Road and Bridge Supervisor

Department:

Transportation

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Ready to lead and make a difference in your community?

We’re seeking an experienced Road and Bridge Supervisor to oversee daily operations of maintenance crews handling both routine and emergency work. In this role, you’ll coordinate equipment and resources, ensure safety compliance, and keep projects on schedule.

You’ll partner with leadership on budgeting, staffing, scheduling, and employee development while fostering a strong safety culture and high-performing team.

If you’re a hands-on leader who takes pride in maintaining critical infrastructure, apply today and help keep our community moving.

About This Role

• Direct and schedule unit work activities
• Establishe and monitor employee performance standards
• Establish proper safety and maintenance of traffic standards and monitors to ensure compliance with county/state and OSHA regulations
• Utilize computerized programs for scheduling and time management
• Maintain, review and summarize daily work activity logs
• Assist with establishing workload priorities to meet deadlines
• Assist with monitoring, analyzing/assessing effectiveness and efficiency of all aspects of work performed
• Interface with other business units and officials
• Instruct crews in proper and safe utilization of equipment
• Coordinate the use of external resources and vendors
• Coordinate and ensure appropriate supply of work materials; tracks and maintains inventories
• Participate in the hiring process, handle employee relations issues, prepare and conduct employee performance reviews, ensure training and development of assigned staff
• Participate in staffing and business planning efforts. Provide input and assists with work unit budget, prepares and presents activity reports and technical information, and maintains records and vital operations information
• Provide support to other areas and supervision as required, interacts with citizens and clients
• Assign work to crews during emergency operations

Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 6:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. *On-Call Required

About You

Minimum Qualifications:

• A High School Diploma or its equivalent

• Four (4) years of job related field

• -AND- One (1) year of supervisory experience

• -OR- A two (2) year associate's degree AND two (2) years of job related experience

• -OR- A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university AND one (1) year of job related experience

• The ability to acquire a Class "B" CDL with air brake endorsement within six (6) months at the time of hire. Paid for by Sarasota County!

• A valid Florida Driver License at the time of hire

Physical Demands: May occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds

Subject to Passing Substance Screening:  This position is subject to passing a pre-employment substance screening.  An applicant who fails to pass a required drug screening test shall be disqualified from employment in any class for a period of five (5) years

About Everything Else

Starting Pay Range: $28.86/ hour

Potential higher pay for those with multiple years of experience

Our interview process could include phone interview(s), Microsoft Teams video interview(s), and/or in-person interview(s).

If you are selected to join our team, please click on this link to review the Required First Day Documents. You will need to present the following items on your first day:

1. I-9 Acceptable Documents to show your identity and authorization to work. Use this link to learn more and review the different document options: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents

• If your position requires a Florida Driver’s License, this must be one of your documents. (Your Florida Driver’s License can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List B Documents.)  

2. U.S. Social Security Card (signed, physical card). This is a requirement of our Payroll Department and failure to provide this document could jeopardize timely compensation. (Your U.S. Social Security Card can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List C Documents.)  

Benefits:

• Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more! Choose one of three great medical plans, including one with a $0 premium option, with completed preventative visits!
• For more information about employee benefits, please click this link or visit SCGov.net for additional information.
• Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms at multiple Sarasota County Government locations. 
• Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)​​

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We celebrate and value the experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, talents and strengths that make us different.

Our vision is to attract, develop, retain and engage a talented workforce broadly representative of the citizens and communities we serve. To further value creativity, innovation, collaboration and great customer service – internally and externally. 

A job applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in the application/selection process is requested to make known the need for an accommodation to Human Resources or appropriate county staff members. For assistance with the application, please call 941-861-5353.

Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net (keywords: ADA Compliance).

Sarasota County Government is a Tobacco-Free/Drug-Free Workplace.