Serves as a member of the agency s executive committee, counseling on and participating in overall agency policy formulation and administrative activities. Provides administrative direction to Directors Transportation and District Administrators. Receives administrative direction from the Department of Transportation Commissioner. Activities influence all statewide transportation engineering programs related to highway construction and maintenance. The position has a direct impact on the economic well being, public safety, and quality of life of citizens and on the management of the agency.
Decisions effect the expenditure of large amounts of state and federal funds.
None identified for this class. Experience negotiating and working with high-level executives and public officials. An equivalent combination of training and experience indicating possession of the preceding knowledge and abilities may substitute for this education and experience. This class, previously titled Highway Chief Engineer, was revised as a result of an agency management study conducted by the Virginia Department of Transportation, effective June 1991.