Title: Assistant Section Manager-Environmental

State Role Title: Environmental Manager I

Hiring Range: $74,006 - $92,508 - $120,260

Pay Band: 5

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Salem District Office

Agency Website: www.virginiaDOT.org/jobs

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

What drives you? Whether it’s knowing the work you do makes a difference, having great work/life balance, working on exciting and challenging projects, leading innovation, and championing change or simply working with a great group of people who are committed to your professional development...At the Virginia Department of Transportation, we have something for YOU!

VDOT Salem District is seeking an Assistant Environmental Manager responsible for supervision and oversight of the Natural Resources and Environmental Commitments and Performance Programs. This position supports compliance efforts by providing complex technical assistance and policy interpretation, providing recommendations to evaluate environmental compliance, and ensuring VDOT activities avoid, minimize, or mitigate negative environmental impacts and adhere to federal, state, and local environmental laws, regulations and policies. This manager ensures quality assurance of environmental work deliverables and provides support to meet project deliverables and due dates. Provides recommendations and solutions to procedural, policy, or contractual matters related to environmental, and facilitates resolution of complex environmental issues by ensuring follow-through and closure in solutions.

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.

Minimum Qualifications

•Knowledge of federal and Commonwealth environmental laws, regulations, and
practices.
•Ability to review, critique and interpret plans, contracts, special provisions, and
specifications.
•Skill in gathering and analyzing data to make environmental recommendations.
•Experience in wetland delineation and permitting.
•Ability to supervise the work of others and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
•Ability to plan and schedule diverse work unit priorities.
•Ability to use computers and complex software applications.
•Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
•Experience providing technical presentations and facilitating meetings with diverse
stakeholders.
•Valid Driver's License and the ability to travel independently to assigned workplaces.

Additional Considerations

•Progressively responsible experience managing staff performing environmental
functions.
•Experienced budget manager of financial resource allocations and technical data.
•Experience overseeing multiple environmental programs concurrently.
•Department of Environmental Quality Dual Inspector (DI).
•Knowledge of roadway and associated asset construction techniques.
•Experience performing environmental monitoring and inspection of construction activities.
•Ability to work at times outside of normal work hours, in diverse weather conditions, and to independently traverse varying complexities of terraine.

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.

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.

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.

“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.”

Once onboarded, this position may be eligible for telework opportunities;
availability, hours, and duration of telework shall be approved as outlined in the
Commonwealth telework policy.

If selected as a finalist, you will undergo:
-Employment reference check and work history verification
-DMV Records Check
-Fingerprint-based criminal history records check with VA State Police and FBI

Safety shoes and other personal protective equipment are required in performance of job duties.

Contact Information

Name: TERESA MOODY

Phone: 540-266-2661

Email: [email protected]

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.