3C70
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING PLANNING AND ANALYSIS MANAGER

This is administrative engineering planning and analysis work for the Streets Department’s Transportation Planning and Analysis Unit. An employee in this class directs, through subordinate engineering, technical and supervisory staff, the strategic planning and coordination of all projects including capital projects for the street lighting, traffic, highways, and engineering/surveying divisions to ensure they are in alignment with departmental priorities. Work includes directing the Transportation Project Management Group that prepares, coordinates and manages projects for the Highways capital program and provides management of the advertising, bidding, and awarding of all public work contracts for the Streets Department. Work also includes overseeing fiscal and administrative support including purchasing, budgeting, procurement, personnel planning, petty cash, facility maintenance, risk analysis, operational productivity, work systems analysis and development, and other related administrative needs. Significant aspects of the work include establishing effective communication between divisions, other agencies, officials and other departments as well as representing departmental policy in meetings with contractors and officials outside the department. Work is performed under the direction of the Streets Department Deputy Commissioner.

• The position must supervise, through subordinate supervisors, the strategic planning, analysis, administrative support and fiscal support for the Streets Department’s Transportation Unit.
• Only one position may be allocated to this class.

Manages the strategic planning for the transportation group of divisions within the Streets Department which includes highways, engineering, traffic and street lighting divisions; provides overall coordination for projects related to transportation issues that the Streets Department prepares or reviews; reviews how resources are allocated and project schedules are made to make sure that they align with Street Department priorities and make sure that funding is in place; ensures that systems are in place to keep projects on time and under budget; oversees the development and maintenance of a management system to chart progress on projects and make executive level reporting available to the Streets Commissioner and division heads.

Manages the transportation project management group, made up of engineering, supervisory and technical staff; oversees purchasing, budgeting, contracts, procurement, personnel planning, petty cash, facilities maintenance and other related administrative and fiscal needs; coordinates the development and maintenance of systems to record productivity measures; provides reports, maps, charts and studies for each division for the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and Streets Department Budget Officer on a regular basis; develops work order management systems for all the Transportation group operations; represents departmental policy in meetings with contractors and officials outside the department.

Plans, prepares and coordinates the Highway Division capital program, at the direction of the transportation unit’s division heads and as per departmental policy set by the Streets Commissioner; decides on methods to analyze how capital projects are budgeted and scheduled to maximize the department’s leveraging federal funding.

Oversees the preparation and project management of the City’s resurfacing program projects, the development and maintenance of such systems as pavement management, as well as GIS updates related to transportation infrastructure; provides engineering expertise in special projects undertaken by the department and provides engineering and administrative oversight in the area of managing the users of the Right of Way; reviews recommendations made by the engineering supervisory staff in the area of paving recommendations for the capital main replacement program in the Water Department.

Oversees the advertising, bidding, and awarding of all public work contracts for the Streets Department; oversees the preparation of proposals and contract development for developers building new roadways in the City of Philadelphia; reviews and makes recommendations for optimum use of funding for both the City and Federal Aid roadway network contract packages.

Coordinates with the utility community through the Committee of Highway Supervisors; coordinates with the Water Department and other agencies seeking reviews on the impact to the road network of their capital main improvements projects; identifies and resolves conflicts between utility and city projects through the Committee of Highway Supervisors, communicates and resolves transportation issues that need coordination across division, departmental or inter-agency lines; communicates with managers in other departments, outside agencies such as utility companies, PennDot, Septa and the Regional Planning Commission.

Provides management coordination of legislative issues on behalf of the department; oversees the analysis for lawsuits and claims as well as the investigation of records, plans and permits to be included in reports for lawsuits and claims; provides testimony, through subordinates, for the City’s defense; provides expertise in the preparation of submission for historical and environmental clearances for all Transportation projects, as required by State and Federal design guidelines.

Performs related work as required.

KNOWLEDGE OF:
• the principles and practices of civil engineering as applied to municipal transportation projects
• engineering theory, principles, and practices as applied to the analysis, review, and approval of plans, designs, cost estimates, specifications, and other contract documents for engineering design and construction programs
• engineering theories, principles and practices used to assure adherence to time schedules and cost estimates
• administrative methods and practices used for the review of plans and specifications for engineering design and construction projects
• fiscal budget, procurement, and personnel procedures and techniques
• the principles and techniques of operations analysis, work simplification, and form and records control
• project management techniques
• principles and practices of supervision
• principles and practices of public finance as they apply to the preparation and control of operating and capital budgets
• city code related to right of way management
• state and federal grant guidelines
• city's capital budgeting processes and procedures
SKILL IN:
• Microsoft Office including Microsoft Project
• Cityworks Work Order System/Azteca
• GPIS- Guaranteed Pavement Information system
• Geographical Information systems
• making engineering calculations
• presenting ideas effectively, both orally and in writing
ABILITY TO:
• interpret transportation related designs and plans related to construction and maintenance projects
• review and approve engineering designs, plans, specifications, contract documents and cost estimates for capital improvement projects based upon acceptable engineering and departmental standards and governmental regulations
• analyze data and prepare charts, reports and budgetary statements as needed
• supervise and participate in the preparation of contract plans and specifications
• establish and maintain effective working relationships with contractors, public utility officials, superiors, and subordinates.
• evaluate the effectiveness of administrative functions and make procedural changes to provide for more effective and efficient operations
• analyze and evaluate a variety of facts and data
• supervise a group of engineering, administrative and technical staff

EDUCATION

Completion of a bachelor's degree program at an accredited college or university with major course work in Civil Engineering.

AND
GENERAL EXPERIENCE:

Three years of civil engineering experience.

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SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE:

Two years of civil engineering experience in street lighting, traffic, highways, or engineering/surveying at the second supervisory, project management or senior staff level.

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Any equivalent combination of acceptable education and experience which has included the completion of a bachelor's degree program in an acceptable area of engineering as an educational minimum.

Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in the environmental conditions required of a position in this class.