CIVIL ENGINEERING MANAGER 2 - 03022023-43583
Full Time
Nashville, TN 37243
Posted
Job description
Job Information
State of Tennessee Job Information
Opening Date/Time
Thur 03/02/2023 12:00AM Central Time
Closing Date/Time
Wed 03/22/2023 11:59PM Central Time
Salary (Monthly)
$8,408.00 - $13,417.00
Salary (Annually)
$100,896.00 - $161,004.00
Job Type
Full-Time
City, State Location
Nashville, TN
Department
Military
LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY, TENNESSEE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (TEMA) DIVISION, DAVIDSON COUNTY
This position has the potential to work remotely up to 40% of the time.
Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience: Experience equivalent to four years of full-time work managing and/or supervising professional and technical civil engineering staff involved in the survey, design, or construction of a roadway, runway, or transportation structure and current registration in active status with the State of Tennessee as a professional engineer in either the civil engineering or structural engineering disciplines.
Note: Education and experience requirements for registration as an engineer are determined by the Tennessee State Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners.
Note: Education and experience requirements for registration as an engineer are determined by the Tennessee State Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners.
Other Requirements
Necessary Special Qualifications:
Applicants for this class must:
- Possession of a current certificate of registration in active status as a professional engineer with the State of Tennessee in either the civil engineering or structural engineering disciplines is required at the time of appointment and must be maintained during employment in the Civil Engineering Manager 2 classification.
Examination Method: Education and Experience, 100%, for Preferred Service positions.
Job Overview
Summary: Under general supervision, is responsible for professional managerial civil engineering work of considerable difficulty; and performs related work as required.
Distinguishing Features: An employee in this class is responsible for managing structural, roadway, or design staff for multiple regions or multiple civil engineering sections (e.g., hydraulic engineering and structural steel, geotechnical engineering and materials control, special design-traffic and special design-roadway). An incumbent in this class will seal civil engineering plans, drawings, reports, and/or specifications and consequently will be required to maintain an active certificate of registration as a professional engineer with the State of Tennessee. This class differs from the Civil Engineering Manager 1 in that an incumbent of the latter is responsible for managing a structural or roadway design staff for a region or a civil engineering section statewide such as hydraulic design, special designs-traffic, geotechnical engineering, aeronautics, or bridge evaluation. This class differs from Civil Engineering Director in that an incumbent of the latter is responsible for directing a civil engineering division and supervises incumbents of this class.
Work Activities
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment:
- Manages the development of transportation related documents including but not limited to specifications, standard drawings, roadway plans, mitigation plans, structure design, circular letters, and standard operating procedures for internal and external business partners.
- Designs and graphically depicts the slab, abutments, beams, footings, and columns of a bridge in order to meet necessary structural requirements.
- Designs all components according to department specifications, local, state and federal standards.
- Designs concept plans for safety and operational improvement options.
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others:
- Resolves conflicts between internal business partners, external business partners, regulators and/or employees according to department, state, and federal laws, rules, regulations, guidelines, processes, and procedures.
- Resolves interpersonal conflicts between subordinates to ensure a respectful and productive work environment.
- Negotiates with internal and external business partners to develop a consistent deployment of policy, procedure, processes, and specifications.
- Maintains a respectful and productive work environment to minimize disputes and facilitate performance.
- Negotiates contractor claims and change orders.
- Negotiates consultant contracts, work orders, and/or estimates.
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others:
- Coordinates with regional personnel concerning the statewide standardization of specifications, policies, and procedures.
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates:
- Supervises the production of plans development, reports, applications, and contracts by review of staff submittals to provide approval or feedback as required.
- Manages department programs to ensure compliance with department, state, and federal laws, rules, regulations, guidelines, processes, and procedures.
- Provides feedback during the performance evaluation cycle to address subordinate performance.
- Supervises others in the implementation of department goals, objectives, and assigned tasks.
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others:
- Provides technical guidance to external or internal business partners to resolve problems with environmental, geotechnical and/or engineering concerns.
