Harris County Night Crew Maintenance Supervisor

Texas Department of Transportation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading state department is seeking a Maintenance Section Supervisor to oversee road maintenance activities, ensuring safety and compliance. The role involves planning, coordinating emergency responses, and managing budgets while supervising staff. Candidates should have significant experience in roadway maintenance and hold a valid driver's license. This physically demanding position requires readiness for emergency situations and adherence to safety standards.

Qualifications

• 9 years roadway maintenance or construction-related work required.
• Must have 3 years supervisory/managerial experience.

Responsibilities

• Administers and inspects contracted maintenance activities.
• Plans and coordinates emergency response to inclement weather.
• Prepares and monitors the budget.

Skills

Supervising technical staff

Scheduling work assignments

Coordinating labor, materials, and equipment

Education

High School Grad or Equivalent

Tools

Commercial driver’s license (CDL)

Job description

Oversees a maintenance section and is responsible for providing a safe driving thoroughfare within a geographic area of the state through the maintenance of all roads, structures and rights-of-way. Oversees a maintenance section with a rank sum ratio of section lane miles and truck/vehicles per lane in accordance with the published rank sum. Supervises technical and clerical employees. Work requires responding to emergency notification on an as-needed basis. Work requires contact with governmental officials, private entities and the public. Employees at this level establish their own work plan and priorities to meet set objectives. Issues are rarely referred to the supervisor but are handled at the occurrence.

Essential Duties:

• Administers and inspects contracted maintenance activities.
• Inspects road conditions, work-in-progress and work completed by the crews and contractors.
• Plans, coordinates and implements emergency response to inclement weather, flooding, accidents and hazardous material spills affecting area roadway
• Plans, schedules and coordinates work project needs to include personnel, equipment and material with the Area Engineer and other district staff on a regular basis.
• Prepares and monitors the budget.
• Prioritizes and assigns projects to the maintenance section assistant and crew chiefs; guides them in the planning andscheduling of personnel/materials/equipment necessary to complete the work; ensures projects follow established safety guidelines.
• Responsible for maintenance section office activities including human resources, public relations, facilities, inventorymanagement and general office administrative matters.
• Responsible for overseeing the operation and maintenance of light and heavy equipment.
• Trains other employees
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: High School Grad or Equivalent in general high school studies.

Experience:

• 9 years roadway maintenance or construction-related work. (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent).

Related college education or relevant technical training may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications

• Must have 3 years supervisory/managerial experience. Project leader or lead worker experience may substitute for supervisory/managerial experience.

Licenses and Certifications:

• Valid driver’s license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.
• Must obtain a Commercial Class "A" Driver's License or have obtained a CDL "A” License, within 120 calendar days from date of employment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Commercial driver’s license (CDL)

Competencies:

• Extensive knowledge of
  • Materials used in highway/bridge construction and maintenance
  • Applicable industry safety standards, guidelines, and specification codes
• Considerable knowledge of
  • Applicable plans, specifications and estimates preparation, review, processing and compliance requirements
  • Incident management procedures
  • Maintenance contract inspection procedures
• Expert Skill in
  • Supervising technical staff
  • Scheduling work assignments
  • Administrative support practices and procedures to include writing, editing and report writing techniques, recording
    meeting notes, record keeping and records management
• Proficient skill in
  • Coordinating labor, materials, and equipment
  • Maintaining a safe and effective working relationship with others

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Subject to extreme cold and heat; below 32 and/or above 100 degrees for more than one hour
• Subject to hazards-moving vehicles/mechanical parts, high places/heat, or chemicals
• Medium work: Lift up to 50 lbs at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 25 lbs
• Balancing-walking, standing, crouching on various surfaces without falling
• Standing-prolonged periods of time
• Walking-moving on foot to accomplish tasks: long distance/from one work site to another
• Lifting-raising objects from lower to higher position/horizontally to a different position
• Hearing-perceive sound at normal speaking levels;receive information by oral communication
• Visual Acuity-operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment
• Visual Acuity-determine work quality/make general observations of facilities/structures

Conditions of Employment:

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• This job has been identified as physically demanding and will require a pre-employment physical.
• Must pass a drug test prior to employment forsafetyimpactpositions.This is a Safety Impact position and will be subject to random drug testing.
• Must be able to report for duty within 120 minutesof notification on a 24-hour basis to respond during emergency situations.
• This role involves work during emergency response operations, which may be occur during either the day or night shift as warranted by operational needs.