Title: Maintenance Superintendent - Toms Brook AHQ

State Role Title: Transport Opertns Manager II

Hiring Range: $59,830 - $97,223

Pay Band: 4

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Toms Brook Area Headquarters

Agency Website: https://www.vdot.virginia.gov/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Are you a highly qualified maintenance professional driven by teamwork and public safety?  VDOT's Maintenance Superintendent is the job for you! 

Job Duties

VDOT's Staunton District Toms Brook Area Headquarters (AHQ) is seeking a highly qualified Maintenance Superintendent to plan, develop, deliver and operate all aspects of the Area Headquarters maintenance program in compliance with established schedules and budgets.  Specifically, you will:

• Monitor maintenance and hired equipment contracts for compliance with required specifications. Inspect roads in assigned area of responsibility for maintenance needs, make recommendations and develop schedules.
• Assist with review of plant mix, slurry and surface treatment schedules to ensure accurate material quantities are included in contracts.
• Recommend budget needs for fiscal year maintenance program. Direct the reporting of maintenance and state force construction work and the preparation of cost documents for labor, equipment, materials and progress
• Maintain an overstock rate as required. Maintain sufficient stock levels to ensure long-line, hand message is not interrupted.
• Provide guidance and supervision to Area Headquarters emergency maintenance operations by ensuring the implementation of emergency plans to include incident management, snow removal and hurricane preparedness.
• Manage the Area Headquarters safety program to ensure compliance with workplace safety techniques and guidelines.
• Receive, investigate and respond to customer concerns through a variety of means (individual face-to-face meetings, in writing, etc.).

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid driver's license.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and plan work within a budget develop cost estimates and manage inventory.
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications.
• Ability to interpret and apply policies and procedures.
• Skill in reading road and bridge sketches.
• Experience supervising staff.
• Ability to schedule, plan and monitor work activities.
• Considerable experience with highway construction and maintenance equipment, materials and work methods, practices and procedures.
• Ability to gather data, maintain accurate and up to date records, conduct research, and create reports and correspondence for personnel, equipment and materials.

Additional Considerations

• Experience leading emergency operations activities.
• Experience in maintenance and construction of roads. Supervisory experience.
• DEQ Erosion and Sediment Control certification
• A combination of training, experience, or education in Business Administration, Transportation Operations or related field desired.
• Experience managing performance and applying progressive discipline.
• Experience planning, developing and managing a budget and monitoring inventory.

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.

As defined by VDOT Department Memorandum (DM) Number: 17-1 – Emergency Operations and Traffic Management, VDOT is an emergency operation agency. As such, this job is essential to emergency response operations and expected to work in these situations. Report to work when called. Maintain communications with supervisor. Keep abreast of weather forecasts for duty readiness in reporting. Be prepared to operate appropriate equipment in all kinds of weather.

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. VDOT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information, please visit “Information for VDOT Employees and Applicants” at: http://www.virginiadot.org/jobs/information_for_employees.asp

We have Shared Values and a Code of Ethics which may be viewed at www.Virginiadot.org/about. Your success in our organization depends upon modelling these values, therefore please to review them and, if in agreement, we welcome you to apply.

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.

Multiple positions may be filled from this posting.

VDOT utilizes a market-based pay program, which has been approved by DHRM. Therefore, advertised rates of pay may or may not align with the Commonwealth pay bands.
State applications will only be accepted as submitted online by 11:55 pm on the closing date through the PageUp System. State applications submitted via email, postal mail, fax, or in person will not be considered. Applicants are expected to fully represent qualifications and work history on the State application and or resume. The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information provided on the application, therefore, it is essential to fully complete each section of the application and provide detailed information. Submitting an incomplete state application, or a state application lacking in detail, may impact your interview eligibility.

Contact Information

Name: Ciara Diehl

Phone: (540)292-4079

Email: [email protected]

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.