Engineering Group Manager - Facilities

Typical Tasks

• Selects, supervises, trains, motivates, assigns, counsels, and disciplines project staff;

• Manages the development and implementation of departmental goals, objectives, policies, and priorities;

• Directs the planning, environmental analysis, design, and oversight of the construction of capital projects for facilities ensuring they are built on time, within budget, and to appropriate standards;

• Manages groups of in-house and contracted planning, engineering, and construction administration personnel engaged in facility improvement activities;

• Oversees staff who serve as project managers for facility projects;

• Organizes, mobilizes, and directs project personnel and coordinates the efforts of other organizations involved in the projects;

• Plans, schedules, and coordinates design, procurement, and construction activities;

• Negotiates, approves, and monitors contractual agreements with other governmental agencies, private consultants, and private contractors;

• Provides final review of plans, specifications, reports, and other documents prepared by subordinates or outside parties;

• Provides timely communication of contract status and issues and maintains technical and administrative control of facility projects;

• Develops, monitors, and manages project budgets; approves forecast of funds needed for staffing, equipment, materials, and supplies;

• Approves expenditures and implements adjustments; authorizes contract payments;

• Coordinates with federal, state, and local agencies during project implementation and ensures compliance with their administrative guidelines;

• Represents VTA before the Board of Directors, city councils, and other federal, state, regional, and local agencies, VTA policy advisory boards and commissions, and before local citizens in public meetings and hearings;

• Prepares, reviews, and approves detailed correspondence and reports;

• Represents VTA in design and construction related legal and financial issues, contractual matters, public safety, and related issues;

• Consults with department and division heads in the formation of administrative policies and is responsible for their implementation;

• Establishes independent field offices and provides overall direction to subordinate staff regarding professional standards, work quality and quantity, performance, and accountability;

• Performs related duties as required.

Knowledge of:

• Principles and practices of organization, administration, and fiscal and personnel management;

• Principles and practices of contract administration, engineering design management, and construction management;

• Principles and practices of design, installation, operation, and modification of bus and light rail facilities and equipment;

• Principles and methods of construction inspection, materials testing, and contract negotiation; Safety practices in the construction industry;

• Methods, materials, equipment, and techniques of public works, transit and facility design, and construction;

• Use of and standards for construction materials for public works and transit construction; Construction claim avoidance and claim resolution techniques;

• Laws, ordinances, and standards for public works or transit construction; Federal, state, regional, and local funding programs and processes;

• Quality control/quality assurance practices in the design and construction industry.

• Principles of supervision, training, employee development, motivation, and effective discipline.  

Ability to:

• Select, supervise, train, motivate, assign, evaluate, counsel, and discipline staff;

• Manage an integrated team of in-house employees and consultant staff in the development of capital facility projects for operations, maintenance, and passenger facility improvements;

• Direct inspections and achieve compliance with contracts, construction plans, and specifications; Oversee project quality;

• Negotiate contractual agreements with other agencies, utilities, consultants, and contractors; Interpret and enforce laws and ordinances;

• Prepare and manage budgets and schedules;

• Perform engineering and design computations accurately; Review and prepare correspondence and complex reports;

• Effectively represent VTA before the Board of Directors, city councils, and other federal, state, regional, and local agencies, boards, and commissions, and before local citizens in public meetings and hearings;

• Communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing;

• Take initiative, reason logically, and be creative in developing and introducing new ideas;

• Define problem areas and evaluate, recommend, and implement alternative solutions to complex issues and problems, including engineering problems;

• Establish cooperative relations with staff, contractors, technical committees, community organizations, representatives of federal, state, regional, and city agencies, and the general public. 

Work/Life Balance: 40-hour work weeks, and a option of a flexible/hybrid remote schedule. 

Health: VTA participates in a CalPERS-sponsored medical plan with VTA contribution to employee and dependent premium health insurance premiums. Employees pay a monthly contribution of any amount in excess of the Kaiser Bay Area Family rate.  

Flex Spending Account: $300 employer-funded Health FSA for eligible employees  

Vision: VSP full premium for employees and eligible dependents  

Dental: Delta Dental full premium for employees and eligible dependents  

Leave:  17 days of vacation (accrued), 80 Hours of sick time (accrued), 12 paid holidays per year, and 1 floating holiday per year. 

Retirement:  

- Participation in CalPERS  

• Classic Members: 2%@55  

• PEPRA Members: 2%@62  

- 457 Deferred Compensation Plan (voluntary)  

•  457 pre-tax  

• 457 Roth  

• Self-directed brokerage account option for qualifying employees  

- Retiree medical coverage for eligible employees with VTA contributions to the retiree’s medical premium