Transportation Director, Assistant

Compensation Range

$90,348.96 - $122,627.44

Please note: This job opening may close earlier than the stated date, due to high candidate volume. If interested, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. 

Who We Are:

At the City of High Point, we celebrate the creator in everyone. Building on our rich cultural history steeped in industrialism and innovation, our employees seek not only to transform themselves, but the world around us. We are collaborators, we are makers, we are visionaries. 
  
We invite you to explore the many opportunities to serve our community, by sharing your talents, skills, and expertise. You'll join a diverse team of over 1300 individuals dedicated not just to making a career, but a difference; because what we create in High Point, changes the world! 

Our Core Values:

• Integrity: Saying what we mean and consistently doing what we say with no desire other than the good of the citizens we serve. It means standing up for beliefs.

• Responsibility: A continual process that emphasizes a high level of personal accountability by each member of the organization.

• Partnership: Adding competitive value and quality to the services provided to our residents, businesses, and visitors through responsible fiscal stewardship, increased innovation, greater use of technology, and expanded civic, neighborhood and regional partnerships.

What We Offer:
The City of High Point offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. We also offer generous benefit package for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service

• 401K and 457B Retirement Plans

• PTO earned within first year

• 12 Paid Holidays per year

• Tuition Reimbursement Plan

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans effective day one

What You'll Do:

Please note: The salary range provided is a general guideline. Final compensation will be determined based on the selected candidate’s qualifications & experience.

The Assistant Transit Director serves as a key leader within the City’s Transportation Department, helping guide operations, strategic planning, and service delivery. This role supports the development of long-range transit plans, manages programs and budgets, and ensures compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations. The position also represents the City in coordination with external partners and provides recommendations to leadership, committees, and City Council.
Working under the Transportation Director, the Assistant Transit Director may assume full departmental leadership in their absence and supervises select staff, promoting accountability, safety, and high performance while ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget.

Essential Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Assume full leadership responsibilities of the Transportation Director in their absence.
• Develop long-range public transportation plans that support the City’s evolving needs.
• Represent the City in coordinating transportation activities with other governmental agencies and private firms.
• Attend Committee and City Council meetings and provide recommendations, as needed.
• Identify and respond to community and City Council issues, concerns, and needs.
• Assist in managing approved operating and capital programs.
• Assist in preparing departmental budget estimates.
• Support the Department Director with purchasing, budgeting, and personnel administration, including hiring, termination, disciplinary actions, hearings, and promotions.
• Administer a complex departmental budget and allocate limited resources in a cost-effective manner.
• Review contract documents, including design drawings, specifications, shop drawings, bid documents, qualifications, change orders, progress payments, and warranties.
• Conduct pre-bid, pre-construction, and construction meetings to help ensure projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Evaluate technical transportation programs using current data and projections.
• Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations and mandates across all divisions, including personnel, safety, and operations.
• Ensure all work is performed in accordance with OSHA and City safety standards and policies.
• Review performance appraisals of subordinate employees and approve associated action forms.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

• Thorough knowledge of transportation engineering or planning principles and practices, particularly as applied to roadway planning, design, and construction.
• Working knowledge of federal and state requirements and processes (e.g., FHWA, FTA, EPA, NCDOT, MPO).
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex information and exercise independent judgment in reaching sound conclusions.
• Ability to evaluate technical transportation programs using current data and projections.
• Ability to administer a complex departmental budget and allocate limited resources effectively.
• Proven ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal staff, other City departments (including Directors and Deputy Directors), the public, contractors, and governmental entities.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse groups.

Qualifications:

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, planning, or a closely related field with seven (7) or more years of experience in transportation OR high school diploma/GED with a minimum of ten (10) years of experience in transportation
• Five (5) years in a direct supervisory role.
• Valid Driver’s License.

Preferred Qualifications

• Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) or certification from the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).

Physical Requirements

• Hearing/Speaking – Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word. Perceive nature of sounds by ear. Necessary to converse with supervisors, city officials, employees and the general public in person and by telephone.
• Visual Abilities – the ability to perceive the nature of objects by the eye is required for this position:
  • Acuity, far – clarity of vision at 20 feet or more. Both eyes 20/30 – R 20/30 – L 20/30 corrected.
  • Acuity, mid-range – clarity of vision at ranges from 20 inches to 20 feet.
    Acuity, near – clarity of vision at 20 inches or less. Both eyes 20/22 corrected.
  • Depth perception – Three-dimensional vision. Ability to judge distance and space relationships to see objects where and as they are. Depth Perception – 4.
  • Field of Vision – the area that can be seen up and down or to the right or left while eyes are focused on one point.
  • Accommodation – Must be able to adjust the eye lens to bring an object into sharp focus. This item is especially important when doing near-point work at varying distances from eye.

• Physical Strength – degree of physical demands typically associated with this position include:
  • Sedentary Work:
    • Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or;
    • A negligible amount of force frequently, and/or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
  • Requirements include:
    • Sitting, walking, standing, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting and sitting.
  • Significant use of arms, hands, legs and feet.
  • Physical demands are varied with work situations.

• Type of Physical Demands
  • Reaching – Extending the hand(s) or arm(s) in any direction, but normally to front or side.
  • Handling – Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with hand(s).
  • Fingering – Picking, pinching or otherwise working with fingers primarily rather than the entire hand or arm.

Mental Activity/Requirements

• Reasoning
  • Ability to apply principles of logical thinking practical situations and in the development of projects and programs encounter in the day-to-day activities of the position. To comprehend and respond to a variety of situations in an expedient manner and at times under emergency conditions.
     
• Mathematic Ability
  • Ability to use arithmetic to the extent needed to assist with the budget preparation, verify report date, etc.….
     
• Language Ability
  • Ability to read and comprehend City Ordinances, policy manuals, general statutes, planning law references, zoning information and requirements, maps, reports, cost statements, budget information and other documents relating to the job requirements.
     
• Writing Ability
  • Ability to write report information, recommendations, proposals, letters, memos, directives, and other written documentation associated with the job.
     
• Spoken Ability
  • Ability to be conversant in voice and dictation so as to convey ideas and directives to subordinates. Be conversant with Managers and other City officials, Council members, subordinates, members of various committees and the general public
  • Ability to express ideas in technical terms associated with public works, while remaining polite and courteous.
  • Must sometimes be forceful in the enforcement of ordinances and/or policies.

Environmental Conditions

• Physical Surroundings
  • The Assistant Director is subject to inside environmental conditions;
    • Employee will be working inside of buildings with protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes.
       
• Hazards
  • No known environmental hazards associated with this job.
     
• Machinery/Tools/Work Aids/Other Equipment (which may be representative, but not all inclusive, of those commonly associated with this type of work.)
  • Various trade magazines, Federal Register, State regulations, City Ordinances, textbooks/design manuals, Personnel Resolution, policies, regulations, budget, copier, fax machine, directory, reports and other work aids common to the job.

The work location of this job will be 211 S Hamilton St High Point, North Carolina.

Our Commitments
The City of High Point is dedicated to fostering a work environment that values individuals from all backgrounds and seeks to attract and retain the most qualified partners in service to the citizens of High Point. As an at-will employer, the City allows employees to terminate their employment, or be terminated at any time, with or without cause, as long as it is not prohibited by law.