Chief, Office of Geotechnical Design – North (Supervising Transportation Engineer, Caltrans)

Job Description and Duties Under the general direction of the Deputy Division Chief of Geotechnical Services, the incumbent is responsible for client services, managing and directing a professional and technical staff in delivering quality geotechnical products and services for District 2, 3, 6, 9 and 10 on time and within budget. The incumbent will provide general direction, through Branch Chiefs, to ensure timely completion of geotechnical investigations including exploration, samplings, laboratory testing, analysis, recommendations and preparation of geotechnical design reports and structure foundation reports; provide all geotechnical services to District Project Development and Engineering Services Design to incorporate geotechnical recommendations into project design and specifications; review draft designs for conformity to geotechnical standards and recommendations; provide support to District and Structure Construction; provide support to District Maintenance for storm damage and other issues; and provide Design Oversight review of consultant designed geotechnical work. The incumbent must be a licensed Transportation Engineer- Civil and be experienced in Project Development and the discipline of Geotechnical Engineering as related to projects on the State Highway System. You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement. Special Requirements Pursuant to California Code of Regulations § 549.90, this position will be filled via the California Department of Transportation Managerial Selection Program (MSP) process. This process provides for examination and job-selection specific to each position and consistent with the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the classification. Please read the entire job posting before applying for this position. This is a Caltrans Open examination. All applicants must meet the minimum qualifications by the final filing date to participate in the examination. Minimum Qualifications: Possession of a valid certificate of registration as a civil engineer issued by the California State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers. and Either I Experience: One year of transportation engineering experience as a senior level engineer in the California state service. Or II One year of supervisory or managerial experience equivalent in level to a Senior Transportation Planner in the California state service. and Two years of civil engineering work at the Associate Engineer level or higher in the California state service. Or III Broad and extensive (more than five years) transportation engineering experience, two years of which are equivalent in responsibility to the senior level engineer in the California state service. Examination Information: This examination will utilize an evaluation of each candidate’s experience and education (E&E) compared to a standard developed from the Class Specification. For this reason, it is especially important that each candidate take special care in accurately and completely filling out his or her State application (STD. 678). List all experience relevant to the “Minimum Qualifications”. This examination will not establish a civil service list; therefore, candidates will not have the ability to transfer their eligibility to other departments. Candidates will be notified of their examination results. Note: If using Out of Class (OOC) experience, you must submit a copy of your signed and approved OOC documentation. Failure to do so may result in your OOC experience not being considered during the evaluation process of this examination. Statement of Qualifications A Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) is required and must be submitted along with your State application. The SOQ is a discussion of how an applicant’s education and experience meet the evaluation criteria below and qualify them for the position. Responses to the SOQ must be submitted on the Department of Transportation's MSP Statement of Qualifications Form (PM-0504). Any SOQ responses that are not submitted on the PM-0504 will not be scored. Each box provided for your response has been limited to 2000 characters. Each question will be scored individually, therefore, candidates must provide detailed and specific examples, from their professional experience, education, and training, that directly answer each of the SOQ questions. The SOQ will be utilized as screening criteria for the hiring interview only and will not be used for the purposes of examination. Additional documents to supplement the PM-0504 will not be reviewed during the SOQ scoring. To learn about the Statement of Qualifications form (PM-0504) and screening process, click here: https://youtu.be/Wi1RbhBY0Ao The PM-0504 SOQ Form can be found in the Required Application Package Documents section of this advertisement. If you have difficulty opening the form, please try using Mozilla Firefox. Please make sure the number of SOQs on the Form are the same as the number of SOQs below. The Statement of Qualifications must address the applicant’s qualifications relative to the following: 1. Knowledge and experience with geotechnical investigation and design, and the role of geotechnical services in project delivery. 2. Experience managing complex, multi-disciplinary workloads including balancing staffing, competing priorities, and stakeholder/partner expectations. 3. Experience communicating effectively, both orally and in writing representing Caltrans before state, federal and local agencies, industry advocacy groups and the business community in geotechnical matters. 4. Experience developing organizational strategies, priorities, vision and culture.