- Answers technical questions for subordinates, peers, consultants or contractors to clarify project information, engineering solutions, department, state, and federal laws, rules, regulations, guidelines, processes, and procedures.
- Notifies supervisory personnel of possible violations of department, state, and federal laws, rules, regulations, guidelines, policies, and procedures.
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings:
- Monitors the cost and expenditures related to contracts, programs and processes to ensure compliance with department budgetary constraints, rules and regulations.
- Monitors compliance and continuity between teams, regions, and/or squads.
- Monitors workflow and resources to effectively and efficiently assess status of department and division programs and processes.
- Monitors outputs of staff to ensure quality of work and completion of deadlines.
- Monitors subordinate performance, attendance, leave, time worked, schedules, travel and other information and ensures performance documents are completed timely and accurately.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events:
- Identifies compliance with federal and state laws, rules, regulations, policies and guidelines to ensure that department policies and procedures meet the current standards.
- Identifies errors, omissions, and potential conflicts on applications, contract documents, reports, and/or plans.
- Identifies work tasks that deviate from established standard operating procedures to ensure that best practices are applied consistently.
- Identifies work priorities based on work experience, supervisor guidance, and department, state, and federal laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines.
- Identifies new and innovative products, equipment, procedures, and processes to improve department operations.
- Reads plans, contracts, standard drawings, guidelines, and schematics to identify quantities, materials, location, placement, features, specifications, and details to guide assigned work.
Processing Information:
- Models new and existing bridge structures to calculate design requirements and/or the allowable load capacity.
- Assesses environmental impacts for permit type and mitigation to determine project characteristics.
- Prepares a variety of detailed and/or complex reports to inform or recommend action in department and division operations.
- Prepares, audits, and maintains records, documents, and/or correspondence as required by department, state, and federal laws, rules, regulations, guidelines, processes, and procedures.
- Processes contractor and consultant information for pre-qualification, evaluation, scoring, and selection.
- Compiles data and performs necessary calculations to issue plans, contract addendums, and/or plans revisions.
- Maintains and manages accurate and complete information to ensure cost and resources associated with work performed are allocated appropriately.
- Compiles and/or reviews information necessary to create reports, documentation, and presentations for accuracy and completeness.
- Performs calculations related to time, labor, and cost to verify accuracy of reported work activities.
- Compiles, calculates, and/or reviews evaluation scores to achieve overall performance of consultant firms.
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards:
- Evaluates documents including but not limited to final drawings, operation procedures, plans, materials, test results, labor, environmental reports and estimates submitted by staff, internal and/or external business partners for accuracy and to determine compliance with department, state, and federal laws, rules, regulations, guidelines, processes, and procedures.
- Evaluates proposed or new environmental, safety, and/or other related transportation regulations to determine department compliance.
- Verifies contractor shop drawings for prefabricated components and contractor-designed bridges to ensure accuracy and to determine compliance with department, state, and federal laws, rules, regulations, guidelines, processes, and procedures.
- Evaluates current business practices for effectiveness and provides recommendations for modifications, additions, or improvement of specifications.
- Reviews work activities, products, and/or information completed or provided by internal and/or external business partners to ensure accuracy and compliance with standards.
- Evaluates equipment, technology, and/or materials used to ensure compliance with standards.
- Evaluates contractor and consultant information for pre-qualification.
Analyzing Data or Information:
- Analyzes bids for mathematical and material unbalancing to determine contract award.
- Analyzes relevant information to determine the appropriate engineering and/or environmental approach to resolve an issue, problem or task.
- Analyzes contract change orders and claims.
- Analyzes data, processes, policies, and procedures to document and/or develop recommendations for changes in operations and/or standards which affect the economy, efficiency and/or quality of department and division operations and services.
- Analyzes test results and/or reports against roadway information to identify trends and provide recommendations for asset management and/or improvement.
- Analyzes transportation related research by reviewing academic studies to implement department and division policies and procedures.
