19824 - Engineering Program Manager Structure and Bridge

About the role

Provide leadership, direction, and technical engineering guidance to related program areas.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight of the program area within the Division and Districts to ensure compliance with VDOT, state, and federal policies, practices, guidelines and specifications.
• Review central office and district plans for compliance with established practices and procedures.
• Provide review and make recommendations on new and innovative procedures, specifications and products.
• Provide a written summary of findings and recommendations for division management.
• Establish objectives and priorities for the team in support of overall goals, communicate objectives and priorities to employees, and update objectives as needs change.
• Establish priorities for the program’s objectives to enhance achievement of division and VDOT goals.
• Modify objectives to reflect changes.
• Apply sound engineering practices and methods to satisfy customers, reduce complaints and resolve concerns.
• Provide leadership in technical areas of engineering.
• Proactively address issues that are identified within program area and raise appropriate issues to Division Management ensuring compliance with VDOT policies and procedures.
• Assign and review work of subordinate team members to facilitate office objectives.
• Adjust work assignments and manpower as needed.
• Monitor staff schedules to ensure adequate assistance is available during peak work hours.
• Guide and follow-up on assignments and projects to ensure completion.
• Outline and communicate purpose of assignments to team members.
• Ensure that schedules and budgets are met.
• Ensure that appropriate liaison and technical support is provided to PPTA and DB projects.
• Allocate work to team and ensure that area personnel are meeting goals and expectations.
• Evaluate program and institute changes and procedures as required.
• Provide technical guidance to field offices and monitor adherence to approved standards and practices through field coordination, visitation and consultation.
• Ensure quality control reviews are completed and recommendations for program performance and improvement are implemented.
• Proactively manage human and fiscal resources by recognizing future needs and taking appropriate actions to address those needs.
• Organize program area’s assignments to best utilize available resources.
• Ensure production schedules and budgets continuously reflect current information.
• Serve as responsible charge engineer for designated program area.
• Develop and update policies, procedures and guidelines for statewide implementation and administration.
• Communicate changes in policies and procedures to staff and ensure consistent application statewide.
• Develop short and long-range statewide strategic plans to ensure VDOT programs align with VDOT’s vision, mission and goals.
• Coordinate the flow of information both orally and in writing to and from others that contributes to project development.
• Organize and prioritize work effectively, keep multiple projects on schedule within section.
• Meet expectations and requirements of internal and external customers.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with customers.
• Serve as a technical expert in providing assistance in assigned areas of transportation engineering.
• Provide research to solve problems and questions.
• Provide instruction and guidance with policies and procedures.
• Prepare new VDOT guidelines or memos to address changes or modifications.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with diverse audiences and to make presentations and prepare reports.
• Ability to conduct the administrative and technical operations of the assigned engineering program area.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships at all organizational levels with internal and external customers.
• Ability to interpret, apply, and provide guidance on policy and procedures related to program areas.
• Ability to manage an engineering program, manage multiple work teams of professional engineering and technical staff, and oversee complex engineering projects.
• Ability to manage multiple and complex statewide programs and projects.
• Ability to plan and schedule work effectively.
• Ability to supervise, coach, train and develop staff.
• Considerable knowledge of FHWA design practices and standards.
• Demonstrated leadership and consultation skills working with all levels of management, stakeholders, and contractors.
• Knowledge of engineering practices and design in a specialty area such as safety, maintenance, or structural engineering.
• Knowledge of supervisory principles and practices to include hiring, discipline, performance management, and employee development.
• Skill in analyzing and prioritizing tasks and assignments to appropriately manage resources and responsibilities.
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications including engineering software and Microsoft Office Suite.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering or related field.
• Experience applying engineering practices and design in a specialty area such as safety, maintenance, or structural engineering.
• Experience applying supervisory principles and practices to include hiring, discipline, performance management, and employee development.
• Experience at the managerial level in leadership of professional engineering staff, productivity and performance management, and oversight of project delivery.
• Experience in leadership principles and administrative practices.
• Experience managing an engineering program and multiple work teams of professional engineering and technical staff, as well as overseeing complex engineering projects.
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications including engineering software and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Valid Professional Engineer’s license.

Additional Considerations

• Experience at the managerial level in leadership of professional engineering staff, productivity and performance management, oversight of project delivery, and design and analysis of bridges and other structures.
• Experience in the design and analysis of bridges and other structures.