Assistant Highway Maintenance Manager

Assistant Highway Maintenance Manager

Would you enjoy a career where you could help lead roadway operations that keep communities moving safely and efficiently? Join the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) as an Assistant Highway Maintenance Manager and support key projects that keep Fayette County's roadways in top condition. This role allows you to guide maintenance operations, collaborate with crews, and contribute to long-term planning. You will have the opportunity to engage in work that strengthens infrastructure, improves travel safety, and supports local communities.

Apply today to step into a leadership role where your strategic decisions have a meaningful impact every day!

This position assists the County Maintenance Manager by helping to plan, supervise, and oversee maintenance operations throughout an assigned area of Fayette County. Through your work, you will ensure that roadway projects, crew activities, environmental responsibilities, and operational needs are managed with efficiency and accuracy. As an Assistant Highway Maintenance Manager, you will perform the following duties:

• Maintenance Planning: Develop programs, estimates, and plans for surface treatments, patching, stockpiling, snow removal, signage, and bridge work
• Crew Supervision: Oversee general and specialized crews, including the Surface Treatment Crew, during maintenance and minor construction activities
• Work Scheduling: Prepare drafts of long range, annual, monthly, and weekly plans to support maintenance operations
• Resource Review: Evaluate requests, estimates, and funding needs for personnel, equipment, materials, and future projects
• Agility Coordination: Develop, negotiate, monitor, and assess agility agreements while working with local partners to set project priorities
• Field Inspection: Conduct inspections of operational activities, subordinate supervisors, and contracted maintenance or construction work

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

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• 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.

Qualifications

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• One year of experience as a Highway Maintenance Coordinator, Roadway Programs Coordinator, or Transportation Construction Manager 1 (Commonwealth job titles or equivalent Federal Government job titles, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Six years of technical experience in highway maintenance, highway construction, or maintenance of heavy equipment used in highway construction projects; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

Special Requirement:

• This position requires possession of a valid PA non-commercial Class C driver's license or equivalent.

Other Requirements:

• 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.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this…