Assistant Director, Capital Delivery, Asset Management, Roadside Tolling

About the role

The Assistant Director, Toll Bridge Program Manager will lead a team responsible for managing the health and performance of infrastructure under the responsibility of the Bay Area Toll Authority. This infrastructure includes the seven state-owned toll bridges and roadway assets.

Responsibilities

• Develop a roadmap for toll bridge and related roadway infrastructure asset management and lifecycle planning.
• Develop and update the toll bridge asset management plan in alignment with direction provided by BATA.
• Develop strategies to understand and manage risks to bridges and associated infrastructure.
• Develop policies and procedures for interagency coordination with Caltrans to ensure bridge and infrastructure health.
• Ensure internal and Caltrans bridge and capital and operating budgets align with agency objectives and targets.
• Implement data strategies and appropriate analytical tools to manage and utilize data to support toll bridge program and capital projects.
• Execute required cooperative, project, maintenance agreements with Caltrans and other jurisdictions.
• Ensure high quality work and the delivery of assigned projects, including capital projects, are on schedule within resource constraints.
• Ensure maintenance levels are upkept.
• Ensure that staff assignments are resourced correctly to deliver projects and ensure operational success.
• Identify gaps in resources.
• Supervise and mentor staff.
• Provide leadership and clear directions to assigned staff, instruct staff about work procedures, review and evaluate work performance.
• Foster a collaborative and innovative team environment that encourages professional development and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of principles and practices of transportation operations, planning and engineering, managed lanes, tolling, systems engineering and asset management.
• Knowledge of principles and practices of policy, funding and program development, project management, implementation, and administration.
• Knowledge of policies, procedures, rules, and regulations governing transportation planning and toll operations.
• Skills and abilities to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing, interpret and apply applicable Federal, State, and local policies, laws, and regulations, manage programs and projects, develop workplans, complex budgeting, and expenses, build consensus among diverse stakeholders, lead staff to facilitate inter-agency and intra-agency coordination, manage employee performance, guide complicated procurements and vendor selection processes, and manage vendor and consultant relationships.
• A minimum of three years of increasingly responsible experience in an appropriate field related to the area of assignment, or a combination of education and experience that has provided the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• A Master's degree in an appropriate field related to the area of assignment, such as transportation planning, project management, public finance, transportation engineering, economics, business or public administration, or a Bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline and four years of relevant experience.
• Five years of increasingly responsible professional experience administering programs in a field related to assignment area, or additional years of experience in transportation project delivery, tolls/transportation operations, asset management, structural engineering, and/or project management is highly desirable.
• A license as a professional engineer in the State of California is desirable.