CIV Transportatn WFD Prgm Mgr

Join us as our Transportation Workforce Development Program Manager and make a statewide impact by building strategies, driving innovation, and fostering partnerships that keep our highways moving forward.

At TxDOT we value employee work-life-balance.  In keeping with our commitment to this our employees benefit from a wide array of programs and activities that include flexed and compressed work schedules, wellness leave incentive, in-house fitness center, career development programs, tuition assistance and various other benefits.

At TxDOT, we value work-life balance and are committed to providing our employees with a comprehensive range of benefits and programs, including:

• Retirement Plans

• Alternative and/or Flexible Work Schedules

• Paid Leave and Holidays

• Health Premiums paid at 100% for Full-Time Employees

• On-the-Job Training

• Tuition Assistance Program

• Holistic Wellness Program with Leave Incentives

• Career Development and Advancement Opportunities

• Family-Friendly Policies and Programs

In 2024, TxDOT was recognized as a Best Place for Working Parents, and many of our offices statewide are also designated as Texas Mother-Friendly Worksites. These recognitions reflect our dedication to supporting families and promoting a healthy work-life balance.

For a complete list of our total compensation package please visit our website at: Total Compensation Package

To view benefits available to all State of Texas employees visit: Benefits at a Glance | ERS (texas.gov)

Directs program operations and staff responsible for transportation industry workforce development programs. Manages complex
project planning activities. Works with division management to develop policies and procedures for staff. Work requires travel.
Work requires extensive contact with executives, managers, consultants, governmental agencies and the public. Employees at this
level establish their own work plan and priorities to meet set objectives. Issues are rarely referred to the supervisor but are
handled at the occurrence.

Essential Duties: 

• Coordinates development of the section's budget and plans for information resources.
• Develops and coordinates transportation industry workforce-development programs to establish effective methods.
• Advises management on various transportation industry workforce development studies by identifying best practices;
  priorities, defining study scope, purpose, objectives, time frames, and resource requirements.
• Tracks transportation industry workforce development program activities; develops and monitors performance data.
• Creates and manages FHWA mandated Plans for federal highway industry workforce programs.
• Maintains contact with external agencies, such as the Federal Highway Administration, contractors, subcontractors and the
  general public on highway industry workforce development program areas.
• Develops and monitors statistical performance measures.
• Develops goals for the section and manages the planning activities, resources and work priorities required to meet those
  goals.
• Directs the development of detailed schedules by work breakdown structure and resource assignments to each activity to
  determine progress requirements to meet project completion dates.
• Ensures compliance with state and federal laws, rules and regulations, department processes and procedures.
• Oversees technical and policy analysis of the impacts of policy decisions and legislation
• Recommends staffing and funding for division related activities.
• Represents the division or Department on state, national and international tasks forces or committees, as required.
• Supervises professional and administrative staff.
• Trains Department employees, consultants and contractors.
• Partners with Human Resources, to assist in developing, coordinating, and implementing department wide engagement
  initiatives.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications: 

Education:

Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline. Relevant work experience may be substituted for degree on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications

Experience:

5 years of experience in civil rights, labor relations, workforce development or related work. (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent) Related graduate level education may be
substituted for experience on a year per year basis.

Licenses and Certifications: 

Valid driver’s license. This position requires driving a state vehicle. 

Competencies: 

Extensive knowledge of:
-K1005: Statistical analysis methodologies and reporting procedures
-K1116: Program development
-K1300: Federal and state civil rights laws
-K8000: Applicable laws, rules, and regulations

Considerable knowledge of:

• Equal employment opportunity guidelines
• Applicable computer operating systems and relevant applications
• Contract development and oversight

Expert skill in:

• Researching, analyzing, and interpreting policies and state and federal laws and regulations specific to functional area
•  Managing projects and project teams
• Meeting deadlines

Proficient skill in:

• Supervising professional and administrative staff
• Maintaining effective working relationships with others
• Planning, coordinating and handling multiple projects within area of responsibility to meet short and long-term deadlines
• Preparing and maintaining confidential and sensitive records, files, and reports
• Using computers, applicable programs, applications, and systems
• Maintaining a safe working environment

Ability to:

• Communicate effectively
• Think strategically to establish business strategies with a long-term focus

Other Attributes:

• Exercises logic and reasoning to define problems, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; makes decisions that
  support business objectives and goals
• Manages conflicts quickly, expressing opinions directly, and determines resolution in order to advance work and maintain
  effective relationships
   

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: 

• Sedentary work: Lift up to 10 lbs at a time and occasionally carry files/small tools
• Talking-expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words
• Hearing-perceive sound at normal speaking levels; receive information by oral communication
• Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading

Conditions of Employment: 

Please read the Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT) for all positions.

TxDOT is committed to hiring veterans. To assist in determining whether your military experience may pertain to the minimum requirements for this position, Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) codes from each branch of the U.S. Armed Forces have been assigned to each state classification code/title where applicable. The MOS codes are grouped by occupational category.

Click on the appropriate occupational category to view the MOS codes.

The Texas Department of Transportation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

If requested, reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities for any part of the employment process in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Action of 1990.

Additional Applicant Information