04453 - Engineer Senior Supervisor Construction

VDOT Careers Site•Mechanicsville, VA

About The Position

Oversee the transportation program and projects in the design and implementation phases with an emphasis on providing quality in the completed project, within constraints imposed by schedule and budget. Develop and monitor contract performance time limits, using CPM schedule for complex projects to achieve organizational objectives through defining and overseeing projects and resources. Complete projects ensuring measures of safety, quality control, biddability, constructability reviews and other project components are executed. Provide reports and confer with VDOT's senior management and key stakeholders. Supervise and train professional engineering and technical staff. Plan, develop, coordinate and monitor activities of engineers responsible for the technical review, analyses and approval of engineering activities. Lead projects across functional areas of the department. Provide project management and leadership to include planning, supervising, organizing, monitoring and directing work activities of staff and resources. Coordinate activities with management, stakeholders, customers, and key individuals throughout VDOT. Communicate with internal VDOT staff, local government staff, consultants, citizens and FHWA regarding transportation projects and programs.

Requirements

Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with diverse audiences to include making presentations.
Ability to supervise staff, programs and budgets.
Degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
Experience applying advanced engineering planning principles and practices to a variety of complex transportation projects.
Experience applying engineering construction principles and practices, quality assurance and control methods, civil engineering, and regulatory and legal constraints.
Experience applying principles and practices of transportation and project management, project design and construction.
Experience conducting constructability reviews for a wide range of projects.
Experience with the transportation project development process.
Skill in the use of computers and software applications to include engineering and project management software.
Valid Professional Engineer's license.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams comprised of engineers, technicians and business analysts.
Extensive experience managing a wide range of projects of varying complexity in the transportation engineering and construction industry.
Management level experience, work experience on highway civil engineering, report writing, evaluation, research and training. Professional engineering experience, including supervising professional staff.
PMP certification.

Responsibilities

Communications: Respond to technical inquiries from employees, the public, local government agencies, stakeholders and other special interest groups. Establish and maintain timely communications and close working relations with project team members to ensure vital technical project information is disseminated.
Facilitate Section Improvement: Suggest and lead the implementation of improvement opportunities for the section. Develop implementation strategies that result in improved quality in the outcomes for customer satisfaction and efficiency.
Leadership and Program Support: Provide leadership and direction to assigned engineering team. Provide technical support and assistance to VDOT staff in other divisions or districts on projects as needed to meet goals. Prepare and review technical reports. Act as team and technical lead for projects and proposals. Provides technical leadership to engineers and technical staff. Provides recommendations on various technical aspects of assigned engineering program.
Manage assigned projects: Ensure programmed schedule and budgetary objectives are met through project management processes of initiating, planning, controlling, executing, and closing throughout design and construction. Develop and maintain up-to-date project work plans and schedules. Determine cause or problems in schedule delays, recommend solutions and follow-up on implementation.
Manage communication and coordination: Ensure communications between project team members and stakeholders occur timely. Ensure information is effectively disseminated. Review and resolve construction and project implementation challenges. Schedule and coordinate project team meetings and milestone reviews. Report overall project progress to stakeholders. Respond to project inquiries from public, legislature, governmental agencies, media, citizens groups and special interest groups.
Manage overall program and project scope: Oversee project scope development to include establishing a baseline for schedule and budget. Manage project scoping modifications impacting project completion and recommendations. Document scope changes and modifications and coordinate through management, programming and funding divisions.
Management Reporting: Prepare frequent management reports documenting staff task assignments, project status and unresolved issues requiring management direction and decision.
Oversee resources to meet programmed schedule and budgetary objectives: Ensure adequate staffing and CEI budgeting needs for assigned project. Assemble project teams to ensure project goals are met. Provide technical leadership for project issues.
Responsible Charge Engineer: Fulfill duties as responsible charge engineer in compliance with policies, procedures and the Code of Virginia.
Team Leadership: Supervise team of engineers and technicians. Assign projects and tasks, monitor work progress and provide guidance. Promote training and development opportunities.