STATE PROFILE SUMMARY: Leads and assists in one or more of the following areas: OMAT, maintenance, construction, intermodal, planning, utilities, surveying, environmental or traffic. Serves as assistant office head to professionals providing professional support in one or more areas listed.

Job Specific Duties:

Responsible for managing the Statewide Location Bureau providing and/or monitoring the development of Aerial Photography, Photogrammetric Mapping, LiDAR, and collection and resolution of Field Survey data provided by in-house forces or consultant engineering firms.

This includes establishing statewide standards for data collection methods (software and hardware), scheduling assignments with Project Managers and District Location staff, and providing and monitoring QA checks by GDOT at strategic points in project development to ensure geodetic control and field surveys are within allowable tolerances before additional financial and human resources are advanced.

Additional responsibilities include verification of earthwork quantities by photogrammetric processes, review of consultant pre-qualification applications for area classes 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06 and 5.07., review of initial project scope to determine man-hour estimates and base-line schedules for delivery of mapping, LiDAR, and field survey activities, review of consultant man-hours estimates for consistency with project scope, providing statewide data collector support and training to Field District Crews, and management of the master repository for state/federal survey stations.

This critical position requires a combination of personnel management and technical skills and is critical to the delivery of GDOT projects.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

The selected candidate must meet the advertised minimum qualifications to include State Entry Qualifications as well as Agency Specific Qualifications.

STATE ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associates degree in a related field managerial or supervisory role Five years of related experience.

• OR one (1) year at the lower-level Mgr 2, Transport Specialist (TRM031) or position equivalent.

AGENCY SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Five years of experience in performing or reviewing field surveys, mapping, or aerial photography activities, or designing and reviewing roadway plans.
• Extensive knowledge and experience engineering and/or survey principles and laws and/or regulations as part of the survey, design, construction, and/or operation of transportation projects.
• Demonstrated ability to organize, create, and implement a transportation related program to improve the Department's Survey, Design and Construction processes.
• Knowledge of state and federal funding types for transportation projects.
• Demonstrates excellent leadership skills inspiring, motivating and guiding others toward accomplishing goals
• Demonstrated experience managing, organizing, and setting priorities and determining objectives and strategies to achieve them.
• Possess strong leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and guide others toward accomplishment of office/department goals.
• Significant training and experience necessary to assist in directing the survey and/or engineering related activities of an office, and in planning, directing, and evaluating the work of subordinate managerial, and technical staff.
• Familiarity with related technological developments and be able to integrate new technology to manage and improve program effectiveness.
• Possess the competencies to negotiate to find mutually acceptable solutions.
• Possesses the competencies to identify and solve problems and apply innovative solutions to make organizational improvements.
• Possess strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to express ideas and facts to groups and individuals effectively.
• Effectively manages own time while dealing with multiple priorities.
• Applicant must be self-motivated and results oriented.
• Committed to providing quality customer service.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor of Science in Surveying and Mapping
• Land Surveyor in Training (LSIT)
• Land Surveying Certificate
• Registered Land Surveyor (RLS)
• Demonstrated experience developing and/or implementing short- and long-term organizational change and motivating others to reach goals.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL GDOT JOBS

The interview is just one part of the overall selection process and is not the only criteria used to make the final selection. In addition to the interview, the final selection is based on the applicant’s work history and performance (documented in HR and/or Office files), PeopleSoft/employee status (i.e. rehire code), employee performance reviews, personnel file review (HR & Office Files), criminal background check, employment reference checks (including references and commendations from Managers and other relevant documentation) and, for supervisory positions, demonstrated leadership skills based on past and current work history will be considered.

Good Employment Standing:

In accordance with the Interview and Selection Process (ISP), an applicant must have no active disciplinary actions to be in good employment standing. Actions that may disqualify an applicant include letters of reprimand (active for 12 months after issuance date); suspension without pay or disciplinary demotion (active for 12 months from the effective date); Performance Improvement Plans (PIP) and Leave Restriction Plans (active until 12 months after the date of issuance). In addition, an employee must have an overall ePerformance rating score of three (3) or higher on their most current evaluation. Please note that Memorandums of Concern are not considered disqualifying factors. Human Resources may remove any employee from consideration for selection who is pending a disciplinary action; however, if the action is resolved in the employee’s favor, he or she will be allowed to compete.

THIS IS AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL JOB ANNOUCEMENT

THIS IS AN UNCLASSIFIED POSITION.

THE SELECTED APPLICANT FOR THE POSITION WILL BE SUBJECT TO A REFERENCE CHECK AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK, WHERE APPLICABLE

PLEASE INCLUDE ALL RELEVANT JOB INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION FOR

CONSIDERATION. ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE PRESCREENED.

UPON PROMOTION, IF INTERNAL, THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL RECEIVE 10% or THE GDOT JOB SPECIFIC MINIMUM SALARY, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

GDOT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER