Title: Superintendent Maintenance - Toms Brook AHQ

State Role Title: Transportation Operations Manager II

Hiring Range: $59,830 - $97,223

Pay Band: 4

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Toms Brook Area Headquarters

Agency Website: www.vdot.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Are you a motivated maintenance professional driven by community safety and leading great people?  VDOT's Maintenance Superintendent is the job for you!

Job Duties

VDOT's Staunton District Toms Brook Area Headquarters (AHQ) is seeking a highly motivated Maintenance Superintendent to manage the full scope of work activities related to assigned maintenance programs and operations to include overseeing the planning, development and delivery of the AHQ maintenance program and personnel in compliance with established policy, schedules and budgets.  Specifically, you will:
• Monitor maintenance and hired equipment contracts for compliance with required specifications.                                                        • Inspect roads in assigned area of responsibility for maintenance needs, make recommendations and develop schedules.
• Assist with review of plant mix, slurry and surface treatment schedules to ensure accurate material quantities are included in contracts.
• Recommend budget needs for fiscal year maintenance program.                                                                                                          • Direct the reporting of maintenance and state force construction work and the preparation of cost documents for labor, equipment, materials and progress
• Maintain an overstock rate as required.                                                                                                                                              • Maintain sufficient stock levels to ensure long-line, hand message is not interrupted.
• Provide guidance and supervision to Area Headquarters emergency maintenance operations by ensuring the implementation of emergency plans to include incident management, snow removal and hurricane preparedness.
• Manage the Area Headquarters safety program to ensure compliance with workplace safety techniques and guidelines.
• Receive, investigate and respond to customer concerns through a variety of means (individual face-to-face meetings, in writing, etc.).

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid driver's license.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and plan work within a budget develop cost estimates and manage inventory.
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications.
• Ability to interpret and apply policies and procedures.
• Skill in reading road and bridge sketches.
• Experience supervising staff.
• Ability to schedule, plan and monitor work activities.
• Considerable experience with highway construction and maintenance equipment, materials and work methods, practices and procedures.
• Ability to gather data, maintain accurate and up to date records, conduct research, and create reports and correspondence for personnel, equipment and materials.

Additional Considerations

• Experience leading emergency operations activities.
• Experience in maintenance and construction of roads. Supervisory experience.
• DEQ Erosion and Sediment Control certification
• A combination of training, experience, or education in Business Administration, Transportation Operations or related field desired.
• Experience managing performance and applying progressive discipline.
• Experience planning, developing and managing a budget and monitoring inventory.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

This recruitment can be used to fill additional vacancies within 90 days of the posting close date.

We are a “Virginia Values Veterans” (V3) official certified company and state agency that provides hiring preference to Veterans and Members of the Virginia National Guard in support of Executive Order 29, (2010). If you are a Veteran or Virginia National Guard Member, we urge you to respond accordingly on your state application.

VDOT utilizes a market-based pay program, which has been approved by DHRM. Therefore, advertised rates of pay may or may not align with the Commonwealth pay bands.

VDOT is an emergency response agency, therefore you will work outside of normal work hours during emergency operations when services are needed.

In addition to a rewarding work experience, VDOT offers excellent health and life insurance benefits, pre-tax spending accounts, state funded Short- and Long-Term Disability, paid holidays, vacation, tuition assistance, free wellness programs, and a state retirement plan with options for tax-deferred retirement savings including employer matching.

Contact Information

Name: Ciara Diehl

Phone: (540) 292-4079

Email: Ciara.Diehl@VDOT.Virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.