inspection Oversight:
  Direct subordinate supervisors in inspecting project sites before and after permit activities
• Technical Support:
  Guide staff and applicants through design changes and occupancy permit requirements
• Project Analysis:
  Request and review field data such as traffic counts and sight distance to evaluate project impacts
• Consultant Management:
  Coordinate consultant engineering reviews and assess complex or overflow project referrals
• Inter-Unit Coordination:
  Ensure traffic studies and hydraulic reviews are completed by the appropriate district units

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

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• This position may be eligible for alternate work schedule (AWS).
• Telework:
  You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time. 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 Harrisburg. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time.
  
  Additional details may be provided during the interview .
• Salary:
  
  In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• One year of experience as a Transportation Construction Inspector Supervisor ( Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration) ; or
• Four years of experience in construction inspection, including one year in a supervisory capacity; and graduation from high school or equivalent certification of formal training. Completion of a training program in construction inspection sanctioned by the using agency may be substituted for high school graduation. An Associate Degree in an engineering or closely related technology may be substituted for one year of the required non-supervisory experience;
  
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• Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training which provides the required knowledges, skills, and abilities.

• This particular position also requires a valid Class C driver's license that is not under suspension.
• 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.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. 7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and click on Veterans.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law.

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