Title: Area Construction Engineer, PE

State Role Title: Architect/Engineering Mgr II

Hiring Range: $117,166-$190,394

Pay Band: NV 6

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: NOVA District Office

Agency Website: https://www.virginiadot.org/jobs/default.asp

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

NOVA VDOT District Construction is seeking an experienced Area Construction Engineer to lead and guide construction inspection staff and managers to achieve district contract goals for safety, quality, schedule, and budgeting for construction and maintenance contracts. You will independently perform and oversee contract construction activities, identify methods for improvement and make cost effective recommendations that are in compliance with safety, environmental, federal, and state standards. You will ensure continuous improvement of all aspects of contract construction, in addition to providing direction, leadership, and professional engineering advice to staff, and serve as responsible charge engineer for highway construction functions.

Responsibilities Include but may not be limited to:

Project Scheduling- Manage VDOT resources and partner with contractors to facilitate on-time completion of projects. Ensure adequate staff is in place to accomplish work within schedules and guidelines. Conduct periodic assessments to ensure compliance with established guidelines, procedures, and policies. Complete review based on project findings and provide reports to management. Make detailed recommendations for corrective actions. Ensure Scheduling and Contract Division directives are implemented in accordance with written instructions. Provide monthly and fiscal year-end program accomplishment reports. Review, coordinate and schedule projects and monitor progress throughout construction phase. Work to resolve issues that may delay projects through partnering with all stakeholders.

Program Management- Provide leadership and create an environment of high performance, commitment, partnership and support for the achievement of business goals. Organize work unit and assign workload ensuring effective use of human and fiscal resources. Monitor workload assignments such that projects and tasks are completed in support of VDOT programs. Manage time and adjust priorities of tasks. Provide on-going direction to project manager roles. Establish organizational structure supporting effective project management. Evaluate performance and make adjustments. Optimize resources across projects.

Budgets- Manage budgets to ensure expenditures do not exceed allocations by providing oversight and direction to the development and management of budgets for each functional area.

Project Contract Coordination- Represent VDOT when meeting with outside contractors to include resolving issues of public concern. Work with district and residency staff to communicate all contract issues and work as a team member and leader to resolve problems.

Construction Project Budgets- Manage contract construction budgets for all assigned projects to meet performance goals. Coordinate with FHWA in the preparation and review of work orders, NOIs, and claims to validate necessity of work and level of federal participation. Work jointly with residencies to determine needs for project managers, inspectors, equipment, and supplies for projects. Conduct on-site field visits to ensure all elements of design and construction are within scope of contract and within established standards and specifications. Meet with all involved engineering and construction groups as necessary to gain additional information and to ensure understanding of factors relating to projects. Identify costs and benefits related to recommendation implementation and reports findings to management. Consult with District Contract Administrator and District Business Manager to prepare monthly and fiscal year end reports.

Pre-Advertisement Phase and Project Development- Evaluate project development process to ensure they adequately address constructability and contract lessons learned. Conduct extensive constructability reviews focusing on scheduling. Develop project schedules and establish project timeframes. Participate in scoping meetings, field inspections, concurrent engineering meetings, public hearings, field reviews, and pre-ad conferences to identify details for clarification or to be addressed upon discovery along with lessons learned from ongoing and past projects. Recommend steps to address identified shortcomings. Prepare and submit constructability review reports and checklist. Ensure biddability analysis is performed prior to ad and coordinate with appropriate Scheduling and Contract Division staff on modifications to bid proposal. Review plans and contract special provisions prior to beginning construction work.

Quality Improvement- Manage and facilitate contract and construction quality improvement. Provide leadership in dispute resolution; perform analysis and lead negotiations. Interpret plans, schedule, and contract requirements and provide technical advice to contractors, design and field staff. Ensure reviews of project correspondence are conducted. Conduct meetings with engineering and construction groups to address project issues and maintain consistency. Conduct follow-up reviews with staff and management to support implementation of recommendations. Conduct on-site field visits and document findings to appropriate parties; perform follow-up assessments to evaluate implementation effectiveness. Prepare reports with constructability issues clearly identified with recommendations for resolution.

