MANAGER 1, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

State of Nevada (NV); Elko (NV); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Nevada's Department of Transportation, District III in Elko, seeks a Manager I, Professional Engineer to plan, coordinate and oversee projects and consultant contracts. The role requires reviewing traffic data and guiding policy.

You will engage with local agencies, manage Right-of-Way and traffic operations, supervise engineers, and provide expert testimony in hearings and legal matters. The position involves budget input and coordination with executives to ensure safe, efficient

Qualifications

• PE licensure with three years of progressively responsible engineering supervisory experience.
• Alternate: licensure plus equivalent education/experience; or one year as Manager I, PE; or three years as Supervisor, PE in Nevada service.

Responsibilities

• Review traffic patterns to recommend improvements and traffic management strategies.
• Advise local agencies on traffic management and district-wide policy.
• Oversee Right-of-Way, Bridge Maintenance, and Traffic Management Center operations.
• Ensure safe operations by reviewing construction, maintenance, and traffic control plans.
• Represent the department at hearings and meetings; provide expert testimony as needed.
• Direct and manage staff; set performance standards and evaluate results.
• Assist in budget development and respond to finance and status meetings.
• Provide technical engineering support to committees and testify in court when required.

Skills

Supervisory experience in professional

Public hearings/testimony experience

Education

Professional Engineer licensure (PE)

Job description

Managers in this series are Professional Engineers (P.E.) who plan, coordinate and oversee projects, programs and consultant contracts/agreements; perform professional engineering functions requiring analysis involving the application of advanced principles and abstract concepts in the development of unique solutions to solve difficult problems; develop policies, procedures and long and short range goals.

Current licensure as a Professional Engineer (P.E.) and three years of progressively responsible professional engineering experience in a supervisory or responsible project charge capacity; OR licensure and an equivalent combination of education and experience; OR one year of experience as a Manager I, Professional Engineer in Nevada State service; OR three years of experience as a Supervisor, Professional Engineer in Nevada State service.

This position is located in Elko. This role represents the Nevada Department of Transportation’s District III in public hearings, meetings, and committees, communicating department policies and projects while providing expert testimony as needed. Key responsibilities include reviewing traffic patterns to recommend improvements, advising local agencies on traffic management, and overseeing the Right-of-Way, Bridge Maintenance, and Traffic Management Center. The position also provides oversight for proposed traffic changes and encroachment permits, and ensures safe, effective operations through district reviews of construction, maintenance, and traffic control plans.

Interact and communicate with internal managers administrators as well as executives, officials and regulatory representatives to solve problems and negotiate solutions involving conflict or controversy requiring interpretation/application of policy or to negotiate solutions within policy guidelines.

Direct and manage subordinate staff including subordinate supervisors; establish work performance standards and evaluate performance; recommend and initiate disciplinary action when necessary by reviewing circumstances, seriousness of offense, impacts, and probable cause to maintain fair and impartial control and to uphold the department's standards of performance; organize, coordinate and delegate projects and assignments.

Represent the department at various hearings, meetings, conferences, public news media interviews, and at city and county council meetings to provide information and answer questions pertaining to federal and State rules and regulations and department policies, procedures and projects.

Assist in budget development by recommending division, branch or section operational needs and other pertinent cost factors; attend finance, staff and status meetings to represent the division, branch or section.

Provide technical engineering assistance to staff and various committees and groups; testify in court proceedings and claims against the department to provide oral and written testimony, as required, and serve as an expert witness in lawsuits and other court matters.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Under general direction, incumbents are responsible for the operations and staff of one or more major work units within the Department of Transportation. Programs and activities administered at this level are broad and complex requiring interpretation of rules and regulations and the assessment of conflicting situations, divergent views and data that is complex, managing consultant agreements, and administering complex activities or statewide contracts.

Working knowledge of: mathematics, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and statistics to perform calculations and professional engineering work; engineering principles and practices; principles of organization and management in an engineering environment.

General knowledge of: federal and State affirmative action and equal employment opportunity laws and regulations; project and program budget tracking.

Ability to: manage projects and follow through with minimal direction and/or supervision; communicate orally using appropriate vocabulary and grammar to obtain and provide information and explain policies and procedures to persons with varying levels of engineering expertise; analyze information, technical data, problems, situations, practices or procedures to define the problem or objective; identify relevant concerns or factors, identify patterns, tendencies and relationships, and recognize alternatives and their implications; supervise and direct the work of professional engineers, sub-professional and skilled employees; work as part of a team; complete heavy workload within established time frames; speak on a one-to-one basis to obtain information, explain policies and procedures, and persuade others to accept or adopt a specific opinion or action; write concise, logical, grammatically correct analytical reports to explain procedures and policies and present information; evaluate and comment constructively on the performance of assigned personnel.

Skill in: recognizing the use of sound engineering principles and practices.