ASSISTANT MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT - 04142026-76604

Job Information

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DAVIDSON COUNTY

This position is in the Maintenance Operations Division - Maintenance Engineering Section.

For more information, visit the link below:
https://www.tdot.tn.gov/PublicDocuments/hr/Maintenance-Operations-Division-Maintenance-Engineering-Section-Assistant-Maintenance-Superintendent.pdf

This position has a starting salary of $6,646 monthly/$79,752 annually.

This position has a hybrid work schedule of three days in the office and two days working from home.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience: Education equivalent to graduation from high school and eight (8) years of relevant transportation experience including at least three (3) years of experience with guiding or leading crews on assignments and/or training employees, including effective communication through active listening, and providing verbal and written instructions.

Relevant transportation experience should be full-time work in a combination of the following areas:
1) Completion of the Transportation Worker Competency Program levels I through III; or
2) Experience with planning and organizing resources for highway construction and maintenance activities; or
3) Experience with incident management and disaster recovery; or
4) Experience with traffic control practices; or
5) Experience with the calculation of volumes, quantities of materials, or other related transportation computations; or
6) Experience with contract management; or
7) Experience in highway/bridge construction or maintenance work and inspection; or
8) Operation of highway construction and/or maintenance equipment and/or vehicles in excess of 26,000 lbs. Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) with air brakes and manual transmission, including but not limited to heavy dump trucks, backhoes, loaders, rollers, graders, hydraulic excavators, truck mounted post hole augers, snowplows, paver screeds, and farming equipment (based on size and complexity)

Necessary Special Qualifications

• Possess and maintain a Class D driver's license valid to operate vehicles in the State of Tennessee.
• Possess and maintain, or obtain at their own expense and within 11 months of hire or promotion to this classification, a Class A Commercial Driver's License with an N endorsement without a Code O restriction (Code 52 restriction is allowable) that is valid in the State of Tennessee.

Examination Method: Education and Experience, 100%, for Preferred Service positions.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Must pass a drug test prior to employment for commercial driver and safety impact positions. Commercial drivers and safety impact employees will be subject to additional drug and alcohol testing during employment.
May be required to work weekends and holidays.
May be required to work variable hours outside of the normal work schedule, including an on-call rotation
Required to work under exposure to inclement weather conditions.

Overview

The Assistant Maintenance Superintendent provides expert-level technical expertise to their respective Manager, Maintenance Operations leadership, and Project Teams, offering risk-based solutions and implementing innovative concepts that integrate with all disciplines. This position provides guidance in the scheduling and execution of Statewide routine maintenance work planning. This position provides input and assistance in the development of the maintenance 5-year work program.

The Assistant Maintenance Superintendent is part of an important link statewide to ensure uniformity in compliance with TDOT maintenance and operation standards, assisting Regions in resolving technical and procedural problems to facilitate the implementation and use of new maintenance management tools, methods, and materials. This position collaborates with Regions, Districts, Project, and Maintenance Teams by reviewing work plans, maintenance and construction projects, condition assessments, equipment availability, and work scheduling while integrating into the overall maintenance priorities statewide.

Responsibilities

Coordinate with Region, District leadership, and Team Leads, to review project scheduling plans to ensure TDOT's level of service and performance requirements most efficiently align with the area of responsibility.

Assist in the development and oversight of the maintenance 5-year Work Program, including the scoping and scheduling of projects to align with TDOT's Asset Management principles, departmental priorities, and Strategic goals. Support project execution to meet established levels of service and performance standards. Define critical goals and intended outcomes for statewide maintenance focus areas to improve the network. Establish monthly, quarterly, and yearly targets along with associated reporting methods.

Assist with identifying sufficient and appropriate equipment, material, supplies, and staff resources required for the timely and efficient completion of maintenance projects. Determine areas of concern with insufficient resources. Ensure effective project integration with other ongoing and scheduled projects.

Model change, clarify the vision, take ownership of the change, communicate effectively, remain transparent, be a consistent champion of TDOT culture and initiatives, and hold yourself and others accountable throughout the process.

Provide exceptional customer service to both internal and external customers by exercising effective listening skills, providing prompt responses, maintaining complete and accurate documentation, and communicating effectively.

Assist with maintenance training and administration of the Transportation Worker Proficiency Program. Ensure consistency and compliance with TDOT's objectives.

Assist with the development and implementation of revisions to records, standards, and guidelines related to maintenance activities. Assist in the final inspection of maintenance projects; assist with the technical review and remediation of issues for maintenance components for projects, including complex projects having the highest degree of risk; assist with the review of maintenance documents.

Assist with the development and implementation of a tracking mechanism that ensures the contractual agreements, scope, schedule, budget, and quality of all maintenance projects support the delivery of the Department's Work Program while also ensuring compliance with Federal and State maintenance design and regulations.

Coordinate the creation and implementation of maintenance activities and deliverables to ensure that they are consistent, predictable, and repeatable to provide consistently high levels of achievement, mitigation of risk, and an established track record of success.

Competencies (KSA's)

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Competencies (KSACs):
Knowledgeable in basic mathematical fundamentals
Knowledgeable in vehicle and equipment maintenance and repair procedures
Knowledge of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
Knowledgeable in street and highway traffic rules and regulations, and temporary signing and safety precautions to be observed while working on or near highways.
Proficient knowledge of project logistics and worksite planning
Knowledge of material estimating and procurement procedures
Highly skilled in applicable hand and power tools, equipment, and mechanical devices of the trade
Highly skilled in the use of light and heavy highway equipment
Highly skilled in report and form writing
Highly skilled in leading teams - maintaining effective work relationships with individuals and groups, both internal and external
Highly skilled in communicating effectively using both verbal and written instructions
Highly skilled in attending to details and pursuing quality in accomplishing tasks
Highly skilled in dealing with ambiguity
Ability to use computers and applicable programs, applications, and systems
Ability to recognize and take precaution for potential hazards to the transportation work crew
Advanced knowledge of simple carpentry, roadway construction materials, concrete construction, roadway construction plans, roadway drainage features, and roadway and bridge surveying
Ability to train teams and individuals - recognizing applicable teaching and learning methods and how to communicate curriculum respectively