Transportation Director

The City of Bentonville Arkansas is currently recruiting for Transportation Director. This position is responsible for planning, directing, overseeing, and coordinating the activities of the engineering and street departments as well as the municipal airport, local bus transit, and all capital street and drainage construction projects. Conducts long-range City planning with respect to street, drainage, and airport. Plans, organizes, directs, and integrates the functions of traffic control and design; street department maintenance; stormwater control, inspection, and compliance; and traffic signage, controls and signals and ensures all projects and documents meet required Federal, State, and Local policies and regulations by performing the following duties.
Additional duties as follows:
Prepares reviews and adjusts the annual operating budgets of the engineering street and Airport departments, and bond capital projects according to anticipated needs.
Reviews private development, municipal airport, highway and bridge plans, location, contracts, and cost estimates for technical accuracy, and approves acceptable proposals or makes corrective recommendations.
Directs workers in preparation of reports to state and federal government officials and represents the City of Bentonville at hearings with public officials, contractors, and engineering personnel.
Provides information to the Mayor, City Council, citizens, and other City departments concerning engineering, street maintenance, Municipal airport, drainage, traffic signals, and capital street projects.
**This list is not fully inclusive of all job duties, please see our website for full details and to apply for this position.
Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) or equivalent in civil or construction engineering and four to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Five-plus years of progressively responsible public works maintenance experience in a management or supervisory level supplemented by college-level coursework with a concentration in civil engineering, public administration, construction management, or other job-related fields.
The City of Bentonville is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, veteran status, political status, disability status, or genetic information, as required by all federal and state laws.
Follow this link to apply: https://www.bentonvillear.com/1414/Employment-Opportunities