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Transportation Manager – Senior Manager (PSU0442)

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Fleet Administration



Job Summary

The Transportation Manager oversees daily fleet and parking operations. Responsibilities include ensuring a safe and efficient transportation environment; strategizing and developing capital plans; devising plans for vehicle/equipment/structure obsolescence and replacement; managing repair/maintenance; making purchases; negotiating contracts/agreements; directing and supervising personnel; developing and managing budgets; collaborating and coordinating with consultants; ensuring customer service and regulatory compliance.

Representative Duties

  • Oversee daily fleet and parking operations including parking lot, deck, kiosk, and shelter management, vehicle purchases, transit services, driver dispatch, parking permit allocation and sales, parking enforcement, and special event parking
  • Ensure an effective, efficient, safe, and sustainable transportation environment for students, faculty, staff, and guests; manage fleet and parking structure maintenance and repair; establish services and rates; develop and implement schedules, routes, pick-up and discharge points; facilitate ADA accommodations; devise plans for vehicle/equipment/structure life cycle, obsolescence, disposal, replacement
  • Maintain awareness of the University Park Campus Master Plan; strategize and develop capital project initiatives; contract for or conduct transportation feasibility studies; facilitate designs; prepare bid specifications; collaborate with consultants; negotiate contracts/agreements
  • Forecast, develop, and administer operating budgets; ensure fiscal responsibility; identify and implement cost containment; develop new and maximize existing revenue sources; monitor efficiency and productivity; manage financial reports
  • Develop and maintain relationships with funding agencies, local municipal leaders, campus and community members; present transportation information for approval or general public information
  • Keep abreast of transportation industry trends and regulatory requirements; develop operational changes, policies, and procedures; make notifications, develop training, and ensure compliance
  • Direct, oversee, and address issues/reviews/investigations related to regulatory compliance, customer service, personnel performance; take corrective action as necessary
  • Hire, train, coach, supervise, schedule, and evaluate employees; plan and coordinate professional development opportunities; adhere to Collective Bargaining Agreement provisions; participate in grievance and arbitration proceedings

Level Matrix

Level:
Senior Manager
Base Description:
– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.
Level Summary:
– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area
Fiscal Responsibilities:
– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area
Problem Solving:
– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems
Independence of Action:
– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others
Communication and Collaboration:
– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope
Salary Structure
  • Comp Grade – 13
  • Minimum – $86,300.00
  • MidPoint – $107,900.00
  • Maximum – $129,500.00
FLSA Exemption Status
Exempt
Minimum Education
Bachelor's Degree
Minimum Experience
10+ years of relevant experience, includes 3+ years of supervisory experience
Equivalency
Or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Additional Job Requirements