Transportation Supervisor I - Mecklenburg

State of North Carolina•6820 Rozzelles Ferry Rd Mecklenburg, NC

3d•$52,592 - $92,036•Onsite

About The Position

This position is a roadway maintenance crew supervisor responsible for overseeing a team that maintains and repairs state-maintained roads in Mecklenburg County. The job involves directing daily maintenance activities such as pavement patching, drainage and shoulder repair, vegetation control, and upkeep of both paved and unpaved roads. The supervisor ensures safe work practices around traffic, heavy equipment, and power tools, interprets work plans, allocates labor and materials, documents daily operations, and responds to emergencies including snow, ice, and storm events. The position requires working in all weather conditions, on uneven terrain, and nights or weekends as needed. It also includes interacting with the public, maintaining required certifications, and occasionally performing heavy lifting. Work includes reading and interpreting plans, determining personnel, equipment and material needs to complete assigned maintenance tasks within a given budget. Employee is responsible for making appropriate adjustments to plans to meet field conditions, planning, monitoring and ensuring safety standards are adhered to, daily documentation of personnel, material and equipment usage, responding to public inquiries, and attending trainings. Safety toe shoes are required. The selected candidate must be able to legally operate CDL required equipment/trucks with both manual and automatic transmissions at the time of hire or within 360 days of hire date. Either possession of a current Class A Commercial Driver's License with N endorsement on the date of hire, OR the North Carolina Commercial Driver's License must be obtained through completion of an on-the-job training and all requirements mandated by Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (Federal Registry 49 CFR 383) within 360 days of the date of hire. Pre-employment drug testing required. As a condition of employment, a release form (ALCDRG-01) and a background statement (ALCDRG-06) must be completed and signed allowing the NCDOT to check with previous employers for the past three years about controlled substances and alcohol testing. Offer of employment will be contingent upon successful completion of NCDOT post offer employment evaluation.

Requirements

High school or General Educational Development diploma and six years of directly related experience; or an equivalent combination of training and directly related experience.
Experience must be related to functional area of the work that the position will supervise.
Ability to legally operate CDL required equipment/trucks with both manual and automatic transmissions at the time of hire or within 360 days of hire date.
Possession of a current Class A Commercial Driver's License with N endorsement on the date of hire, OR obtain the North Carolina Commercial Driver's License through completion of on-the-job training and all requirements mandated by Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (Federal Registry 49 CFR 383) within 360 days of the date of hire.
Ability to work in all weather conditions, on uneven terrain, and nights or weekends as needed.
Ability to perform heavy lifting.

Nice To Haves

Experience in road maintenance and repair, as well as maintenance equipment operation
Experience in record keeping, such as tracking employee and equipment time and recording quantities of materials used
Experience in Work Zone Safety and NCDOT Workplace Safety Policy and Practices
Experience in planning work and supervising a work crew
Experience in NCDOT snow and ice operations

Responsibilities

Directing daily maintenance activities such as pavement patching, drainage and shoulder repair, vegetation control, and upkeep of both paved and unpaved roads.
Ensuring safe work practices around traffic, heavy equipment, and power tools.
Interpreting work plans and allocating labor and materials.
Documenting daily operations.
Responding to emergencies including snow, ice, and storm events.
Interacting with the public.
Maintaining required certifications.
Occasionally performing heavy lifting.
Reading and interpreting plans.
Determining personnel, equipment and material needs to complete assigned maintenance tasks within a given budget.
Making appropriate adjustments to plans to meet field conditions.
Planning, monitoring and ensuring safety standards are adhered to.
Daily documentation of personnel, material and equipment usage.
Responding to public inquiries.
Attending trainings.