Highway Maintenance Supervisor 1 (Tonopah)

State of Nevada•Tonopah, NV

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Nevada Department of Transportation is hiring for a Highway Maintenance Supervisor 1 located within District 1, Tonopah, on Crew 171. Incumbents function as first-line supervisors who train, supervise, and evaluate the performance of assigned staff; assign and review work; and initiate disciplinary action. Incumbents manage maintenance crews responsible for conducting summer betterment projects and winter incident management, road maintenance, preservation, flood control and cleanup, snow removal, and winter anti-icing/de-icing as policy requires; plan, coordinate, monitor, and inspect routine maintenance activities and major betterment projects; coordinate equipment, material, and resource needs; monitor work progress and productivity of maintenance crews including preparing, reviewing, and evaluating reports to track productivity, costs, resources, and equipment usage. The incumbent will also work with department staff to identify upcoming betterment needs; participate in betterment reviews; and assist in preparing budget estimates and project planning charts for upcoming maintenance seasons. This position will assist district leadership with personnel issues and provide training, support, and guidance in employee evaluations and disciplinary actions. The incumbent will also assist maintenance personnel by responding to emergency situations from traffic control for all incidents, both natural and manmade, to removing debris in the travel lanes, or similar unplanned events that require an immediate response to protect the public. When these events occur, maintenance personnel are called out 24 hours a day in order to promptly alleviate, or at least warn the driving public of, the condition.

Requirements

Graduation from high school or equivalent education and one year of experience as lead worker of a highway maintenance crew which included assigning and overseeing the work of lower level personnel, providing input on performance evaluations and assisting the supervisor in laying out a variety of roadway or specialty maintenance work; OR graduation from high school or equivalent education and two years of experience as a Highway Maintenance Worker III in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.
Possession of a valid Nevada Class A or B Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with appropriate endorsements as required by the employing agency.
Detailed knowledge of materials, methods and equipment used in highway maintenance and construction; stockpiles and stockpile reports.
Working knowledge of purchasing requirements and contracting limitations; a wide variety of manuals, policies, rules and regulations; road and weather information for effective winter roadway maintenance operations; incident command system protocol; emergency operation center responsibilities.
Ability to effectively monitor a vegetation management contract and an invasive species control program.
Ability to plan, schedule, prioritize and participate in both routine and complex highway maintenance activities.
Ability to supervise a crew of skilled and semi-skilled workers including performance evaluations, writing employee development reports, and initiating disciplinary actions.
Ability to document work activities, equipment and material use, status of stockpiles and inventories, project summaries and existing highway deficiencies.
Ability to effectively communicate with subordinate personnel, supervisors, law enforcement officers, and a variety of regulatory agencies.
Ability to read and interpret blueprints, schematic drawings, material safety data sheets, standard plans, and proposed construction and encroachment projects.
Ability to inspect projects for compliance with plans and specifications.
Ability to calculate application ratios, stockpile and material needs and usage.
Ability to measure distance, area and volume.
Ability to schedule equipment maintenance and repairs.
Ability to estimate quantities of materials for projects.
Ability to develop project scopes, methods of construction and costs for district input into the annual work program.
Ability to resolve worksite conflict in a competent and professional manner.
Ability to stay abreast of new regulations.

Responsibilities

Train, supervise, and evaluate the performance of assigned staff.
Assign and review work.
Initiate disciplinary action.
Manage maintenance crews responsible for conducting summer betterment projects and winter incident management, road maintenance, preservation, flood control and cleanup, snow removal, and winter anti-icing/de-icing.
Plan, coordinate, monitor, and inspect routine maintenance activities and major betterment projects.
Coordinate equipment, material, and resource needs.
Monitor work progress and productivity of maintenance crews.
Prepare, review, and evaluate reports to track productivity, costs, resources, and equipment usage.
Work with department staff to identify upcoming betterment needs.
Participate in betterment reviews.
Assist in preparing budget estimates and project planning charts for upcoming maintenance seasons.
Assist district leadership with personnel issues.
Provide training, support, and guidance in employee evaluations and disciplinary actions.
Assist maintenance personnel by responding to emergency situations from traffic control for all incidents, both natural and manmade, to removing debris in the travel lanes, or similar unplanned events that require an immediate response to protect the public.
Plan and schedule work.
Purchase materials.
Schedule equipment for both routine highway maintenance activities and district betterment program.
Operate equipment as necessary to ensure that scheduled work is completed.
Identify roadway deficiencies in assigned area.
Estimate materials and production time and provide project justification.
Determine personnel, maintenance and equipment needs and assign tasks to subordinate personnel.
Identify abnormal conditions in the roadway or right-of-way and take action to either adequately warn the public or correct the condition.
Review engineering blueprints, schematics and standard plans and reference federal, State, local, and departmental procedures and regulations affecting highway maintenance.
Oversee the work of a specialty crew engaged in maintaining highway/freeway lighting and both ground mounted and overhead signs; pavement striping and marking; and highway landscaped areas.
Establish work performance standards.
Prepare and submit required reports to track productivity, unit costs, stockpile and equipment usage, training, vehicle accident and property damage, projected work schedules, and project summaries.
Apply cost accounting codes as prescribed in the Maintenance Management System Manual regarding work activities, work locations, and materials and equipment usage.
Mix salt and sand stockpiles.
Operate loaders to load salt and sand into trucks.
Apply anti-icing chemicals.
Remove snow with medium and heavy dump trucks with snowplows, spreaders and pre-wetting equipment.
Operate motor graders.
Construct and maintain brine-making facilities.
Maintain radio contact with a base station, maintenance personnel and law enforcement agencies during storms or emergencies.
Respond to emergencies outside of normal working hours as required.
Act as incident commander at the scene as first responder until proper authority arrives according to the Incident Command System protocol.
Prepare work program recommendations for review by the supervisor.
Review and monitor established work programs and proposed encroachments by various agencies.
Access and use information provided by the Intelligent Transportation System including the Road Weather Information System and meteorological data to determine optimal time for various maintenance activities and the District Operations Center.
Maintain the hazardous materials information binder.
Record new employee training and update material safety data sheets (MSDS).
Conduct safety meetings to promote safe working conditions and enforce safety procedures.
Contact public and private entities for required permits and authorizations.
Monitor work permits issued by the Right-of-Way Division to utility companies’ contractors and disallow work if not properly permitted.
Oversee contractors’ work such as micro-resurfacing, slurry seals, and janitorial services.
Respond to customer service work orders.
Review potential projects scope through preliminary design study as requested.
Review design plans at 30%, 60%, and 90% completion for maintenance issues.
Participate in preconstruction meetings to address possible deficiencies in design and construction.
Review completed projects to ensure compliance with contract and quality of work.
Perform related duties as assigned.