Engineering Construction Manager

Salary : $51,962.00 - $85,580.00 Annually

Location : VA 23803, VA

Job Type : Full-Time

Job Number : 00910

Department : Engineering

Opening Date : 02 / 05 / 2025

Closing Date : 3 / 5 / 2025 11 : 59 PM Eastern

Description

General Description

The purpose of this job within the organization is to prepare specifications for various projects in Street Operations and provide project management. This job works under administrative supervision, developing and implementing programs within organizational policies and reports major activities to executive level administrators through conferences and reports.

Duties and Responsibilities

The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this job. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the job as necessary.

Essential Functions

Essential Functions :

Manages various contracts, acts as a liaison between the City and the private landfills located within the City; inspects work on projects.

Inspects the operation and reviews records of landfills located within the City.

Serves as City's Technical Advisory Committee member on the Central Waste Management Authority.

Assists Street Operations, General Manager and Director of Public Works in budget preparation and tracking.

Serves as City's alternate on the Central Waste Management Authority board.

Inspects streets, sidewalks, and other infrastructure within street right of way.

Additional Duties :

Prepares project specifications; monitors production schedules and delivery dates for all vendors on all assigned projects.

Manages day to day activities; meets with outside governmental and landfill representatives, contractors, and the public.

Collects data for projects to be added to the Strategic Action Plan and Capital Improvement Plan.

Provides technical guidance to vendors on various projects.

Attends City Councilor's neighborhood meetings.

Performs related work as assigned.

Responsibilities, Requirements and Impacts Data Responsibility :

Data Responsibility refers to information, knowledge, and conceptions obtained by observation, investigation, interpretation, visualization, and mental creation. Data are intangible and include numbers, words, symbols, ideas, concepts, and oral verbalizations.

Plans and directs others in the sequence of major activities and report on operations and activities which are very broad in scope.

People Responsibility :

People include co-workers, workers in other areas or agencies and the general public.

Provides information, guidance or assistance to people that directly facilitates task accomplishment; may give instructions or assignments to helpers or assistants.

Asset Responsibility :

Assets responsibility refers to the responsibility for achieving economies or preventing loss within the organization.

Requires responsibility and opportunity for achieving considerable economies and / or preventing considerable losses through the management of a large division or minor department and / or handling of very large amounts of money.

Mathematical Requirements :

Mathematics requires the use of symbols, numbers and formulas to solve mathematical problems.

Uses basic algebra involving variables and formulas and / or basic geometry involving plane and solid figures, circumferences, areas and volumes and / or compute discounts and interest rates.

Communications Requirements :

Communications involves the ability to read, write, and speak.

Reads journals, manuals and professional publications; speaks informally to groups of co-workers, staff in other organizational agencies, general public, people in other organizations and presents training; composes original reports, training and other written materials, using proper language, punctuation, grammar and style.

Judgment Requirements :

Judgment requirements refer to the frequency and complexity of judgments and decisions given the stability of the work environments, the nature and type of guidance, and the breadth of impact of the judgments and decisions.

Responsible for guiding others, requiring frequent decisions, affecting the individual, co-workers and others who depend on the service or product; works in a somewhat fluid environment with rules and procedures, but many variations from the routine.

Complexity of Work :

Complexity addresses the analysis, initiative, ingenuity, concentration and creativity, required by the job and the presence of any unusual pressures present in the job.

Performs coordinating work involving guidelines and rules, with constant problem solving; requires continuous, close attention for accurate results or frequent exposure to unusual pressures.

Impact of Errors :

Impact of errors refers to consequences such as damage to equipment and property, loss of data, exposure of the organization to legal liability, and injury or death for individuals.

The impact of errors is serious - affects most units in organization, and may affect citizens or loss of life.

Physical Demands :

Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.

Performs light work that involves walking or standing most of the time and involves exerting up to 20 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis, or skill, adeptness and speed in the use of fingers, hands or limbs on repetitive operation of mechanical or electronic office or shop machines or tools within moderate tolerances or limits of accuracy.

Equipment Usage :

Equipment usage involves responsibility for materials, machines, tools, equipment, work aids, and products.

Leads or handles computer, tools, surveying equipment or work aids involving moderate latitude for judgment regarding attainment of a standard or in selecting appropriate items.

Unavoidable Hazards :

Unavoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken.

Involves routine and frequent exposure to traffic; moving machinery.

Safety of Others :

Safety of others refers to the level of responsibility for the safety of others, either inherent in the job or to ensure the safety of the general public.

Requires considerable responsibility for the safety and health of others and / or continuous enforcement of the laws and standards of public health and safety.

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements :

Requires a Bachelor's Degree in engineering.

Requires four years' experience in professional engineering work.

Special Certifications and Licenses :

Valid Virginia Driver's License.

Additional Requirements

Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance :

The City of Petersburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires the City of Petersburg to provide adequate accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.

For a summary of Benefits currently being offered by the City of Petersburg for Full-Time Employees Only , please click the following link :

10-point compensable veteran. You must have an existing compensable service-connected disability of 10 percent or more. Other 10-point veteran include disabled veteran or a veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart for wound or injuries received in action, veteran's widow or widower who has not remarried, wife or husband of a veteran who has a service-connected disability, widowed, divorced or separated mother of an ex-service son or daughter who died in action, or who is totally and permanently disabled. Do any of these apply?

5-point veteran's must have been discharged under honorable conditions and had one of the following : Active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, in a war, or during the period 4 / 28 / 52 - 7 / 1 / 55 or active duty for more than 180 consecutive days other than for training, any part of which occurred during the period beginning 2 / 1 / 55 and 10 / 14 / 76 or active duty during the Gulf War sometime between 8 / 2 / 90 - 1 / 2 / 92 or active duty in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized or active duty for which more than 180 consecutive days other than for training, any part of which occurred during the period beginning 9 / 11 / 2001 and ending on the date prescribed by the Presidential proclamation or by the law as the last date of operation Iraqi Freedom. Do any of these apply?

Do you possess a valid Driver's License issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia, or another state with reciprocity?

What is your highest level of education?

• High School diploma or GED
• Some college
• Associate degree
• Bachelor degree
• Graduate degree or higher
• No degree

Do you have working knowledge of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and its applications?

Were you referred by US Army PaYS or Virginia Values Veterans V3? If so, please specify which program.

Have you previously worked for the City of Petersburg? If so, what department?

Required Question

Salary : $51,962 - $85,580