Strategic Management- Participate with other top departmental senior managers in implementing agency mission, goals and objectives. Engage fully as a member of the district's senior leadership team by working with team members to support and promote achievement of district performance goals. Work on district-wide and special initiatives at DA request. Offer ideas and suggestions to team members supporting process improvements and program efficiencies. Ensure core functions and strategic initiatives are appropriately resourced and linked to the larger VDOT strategic plan.

Communication- Enhance current outreach efforts both internal and external to VDOT. Promote VDOT's mission to the community, business partners, and other stakeholder groups. Respond to inquiries from the public, DOT officials, CTB members, news media, and local, state, and federal agencies concerning district transportation activities, problems, projects, etc. Collaborate and communicate VDOT initiatives to other government entities. Strengthen relationships with legislators, local leaders, and other stakeholders. Maintain communication and outreach efforts with legislators, government and planning agencies, media, citizen groups, and a variety of special interest groups concerning project status, progress, successes and challenges.

Technical Guidance- Demonstrate considerable knowledge of sound engineering practices and project management procedures to address transportation related matters. Apply sound technical guidance to resolve problems and issues. Suggest modifications and changes to current technical policies and directives to improve effectiveness and efficiency. Attend meetings, facilitate actions and communicate. Correspond with appropriate officials in support of VDOT values, goals and objectives.

In addition to a rewarding work experience, VDOT offers excellent health and life insurance benefits, pre-tax spending accounts, state funded Short and Long Term Disability, paid holidays, vacation, tuition assistance, free wellness programs, and a state retirement plan with options for tax-deferred retirement savings including employer matching.

We are a “Virginia Values Veterans” (V3) official certified company and state agency that provides hiring preference to Veterans and Members of the Virginia National Guard in support of Executive Order 29, (2010). If you are a Veteran or Virginia National Guard Member, we urge you to respond accordingly on your state application.

We have Shared Values and a Code of Ethics: Your success in our organization depends upon modeling these values, therefore please access the following link: http://www.virginiadot.org/about/missionandvalues.asp to review them and, if in agreement, we welcome you to apply.

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of engineering design for roadways, structures, drainage and environmental state and federal standards related to highway design and construction.
• Skill in use of computers and software applications to perform tasks which support VDOT operations.
• Valid driver's license.
• Knowledge of quality assurance and control methods.
• Knowledge of transportation construction principles and practices, transportation project management, processes, quality assurance and quality control methods.
• Skill in project scheduling and management.
• Ability to apply knowledge of federal, FHWA, state and local transportation rules, regulations and policies.
• Valid Professional Engineer's license.
• Degree in Construction Engineering or related field.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with diverse audiences and to make presentation and conduct meetings.
• Ability to oversee construction activities for multiple projects of varying complexity.

Additional Considerations

• Extensive experience leading construction engineering staff in resolution of construction issues and in quality improvement for projects of varying complexity.
• Experience in project and program management related to transportation engineering. Progressively responsible managerial experience in transportation engineering.
• Extensive experience conducting constructability reviews focusing on scheduling, assessments, and report recommendations for highways and structures.
• Experience interpreting federal and state guidelines, policies and practices related to Transportation engineering.
• Extensive experience leading engineering staff in resolution of issues for projects of varying complexity. Progressively responsible experience in transportation engineering.
• Extensive experience leading and supervising construction and engineering staff.
• Certification as Certified Construction Manager (CCM).
• Progressively responsible experience in management and administration of diversified transportation engineering or construction program.
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Fingerprint based background check, references, work history, Professional Engineer License and DMV records check will be conducted.

A valid Professional Engineer License in Virginia or eligible for transfer to Virginia.

All employees are required to work in emergency situations, to include weekends, holidays, and after normal business hours; assignments may vary based on business needs.

Possession of safety footwear in accordance with VDOT footwear policy required upon employment.

Contact Information

Name: Danielle Rayner

Phone: 703-259-2378

Email: danielle.rayner@vdot.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.