Engineering Program Manager Jobs for OPT Students

INTRODUCTION

Manages cost estimating analytics and training programs, ensuring accurate data-driven forecasts and managing the development of targeted training initiatives. Oversees process improvements to enhance efficiency and organizational capability. Provider leadership, direction, and technical engineering guidance to related program areas.

How you will contribute:

• Compliance: Provide oversight of the program area within the Division and Districts to ensure compliance with VDOT, state, and federal policies, practices, guidelines and specifications. Review central office and district plans for compliance with established practices and procedures. Provide review and make recommendations on new and innovative procedures, specifications and products. Provide a written summary of findings and recommendations for division management.

• Establish Priorities: Establish objectives and priorities for the team in support of overall goals, communicate objectives and priorities to employees, and update objectives as needs change. Establish priorities for the program's objectives to enhance achievement of division and VDOT goals. Modify objectives to reflect changes.

• Manage Technical Problem Resolution: Apply sound engineering practices and methods to satisfy customers, reduce complaints and resolve concerns. Provide leadership in technical areas of engineering. Proactively address issues that are identified within program area and raise appropriate issues to Division Management ensuring compliance with VDOT policies and procedures.

• Program Evaluation: Evaluate program and institute changes and procedures as required. Provide technical guidance to field offices and monitor adherence to approve standards and practices through field coordination, visitation and consultation. Ensure quality control reviews are completed and recommendations for program performance and improvement are implemented.

• Staffing and Management: Proactively manage human and fiscal resources by recognizing future needs and taking appropriate actions to address those needs. Organize program area's assignments to best utilize available resources. Ensure production schedules and budgets continuously reflect current information.

• Statewide Program Oversight: Serves as responsible charge engineer for designated program area. Develop and update policies, procedures and guidelines for statewide implementation and administration. Communicate changes in policies and procedures to staff and ensure consistent application statewide.

• Strategic Planning: Develop short and long-range statewide strategic plans to ensure VDOT programs align with VDOT's vision, mission and goals.

• Teamwork: Coordinate the flow of information both orally and in writing to and from others that contributes to project development. Organize and prioritize work effectively, keep multiple projects on schedule within section. Meet expectations and requirements of internal and external customers. Establish and maintain effective relationships with customers.

Technical Support: Serve as a technical expert in providing assistance in assigned areas of transportation engineering. Provide research to solve problems and questions. Provide instruction and guidance with policies and procedures. Prepare new VDOT guidelines or memos to address changes or modifications.

What will make you successful:

• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with diverse audiences and to make presentations and prepare reports.
• Ability to conduct the administrative and technical operations of the assigned engineering program area.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships at all organizational levels with internal and external customers.
• Ability to interpret, apply, and provide guidance on policy and procedures related to program areas.
• Ability to manage an engineering program, manage multiple work teams of professional engineering and technical staff, and oversee complex engineering projects.
• Ability to manage multiple and complex statewide programs and projects.
• Ability to plan and schedule work effectively.
• Ability to supervise, coach, train and develop staff.
• Demonstrated leadership and consultation skills working with all levels of management, stakeholders, and contractors.
• Knowledge of supervisory principles and practices to include hiring, discipline, performance management, and employee development.
• Skill in analyzing and prioritizing tasks and assignments to appropriately manage resources and responsibilities.
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications including engineering software and Microsoft Office Suite.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to apply knowledge, including interpretation, of federal, FHWA, state and local transportation rules, regulations and policies.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Civil Engineering or Construction Management.
• Experience communicating and presenting information to diverse audiences.
• Experience in the management and delivery of exemplary customer service by program area.
• Experience leading, coaching, counseling and managing an Engineering staff.
• Experience managing programs areas and budgets.
• Knowledge of Civil Engineering principles to include cost estimating, roadway design, survey, hydraulics, traffic design, roadway safety and construction methods and materials, ensuring compliance.
• Skill in interpreting contracts, special provisions and specifications related to transportation construction.
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications.
• Valid Professional Engineer's license.

Additional Considerations:

• Certification as Certified Construction Manager (CCM).
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
• Experience conducting and developing training activities.
• Experience in engineering research, evaluation, report writing.
• Experience working with other state agencies including Federal Highway Administration representatives in developing and implementing policies.
• Progressively responsible experience in management and administration of diversified transportation engineering or construction program.
• Progressively responsible managerial experience in transportation engineering.

VDOT employees must abide by VDOTs Code of Ethics and the Commonwealths Standards of Conduct.

VDOT Code of Ethics

Standards of Conduct