Division Materials Lab Supervisor

Montana Department of Transportation; Missoula (MT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Montana Department of Transportation's Missoula Lab is seeking an Area Lab Supervisor to manage materials operations and activities across highway construction projects. The supervisor acts as the Area's authority on materials standards, sampling, testing, and application, coordinating with the District Materials Supervisor and Materials Bureau to ensure consistency and compliance.

The position requires four years of progressively responsible experience in construction lab testing or highway

Qualifications

• This position requires a combination of education and experience equivalent to two years of technical training or college coursework.
• Minimum of four years of progressively responsible experience in construction lab testing or highway construction, including at least one year in a supervisory role.

Responsibilities

• Manage materials operations and activities across highway construction projects.
• Coordinate with District Materials Supervisor and Materials Bureau to ensure consistency and compliance of judgments and decisions.
• Administer the Area Materials Laboratory to ensure effective operations, compliance with standards, and integrity of sampling, testing, and results analysis.
• Supervise 2-4 FTE, based on division office, and handle budgeting, timelines, and resource allocations.

Skills

Materials standards knowledge

Sampling and testing techniques

Budgeting and project management

Safety practices

Education

Two years of technical training or college coursework

Job description

The Montana Department of Transportation is recruiting an Area Lab Supervisor for the Missoula Lab. The Area Laboratory Supervisor is responsible for managing materials operations and activities throughout the phases of highway construction projects. The position serves as the Area's authority in materials standards, sampling, testing, and application and is expected to coordinate with the District Materials Supervisor and Materials Bureau to ensure consistency and compliance of independent judgments and decisions in the field. Duties include managing major materials projects, including project budgets, timelines, resource allocations, and procedures; administering the Area Materials Laboratory to ensure effective operations, compliance with standards and regulations, and the accuracy and integrity of sampling, testing, and results analysis; and performing a variety of other duties as assigned. The incumbent reports to the District Materials Supervisor and directly or indirectly supervises 2-4 FTE, based on division office.

Required Education And Experience

• The required knowledge and skills are typically acquired through a combination of education and experience equivalent to two years of technical training or course work at college or technical institution.
• This position requires a minimum of four years of progressively responsible experience in construction lab testing or highway construction, including a minimum of one year of supervisory experience.
• Certifications, licensure, or other credentials include: n/a

Alternative Qualifications

Any combination of additional related work experience and educational equivalence to the minimum qualifications.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• This position requires extensive knowledge of the principles and practices of materials standards; inspection, sampling, testing, and analysis techniques, physical sciences; properties and characteristics of a variety of materials; project development, management, and budgeting methods; new and established sampling and laboratory testing protocols and procedures; state, federal, AASHTO, FHWA, and ASTM testing standards, procedures, and project specifications; methods and techniques of highway construction; extensive knowledge of various site-specific characteristics and their potential effects on construction projects (e.g., soils, temperature, weather conditions, gradations, segregation, stability, flows, additives, absorption rates, etc.); operations of various hot plants (e.g., drum dryers, batch plants, etc.); safety practices and procedures; and contract law and claims management.

Other Information

• Driver’s record will be verified. Successful applicants will be required to sign a release form which authorizes the Department to obtain the applicant’s permanent driving records. Compliance with Mont. Admin. R. 2.6.201, "State Vehicle Use," and MDT Policy #6.03.001, "State Vehicle Use Policy" are conditions of employment.
• The Montana Department of Transportation is an equal opportunity employer. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and veterans and disabled veterans are encouraged to apply. People with disabilities needing assistance in the application process, or those needing this job announcement in an alternative format may call the Human Resources and Occupational Safety Division, at 406.444.6054.

• The Montana Department of Transportation is an equal opportunity employer. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and veterans and disabled veterans are encouraged to apply.
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