What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Transportation position at Chastain & Associates LLC?
About Us
Chastain specializes in building and enhancing infrastructure, offering comprehensive services ranging from the design and construction inspection of transportation highways, roadways, and bridges to the engineering of civil site developments. Our mission is to unite communities by creating sustainable, innovative, and well-crafted environments where people can live, work, and play. Through our commitment to excellence, we contribute to the seamless integration of infrastructure that serves the functional needs of communities and fosters connectivity and quality of life. We offer competitive salaries and benefits according to individual education and work experience. We promote work-life balance for our employees by offering flexible work hours, a hybrid work plan, and paid time off. Our company culture aims to sustain and grow each of us professionally and individually to further serve YOU and our valued clients.
What a day in the life of the Director of Transportation would look like
You will oversee and mentor multiple Project Managers across various offices while managing and tracking the department's backlog. Your day will also include managing your own projects, client relationships, cultivating new business connections, and collaborating with the Business Development Team to identify IDOT PTB items to pursue.
- Managing and designing current IDOT Phase I and II engineering projects as well as County and Municipal Transportation projects.
- Interpret specifications and drawings, recommend and document design modifications, and coordinate with the design team.
- Perform Quality Assurance/Quality Checks on all projects to uphold Chastain’s principle of superior service to all our clients.
What you will need to thrive in this role:
Education: A Bachelors degree in Engineering (Civil Engineering is preferred)
Experience: 15 years of experience working on IDOT roadway and bridge design projects, and managing/mentoring civil engineering staff
Licensure: Professional Engineer (PE) License in the state of Illinois or ability to obtain
Location: Decatur, Schaumburg, Rockford or Paris, IL - Hybrid schedule
Software skills: Microsoft 365 and Adobe (AutoCAD Civil 3D preferred)
Adaptability: excel at adapting to changing project requirements.
Align with our core values: We do what we say, we do what it takes, we have an outward mindset, we operate with integrity.
What we offer you:
- We provide four types of medical insurance plans, along with medical reimbursement and dependent care benefits
- We pay for dental insurance, and short-term/long-term disability insurance
- Employee and employee plus family life insurance options
- 401K plan with generous company match
- 7 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday
- Annual pay increases
- Relocation assistance
- Annual boot allowance
- Cell phone reimbursement plan
- Sam's Club and Costco membership reimbursement
- Verizon wireless employee discount program
- Paid-time off based on total industry tenure
- Flexible work hours
This position will be open until filled
Chastain and Associates LLC is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
