Contract Monitor Wise Residency

Job Description

**Title:** Contract Monitor Wise Residency

**State Role Title:** Transportation Operator III

**Hiring Range:** $39,023 – $63,413

**Pay Band:** 3

**Agency:** VA Dept of Transportation

**Location:** Wise Residency

**Agency Website:** https://www.jobs.virginia.gov/home

**Recruitment Type:** General Public – G

**Job Duties**

**VDOT** is seeking motivated professionals in the Wise area who are driven by performance, stewardship, and a passion to #keepVirginiamoving!

In the role of **Contract Monitor**, you’ll collaborate with our Residency team to oversee the work of VDOT contractors. Your responsibilities will include inspecting and documenting all stages of maintenance and construction activities to ensure they meet contract requirements and specifications.

**Core Responsibilities of this position include:**

Contract Monitoring

Documentation and Communication

Performance Monitoring

Emergency Operations

Inventory Data Management and Control

Equipment and Asset Maintenance

Materials Testing and Environmental Compliance

This position is Essential to Emergency Operations

As defined by VDOT Department Memorandum (DM) Number: 17-1 – Emergency Operations and Traffic Management, VDOT is an emergency operation agency. As such, this job is essential to emergency response operations and expected to work in these situations. Report to work when called. Maintain communications with supervisor. Keep abreast of weather forecasts for duty readiness in reporting. Be prepared to operate appropriate equipment in all kinds of weather.

**Minimum Qualifications**

* Ability to read, analyze and interpret contracts, road and bridge specifications and associated regulations in highway maintenance.

* Thorough knowledge of roadway construction, maintenance, and repair techniques, practices and equipment.

* Ability to perform heavy manual labor.

* Skill in the use of computers and software programs.

* Knowledge of inspection procedures, as well as materials testing and acceptance.

* Ability to monitor and oversee the work of others.

* Safety shoes required.

* Ability to obtain CDL and DOT medical card within 11 months of employment and maintain thereafter. Must comply with DOT and VDOT policies and standards when operating CDL equipment.

* Ability to collect and analyze data and prepare timely and accurate reports.

* Ability to obtain Work Zone Safety and Flagging certification, Erosion and Sediment Control certification, ACI Concrete, and VDOT materials certifications within 6-12 months of employment.

**Additional Considerations**

* Possession of valid CDL and DOT medical card.

* Intermediate Work Zone Traffic Control Safety.

* Skill in the use of automated construction management and financial software.

* A combination of training, experience, or education in Construction or related field desired.

* American Concrete Institute (ACI) Concrete Field Level I (CCWA) OR WACEL Concrete I Certification.

* Asphalt Field Level I.

* Experience in highway, structures, or equipment maintenance or construction.

* Experience in roadway maintenance, construction and equipment operations.

* Flagger.

* DEQ: Responsible Land Disturber (RLD).

* Experience monitoring and inspecting contractors or overseeing the work of others.

* CPR with AED, Standard First Aid, and Blood Borne Pathogens (BBP) Combined Course.

* Soils & Aggregate Compaction.

* Possession of Work Zone Safety and Flagging certification, Erosion and Sediment Control certification, ACI Concrete, and VDOT materials certifications.

**Special Instructions**

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or resume is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

State applications will only be accepted as submitted online by 11:55 pm on the closing date through the PageUp System. State applications submitted via email, postal mail, fax, or in person will not be considered. Applicants are expected to fully represent qualifications and work history on the State application and/or resume. The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information provided on the application, therefore, it is essential to fully complete each section of the application and provide detailed information. Submitting an incomplete state application, or a state application lacking in detail, may impact your interview eligibility.

In addition to a rewarding work experience, VDOT offers excellent health and life insurance, benefits, pre-tax spending accounts, state funded Short- and Long-Term Disability, paid holidays, vacation, tuition assistance, free wellness programs, and a state retirement plan with options for tax-deferred retirement savings including employer matching.

We are a “Virginia Values Veterans” (V3) official certified company and state agency that provides hiring preference to Veterans and Members of the Virginia National Guard in support of Executive Order 29, (2010). If you are a Veteran or Virginia National Guard Member, we urge you to respond accordingly on your state application.

We have Shared Values and a Code of Ethics: your success in our organization depends upon modeling these values, therefore please access the following link: https://www.virginiadot.org/about/missionandvalues.asp to review them and; if in agreement, we welcome you to apply.

Fingerprint-based background checks, references, work history, and DMV records will be verified prior to employment. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. H1B VISA Sponsorship is not available. VDOT utilizes a market-based pay program, which has been approved by DHRM. Therefore, advertised rates of pay may or may not align with the Commonwealth pay bands.

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is an Equal Opportunity Employer by both policy and practice. For more information about our employment practices, please visit “Information for VDOT Employees and Applicants”: http://www.virginiadot.org/jobs/information_for_employees.asp

**Contact Information**

Name: Jessica Meyer

Phone: 276-213-1791

Email: jessica.meyer@vdot.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note**:** Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.

Each agency within the Commonwealth of Virginia is dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and maintaining a competent and diverse work force. **Equal Opportunity Employer**