Salary: $59,956.66 – $95,930.65 Annually
Location : Spotsylvania, VA
Job Type: Regular Full-Time (Exempt)
Job Number: 02178
Department: Transportation Planning
Opening Date: 09/12/2023
Closing Date: Continuous
General Statement of Job
Under general direction, administers and coordinates construction projects or transportation projects and contracts and/or transportation planning/engineering studies. Work may involve coordinating activities with VDOT and other State/Federal agencies ensuring that all work satisfies State and Federal requirements depending on the assigned department, reviewing project designs, monitoring and inspecting construction work, and representing the department on design issues. Employee is responsible for providing customer service to residents impacted by construction activities.
Special Duties & Responsibilities
Department of Transportation:
- Provides project management services during the development, planning, and construction of new facilities, renovations, and improvements of facilities, and civil/site construction projects and inspects completed projects.
- Monitors and inspects construction activities, materials, and workmanship to ensure scope, schedule, budget, and priority. Identifies any variances and takes corrective action.
- Prepares and/or assists in the preparation of technical specifications and contract documents for bidding and award of construction contracts.
- Coordinates the work of consulting engineers and consultants.
- Coordinates County transportation projects and studies with the Virginia Department of Transportation.
- Represents County transportation at the Virginia Department of Transportation and other State meetings potentially impacting County transportation projects and studies.
- Provides customer service to residents impacted by construction; responds to questions and requests for information/assistance; researches problems and initiates problem resolution.
- Prepares or completes status reports, contract documents, contract change orders, engineering services amendments, or other documents.
- Maintains a comprehensive and current knowledge of applicable laws/regulations; maintains an awareness of new trends and advances in the profession; maintains professional affiliations.
- Assist in the transportation review of development cases such as Public Hearing cases and Site plans, as needed.
- Assist in the inspection of transportation facilities and structures associated with residential and commercial construction projects, as needed.
- Assist with representing County transportation at County meetings and with outside Stakeholders, as needed.
- Assist with Federal/State/Regional grant funding programs to obtain funding for County transportation projects.
- Provides technical assistance and expertise to county staff as needed.
- Performs other related duties as required.
Minimum Training & Experience
Bachelor’s Degree with coursework emphasis in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Transportation Engineering, Transportation Planning, or a related field and four (4) years of relevant experience in construction management, engineering, project inspection, transportation engineering, transportation planning, or contract administration preferred; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities.
Must possess or be able to obtain within eight (8) months from the start of employment, a VDOT Locally Administered Project (LAP) Qualification Program Certification for work in the Department of Transportation.
Must possess and maintain a valid Commonwealth of Virginia driver’s license.
Special Requirements
- Knowledge of the County’s transportation facilities and transportation plans, depending on the department.
- Knowledge of transportation maintenance work, depending on the department.
- Knowledge of the occupational hazards involved and proper safety precautions necessary for the proper operation of varied construction and maintenance equipment.
- Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
- Ability to perform physical labor for extended periods of time, possibly under arduous conditions.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
- Ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data using established criteria. Includes exercising discretion in determining actual or probable consequences and in referencing such evaluation to identify and select alternatives.
- Ability to apply principles of persuasion and/or influence over others in coordinating activities of a project, program, or designated area of responsibility. Ability to perform in a supervisory capacity over subordinate supervisors.
- Ability to read a variety of informational, engineering, and technical documentation, directions, instructions, and methods and procedures.
- Ability to write reports with proper format, punctuation, spelling, and grammar, using all parts of speech.
- Ability to speak with and before others with poise, voice control, and confidence using correct English and a well-modulated voice.
- Ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership, and to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to resolve problems.
- Ability to utilize consulting and advisory data and information, as well as reference, descriptive, and/or design data and information as applicable.
- Ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include the ability to perform mathematical operations with fractions; may include the ability to compute discount, interest, profit and loss, ratio and proportion; may include the ability to calculate surface areas, volumes, weights, and measures.
- Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under minimal stress when confronted with an emergency.
- Ability to communicate respectfully and professionally.
The following programs offered by Spotsylvania County provide our employees with benefits that promote employee health, well-being and financial stability, now and in the future. The County’s variety of comprehensive and competitive benefit programs* include:
Health Insurance with Dental & Vision
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Health Insurance Plans
Life Insurance
Opt-Out Program
Paid Holidays
Paid Leave
Sick Leave Bank
Supplemental Insurance Plans
Tuition Assistance Program
Retirement Plan
Required Notices
Deferred Compensation – 457 Plans
*Some benefits are exclusive to full-time employees. To learn more, please contact the Department of Human Resources.