Making Decisions and Solving Problems:
- Evaluates complex environmental, geotechnical, structural and other issues during project development and/or the construction phase to determine the most efficient solution.
- Develops division policies and procedures in compliance with department, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations to enhance consistency.
- Makes complex decisions related to the management of division and program operations, activities, and performance.
- Determines the bridge location and length, clearances, reinforcing steel configuration, strength, size, and material of structural members, and other bridge parameters.
- Seals and/or approves standard civil engineering plans, drawings, reports and/or specifications.
- Approves and/or denies contract change orders.
- Makes recommendations of the most qualified consultant to perform services to the Consultant Selection Committee following the request for proposal process.
- Approves and/or denies expense reports, time and attendance, training, and other related requests submitted by assigned subordinates to ensure compliance with department, state, and federal laws, rules, regulations, guidelines, processes, and procedures.
- Selects the most qualified consultant from the continuing contract list to perform services.
- Analyzes and approves consultant proposals and/or manday estimates.
Thinking Creatively:
- Implements creative engineering solutions to unique and/or complex problems.
- Develops spreadsheets, databases, presentations, forms, letters, memos, logs, and other systems as required to facilitate efficient and effective operation of the program.
- Leads and/or participates in brainstorming sessions and makes recommendations to improve technical specifications, department and division practices and processes.
- Develops process improvement suggestions to streamline workflow and improve process cycle times and accuracy.
Interacting With Computers:
- Uses design and analysis software to complete engineering related tasks.
- Provides oversight of internal computer systems to ensure compliance with specifications, policies, and standard operating procedures.
- Uses office productivity software including but not limited to word processing programs, spreadsheet and database programs, presentation software, web-based email programs, instant-messaging programs, and search engines.
- Uses appropriate state and federal databases and/or software as required managing information.
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others:
- Interprets a variety of engineering and environmental rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and documentation for internal and external business partners to facilitate understanding, enhance communications, and ensure compliance.
- Explains project specific procedures and regulations to staff, the general public, persons in other departments or divisions, or outside organizations and representatives as required.
Monitoring and Controlling Resources:
- Monitors resources and cost to meet budgetary constraints.
- Monitors consultant contracts to ensure work orders and payments are within contract limits.
- Monitors project expenditures and compares to original contract.
- Manages the procurement, receipt, and payment of products, equipment, and/or services in compliance with all laws, rules, and regulations.
Getting Information:
- Researches plans, policies, specifications, procedures, guidelines, rules, regulations, and laws related to transportation using physical and electronic sources to assist with conflict resolution, problem solving, training development and decision making.
- Contacts the general public, subordinates, persons in other departments or divisions, representatives, and outside organizations, including producers and suppliers, for the purpose of furnishing or obtaining information.
- Utilizes maps, computer software, plans and other documents to collect project information.
- Collects information from staff regarding status updates, project schedules, and/or inspections to effectively make decisions, communicate to upper management, and/or prioritize work.
- Attends management meetings and conferences/conference calls to gather information on federal, state, and local laws, policies, procedures, process updates, best practices, technologies and related matters.
- Participates in and/or supervises research, reviews, and studies to collect data for evaluation and decision making purposes.
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information:
- Determines time, cost, resources, or materials necessary for projects, contracts, programs and other department activities.
- Estimates size, distance, and/or quantities of materials, products, and/or equipment necessary for department and division operations.
- Calculates preliminary cost estimates of structures.
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People:
- Assesses survey results for roadway, runway, mitigation, environmental features and/or structural elements to ensure the accuracy of the information.
- Assesses performance of subordinates and needs of the department to make decisions and recommendations including promotion, demotion, transfer, and retention.
- Assesses the quality of studies, proposals, analyses, and administrative actions to guide the decision making process.
- Assesses technological and/or equipment advances to enhance performance, efficiency, safety, and quality.
- Assesses subordinate work performance and informs, advises, and guides performance management and development.
- Completes and/or reviews consultant and contractor performance evaluations.
Developing Objectives and Strategies:
- Assists in developing and implementing strategies and objectives for program areas to enhance performance and improve organizational efficiency.
