Director of Asset Management

State of Maine • Augusta, GA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position directs and manages the operations of the Asset Management Office and serves a key role in identifying the best management strategies to maintain and improve Maine’s highway and bridge infrastructure given available resources. This position reports to the Chief Engineer in MaineDOT’s executive office and oversees the Highway and Bridge Asset Management groups to ensure successful operations, quality control, and consistent and timely delivery of office outputs, staff supervision (5 currently). This position serves on the Commissioner’s Work Plan Development Group and has a significant role in Work Plan Management process. This position is primarily responsible for transportation asset management, federal transportation performance measures and reporting, and determining the needs, investment levels, performance, and reporting on the state of our transportation network. In addition, this position works with their teams to develop and evaluate investment strategies and program portfolios; administers resource allocations; communicate technical/performance information; and provide executive-level policy and legislative recommendations.

Requirements

• Registration as a Professional Engineer
• Four (4) years of work experience in civil engineering at the professional level (beyond such licensure)
• Two (2) years of which must be performing complex engineering functions related to the planning, project development, and/or maintenance of public works structures and facilities.
• System level thinking and analytical proficiency in transportation asset management principles, lifecycle planning, deterioration modeling, and investment needs; asset investment, and program optimization methodologies; federal transportation performance measures; and data governance, information systems, and infrastructure data management.

Responsibilities

• Directs and manages the operations of the Asset Management Office.
• Identifies the best management strategies to maintain and improve Maine’s highway and bridge infrastructure given available resources.
• Oversees the Highway and Bridge Asset Management groups to ensure successful operations, quality control, and consistent and timely delivery of office outputs.
• Supervises staff (5 currently).
• Serves on the Commissioner’s Work Plan Development Group and has a significant role in Work Plan Management process.
• Is primarily responsible for transportation asset management, federal transportation performance measures and reporting, and determining the needs, investment levels, performance, and reporting on the state of our transportation network.
• Works with teams to develop and evaluate investment strategies and program portfolios.
• Administers resource allocations.
• Communicates technical/performance information.
• Provides executive-level policy and legislative recommendations.

Benefits

• 13 paid holidays
• 3+ weeks of vacation leave annually
• 12 days of sick leave annually
• Health Insurance Coverage (State pays 85%-95% of employee-only premiums)
• Health Insurance Premium Credit (Participation decreases employee-only premiums by up to 5%)
• Dental Insurance (State pays 100% of employee-only dental premiums)
• Retirement Plan (State contributes the equivalent of 18.86% of the employee's pay towards the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS))

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed