CONSTRUCTION & OPERATION MANAGER

GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB

This classification manages road and bridge maintenance and construction improvements for all city-maintained transportation infrastructure. Responsibilities include yearly budget execution, supervising technical and subordinate supervisory staff, project management, and engineering operations design and construction work oversight. This is a stand-alone classification

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Functions:

• Oversees and schedules all maintenance repairs for roads, bridges, guardrails, gravel roads, retention ponds, street sweeping, and related infrastructure. Oversees pavement management and asphalt rehabilitation reports; identifies road/bridge deficiencies; conducts site inspections; recommends project scope; provides input and direction for design; develops budgets and schedules.

• Coordinates and oversees maintenance and construction projects: coordinates projects with state and regional transportation agencies, such as GDOT, approves construction drawings; coordinates the issuance of permits; administers operations construction and project management contracts; inspects and evaluates road maintenance and construction work in progress; and prepares and presents reports related to project progress.
• Organizes, prioritizes, and assigns work; prioritizes and schedules work activities to meet objectives; ensures that subordinates have the proper resources needed to complete the assigned work; monitors the status of work in progress and inspects completed work; consults with assigned staff to assist with complex/problem situations and provide technical expertise; provides progress and activity reports to management; and helps with the revision of procedure manuals as appropriate.
• Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff; develops and oversees employee work schedules to ensure adequate coverage and control; compiles and reviews timesheets; approves/processes employee concerns and problems and counsels or disciplines as appropriate; assists with or completes employee performance appraisals; directs work; acts as a liaison between employees and management; and trains staff in operations, policies, and procedures.
• Represents the Department or City on issues related to road construction, attends meetings and coordinates with other jurisdictions and state and regional transportation agencies, responds to citizen concerns, presents project plans, and advises and makes recommendations.
• Responds to emergencies on roads, bridges, and sidewalks and work-related accidents.
• Prepares and monitors operation yearly budget. Reviews and approves operations expenditures.
• Performs other related duties as required.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or construction management
• Eight years of experience supervising road construction, road maintenance, or construction project management
• Any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia driver’s license with a good driving record.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS REQUIRED

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must demonstrate proficiency in performing the essential functions and learn, comprehend, and apply all City or departmental policies, practices, and procedures necessary to function effectively in the position.
• Requires knowledge of environmental protection standards, safety practices and regulations, and transportation design standards.
• Requires knowledge of the practices, materials, and equipment used in transportation construction and maintenance.
• Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project proficiency.

Physical Requirements:

Data Utilization: This requires the ability to coordinate, manage, and/or correlate data. It includes exercising judgment in determining the time, place, and/or sequence of operations, referencing data analyses to determine the necessity of revising organizational components, and formulating operational strategy.

Human Interaction: Requires the ability to function in a managerial capacity for a division or organizational unit; includes the ability to make decisions on procedural and technical levels.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver, and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.

Verbal Aptitude: This requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory, and/or design data and information.

Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the 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, and ratios; may include the ability to calculate surface areas, volumes, weights, and measures.

Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or synthesis functions, deal with several concrete and abstract variables, and analyze significant problems that require complex planning for interrelated activities spanning one or several work units.

Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in situations involving broader aspects of organizational programs and operations, moderately unstable situations, or the direction, control, and planning of an entire program or set of programs.