- Assists to incorporate department objectives and goals into assigned programs.
- Develops job plans for subordinates to communicate responsibilities and expected outcomes of performance.
Scheduling Work and Activities:
- Schedules, coordinates, and/or establishes deadlines for staff, contractors, and consultants to ensure timely submission of required information.
- Establishes project completion dates and milestones.
- Prepares and/or maintains database and/or other tools to enhance project delivery schedule.
- Schedules, coordinates and/or leads meetings with internal and external customers to ensure information is communicated.
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work:
- Incorporates last minute and unscheduled tasks into current workload to ensure timely and accurate completion of work.
- Organizes and prioritizes personal workload, the workloads of subordinates, and resources to ensure timely and accurate completion of work.
- Delegates tasks to subordinates based on the competencies they possess to ensure work is completed efficiently, accurately, and timely.
Documenting/Recording Information:
- Documents the performance of subordinates to ensure accurate and unbiased performance evaluations.
- Documents and stores appropriate information in electronic databases and/or physical form as required ensuring that accurate information is recorded.
- Documents information provided during meetings and training to ensure accurate information is disseminated to others.
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates:
- Maintains an open dialogue with internal business partners to ensure effective and efficient communication.
- Communicates work related information and expectations to peers and subordinates to coordinated and facilitate teamwork, and assign tasks.
- Conducts periodic performance development meetings with subordinates to communicate and develop job plans and provide performance feedback and developmental guidance.
- Presents and disseminates technical information to small and large groups.
- Provides updates to upper management and other internal business partners on the status of projects and other assigned work.
- Communicates requests for resources and services to internal business partners through verbal and written communication to meet program objectives.
- Leads and/or participates in staff meetings as required to provide and gather status updates for assigned workload.
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization:
- Testifies in hearings on behalf of the state related to the results of program and employee related incidents as required.
- Drafts correspondence in response to public complaints or inquiries.
- Drafts correspondence in response to public notices and proposed regulations.
- Presents technical information to small and large groups to disseminate information.
- Communicates requests for resources and services to external business partners through verbal and written communications to meet program objectives.
- Contacts vendors, consultants, contractors, and other outside agencies to obtain/provide required information, correct errors, and/or for clarification purposes in accordance with department and division policies and procedures.
- Conducts and/or participates in meetings with external business partners to gather project information and status updates and to disseminate information.
- Communicates with external business partners to facilitate outside events and programs in which the state/agency participates.
- Participates in peer exchange meetings with other State DOTs.
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships:
- Maintains professional working relationships with peers, subordinates, and upper management to ensure smooth and effective team operations.
- Networks with internal and external business partners to develop a productive working relationship.
- Acts as a liaison with internal and external business partners and other organizational representatives to ensure accurate and timely processing of information and deliverables.
Developing and Building Teams:
- Models effective performance for co-workers and subordinates to provide a role model, encourage success in others, and enhance trust.
- Identifies motivational factors relevant to subordinates to enhance commitment and performance.
- Encourages subordinates to pursue career development opportunities as a means of improving team performance.
- Identifies developmental opportunities appropriate for subordinates to improve team development.
Training and Teaching Others:
- Creates and conducts agency specific and specialized training for agency employees and external business partners to comply with department, state, and federal laws, rules, regulations, guidelines, processes, and procedures, facilitating change, and improving initiatives.
- Trains and/or mentors subordinates, peers and external business partners in the basic workflow and processes related to their tasks.
- Oversees training schedule to improve skills, productivity, safety, and efficiency for subordinates.
Coaching and Developing Others:
- Coaches direct reports and subordinate staff by providing feedback and information on workflow and chain of command, task prioritization, proper documentation, use of systems and available functionality, and how to most effectively and efficiently perform their assigned tasks.
- Discusses performance with subordinates to identify and correct deficiencies and to reinforce strengths.
- Mentors direct reports and subordinate staff by providing feedback and information on organizational culture, policies and procedures.
