This is administrative civil engineering work directing, through subordinate engineering supervisors, city-wide highway and bridge construction, reconstruction and/or maintenance programs involving city-work forces and private contractors. Work includes responsibility for planning and developing labor/management programs and policies to achieve program and divisional goals within budgetary, workforce and time allowances. The employee in this class assumes the lead position in determining workforce deployment and snow and ice removal strategies during the City's snow emergency situations. Meeting with state and local transportation agencies, other city departments, utilities and consultants to discuss and solve highway jurisdictional and encroachment problems and plan construction, reconstruction and major maintenance projects is a significant aspect of the work. Work is performed under the general direction of the Streets Commissioner.

• Administers a city-wide program of highway construction and the maintenance and repair of bridges and highways; directs through subordinate Engineering Supervisor the development, planning and evaluation of current maintenance and construction program objectives in relation to overall highway improvement policies and objectives of the division.
• Directs and coordinates the activities of the various operational units that comprise the highway division; directs and reviews through subordinate engineers the preparation and review of highway designs and contract plans and specifications, the inspection of all street construction and reconstruction work performed by private contractors, the maintenance and repair of streets and bridges by city forces and private contractors, the manufacture of asphalt by city forces at the city's asphalt plant as well as the inspection of asphalt and concrete manufactured under private contract, the maintenance of a large fleet of heavy automotive equipment used in support of the highway division, and other highway operations including line-stripping and concrete mobile functions.
• Confers with all unit heads on operational, budgetary, personnel, equipment and work program needs; resolves the most complex engineering and administrative problems.
• Reviews the preparation of and processing of documents for highway and bridge improvement projects and capital budget proposals and schedules; insures that all contract plans and specifications conform with departmental and city rules and regulations as well as acceptable construction standards.
• Confers with departmental heads to formulate and develop divisional policies affecting the highway and bridge construction and maintenance programs; determines, plans and coordinates the expenditure of all capital highway improvement funds.
• Meets frequently with state transportation representatives, architectural and engineering design consultants, union officials, contractors and community representatives for informational exchanges, negotiating sessions, problem resolution and project coordination; directs the City's snow and ice removal operations; makes timely decisions to produce safe cost effective responses within available resources; directs the development of computerized highway operational and maintenance data management systems; reviews and approves computer software and hardware requirements and configuration.
• Develops programs to comply with federally mandated inspection legislation to protect the department's capital investments; directs analysis and evaluation programs to identify and implement improved highway applications and labor- saving equipment as a result of new technologies; reviews and approves methods to regulate street encroachments by various utilities and private agencies.
• Functions as chairman of the board of highway supervisors and approves or disapproves the design, location and removal of underground structures; functions as a member of the traffic coordinating committee and participates in the determination of the most appropriate time, method and procedure for implementing maintenance and repair activities; functions as member of the highway planning committee; acts for the Streets Commissioner and makes administrative decisions as they affect the highway division; represents the Streets Commissioner at public and ceremonial functions.
• Performs related work as required.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• the principles and practices of civil engineering as they pertain to highway design and construction and the major maintenance of bridges and highways.
• the current developments, equipment, and materials used in highway design and construction and the major maintenance of bridges and highways.
• modern engineering administrative methods and techniques necessary to direct a large operational division that employs technical, inspectional, skilled and unskilled personnel engaged in a variety of large-scale highway design and construction and the major maintenance of bridges and highways.
• supervisory methods and techniques.
• fiscal, budget, procurement, and personnel procedures and techniques.
• the laws, rules and regulations controlling highway construction and the maintenance and repair of bridges and highways through subordinate engineering supervisors.

ABILITY TO:

• direct a city-wide program of highway construction and the maintenance and repair of bridges and highways through subordinate engineering supervisors.
• make major allocation decisions and be able to justify and defend them for public acceptance.
• apply engineering and administrative knowledge to the resolution of major technical and/or operational problems.
• review, supervise and participate in the preparation of contract plans and specifications.
• develop and enforce departmental policies affecting divisional operations.
• establish and maintain effective working relationships with engineers, contractors, associates, subordinates, the general public, state and local transportation agencies and utilities.

• Completion of a bachelor's degree program at an accredited college or university with major course work in civil engineering.
• Nine years of civil engineering experience in the design, construction or major maintenance of highways or bridges, including four years in an administrative capacity directing a major highway or bridge section.

Or 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.

PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS

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

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND/OR CERTIFICATES

• Registration as a professional engineer as issued by the Pennsylvania State Registration Board for Professional Engineers prior to appointment and during tenure of employment as a Chief Highway Engineer.

PAY RANGE: EP30
Class Established: 5/1956

Latest Spec. Revision: 7/1989

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