Title: Contract Admin Supv Interstate

State Role Title: Engineering Technician IV

Hiring Range: $73,698 - $119,759

Pay Band: 5

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Interstate Management Office

Agency Website: www.virginiadot.org/jobs

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Hampton Roads District is seeking an Contract Administrator Supervisor Interstate at the Interstate Management Office. As the Contract Administrator Supervisor you will provide daily oversight over contractor performing maintenance activities on interstates and major primaries to include all facilities and assets. Monitor work to ensure compliance with specified contract requirements. Provide residency, district, and Central Office with reports on contractor compliance and planned work activities. Provide daily management of assigned contract monitors.

This is a supervisory level position responsible for: program direction, planning, monitoring and evaluation; fiscal stewardship, and human resource management of staff. Communicates organizational mission, values and goals. Keeps employees and other managers informed. Develops and establishes review and control systems to assist in achieving goals and results.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to resolve issues, negotiate resolutions and work independently while managing
multiple projects with milestones that must be met.
• Valid driver's license.
• Skill in operating computers, software systems to include MS Office and automated financial systems.
• Knowledge of highway maintenance, construction equipment, materials, methods, as well as OSHA and environmental regulations and laws.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with contractors, local officials and VDOT staff, lead and facilitate meetings and discussions, and give presentations to diverse groups.
• Experience supervising staff, programs and evaluating the work of others to include contractual performance assessments.
• Experience in contract development, administration, general knowledge of procurement laws and regulations.
• Knowledge of Incident Command structure and ability to represent VDOT at incidents in a command or support role.
• Experience updating, maintaining a variety of records, as well as analyzing and compiling information into reports and presentations.

Additional Considerations

• Knowledge of VDOT's Road and Bridge Standards and Specifications.
• Experience developing contract specifications and engineering estimates.
• A combination of training, experience, or education in Civil Engineering or related field desired.
• Experience developing and monitoring budgets, as well as planning, monitoring and evaluating maintenance activities

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 checks, references, work history, and DMV records will be verified prior to employment.

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is an Equal Opportunity Employer by both policy and practice. For more information about our employment practices, please visit http://www.virginiadot.org/jobs/information_for_employees.asp

Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. H1B VISA Sponsorship is not available.

DHRM has also published a companion guidance document for the Alternative Hiring Process for persons with disabilities which can be found at alternative-hiring-process-guidance.pdf (virginia.gov).

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 p.m. on the closing date through the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Job Board/Recruitment Management System (RMS).

Multiple positions may be filled from this recruitment.

The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information provided in the application and optional resume; therefore, those who fully represent their qualifications and work history will be more successful with obtaining an interview. Submitting an incomplete application and/or resume lacking job history and relevant experience detail may impact interview eligibility. State applications submitted via email, postal mail, fax, or in person will not be considered.

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.

Contact Information

Name: Wesley Jones

Phone: 757-956-3289

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.