Staffing Organizational Units:
- Conducts and/or participates in job interviews to select most qualified candidate.
- Identifies advancement opportunities for subordinates within assigned area.
Performing Administrative Activities:
- Maintains program files and databases to ensure proper record keeping.
- Reviews, prepares and/or approves payment of contractors and/or consultants based on work completed.
- Responds to email, phone calls, and other correspondence as required.
- Prepares and mails correspondence to internal and external business partners.
- Enters personal time and leave/overtime requests into the appropriate databases as required.
- Approves and/or denies subordinate time, leave requests, expense requests, and purchases to ensure proper payment.
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge:
- Participates in training and conferences as required to ensure continual learning, current knowledge of the field, and maintain required level of certification, including Professional Engineering License.
- Actively seeks out work related developmental opportunities for self and assigned subordinates to improve performance and team efficiency.
- Attends agency specific training as required to ensure compliance with department, state, and federal laws and guidelines.
- Participates in national, regional, and local conferences as needed to gather and share knowledge between peers to improve department and division practices and processes.
Competencies (KSA'S)
Competencies:
- Decision Quality
- Problem Solving
- Directing Other
- Drive for Results
- Comfort around Higher Manager
- Organizational Agility
- Approachability
- Integrity and Trust
- Composure
- Negotiating
Knowledge:
- Advance knowledge of streams, wetlands and species
- Advance knowledge of constructing and maintaining transportation infrastructure and facilities
- Advance knowledge of designing transportation infrastructure and facilities
- Advance knowledge of engineering and technology
- Advance knowledge of contract administration
- Advance knowledge of relevant codes, regulations, and laws
- Advance knowledge of safety laws, rules, regulations and policies, and best practices
- Advance knowledge of mathematical formulas used in algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and graphing
- Advance knowledge of geological conditions, features, and descriptions
- Advance knowledge of mechanics of materials, statics, dynamics, hydraulics, and other physical principles
- Advance knowledge of production and processing of construction materials
- Advance knowledge of transportation systems
- Advance knowledge of administration and management principals
- Advanced knowledge of office software, record keeping, and form development
- Advance knowledge of presentation methods and classroom instruction
- Knowledge of personnel recruitment, selection and training
Skills:
- Critical thinking
- Intermediate application of formulas used in algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and graphing
- Effective oral communication to individuals and groups
- Effective written communication through letters, reports, memos, policies, and technical documents
- Reading comprehension of technical reports, laws, rules, policies and procedures
- Advanced application of scientific and engineering principles
- Coordination of processes and people
- Instructing individuals and/or groups on technical processes and procedures
- Advanced skill of negotiation
- Skill of complex problem solving
- Operation and control of transportation related computer systems
- Skill in the application and use of office, databases, drafting, modeling, and analyzing software
- Quality control analysis of systems and/or processes
- Troubleshooting
- Judgment and decision making
- Management of material resources
- Time management
- Active learning
- Active listening
- Management of financial resources
- Management of personnel resources
- Monitoring performance of internal and external staff
Abilities:
- Deductive Reasoning
- Inductive Reasoning
- Mathematical Reasoning
- Oral Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Problem Sensitivity
- Selective Attention
- Spatial Orientation
- Time Sharing
- Visualization
- Written Comprehension
- Written Expression
- Speech Clarity
- Speech Recognition
Tools and Equipment Used
- Personal Computer
- Telephone
- Fax Machine
- Printer
- Material Sampling and Testing Equipment
- Vehicles
- Navigational GPS
- Digital Camera
- Data Recording Equipment
seankuhnke.com is the go-to platform for job seekers looking for the best job postings from around the web. With a focus on quality, the platform guarantees that all job postings are from reliable sources and are up-to-date. It also offers a variety of tools to help users find the perfect job for them, such as searching by location and filtering by industry. Furthermore, seankuhnke.com provides helpful resources like resume tips and career advice to give job seekers an edge in their search. With its commitment to quality and user-friendliness, seankuhnke.com is the ideal place to find your next job.