Supervises, manages, and schedule work activities of subordinate personnel; monitoring and enforcing removal of illegal encroachments, issue a variety of permits defining the requirements for use of state highways. This includes permits for physical encroachments in the Right-Of-Way, varying from utilities to widening of the roadway, construction of entrances to major developments, permits for a variety of events and ADOT sponsored programs. Job Duties: Supervises, manages, and schedule work activities of subordinate personnel; complex personnel documentation, approve time shieets, approve travel and leave. Prepare staffing proposals or recommendations for additional resources. Oversee daily operations of the Permit Office by performing evaluations, assigning reviewing work and attending staff meetings. Oversee and manage by conduction inspections, progress, inspections and final field inspections to ensure permit compliance. Grant extensions of time, addendum to the work and issues letters of acceptance for the completed work. Provide technical assistance in determining compliance. Reviews permit submittal for compliance with ADOT Standards and Specifications. Evaluates work to assure compliance with federal highway access control, hydrologic and traffic engineering requirements are met. Assures proposed work is in compliance with rules regulations, policies, revised statutes governing or affecting use of Right-Of-Way. Performs permit site inspections. Prepares permits citing specific requirements from the Standard Specifications and Standards drawings. Assure all supporting documents are part of the permit. Distributes permit to al appropriate parties. Responds to customer and reviewers assuring that direction provided by different reviews are not conflicting. Review and assess preliminary construction plans to determine impact on Right-Of-Way issues including legal access, requirements for additional access permits and utility conflicts. Performs review of all planning and zoning requests for a geographical district. Performs other related duties such as attending local government coordination meetings as an agency representative; participate as a team member for quality improvement; attend various meetings with agency personnel, consultants and external customers. Produce reports. Research information to resolve problems by meeting with the public, industry representatives, agency or legal staff. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs): KNOWLEDGE OF: Administrative rules and policies pertaining to permits. ADOT requirements for design, construction and traffic control planning for all roadway features as outlined in ADOT Standards Specifications. ADOT Standards Drawings for construction as well as The American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO) ADOT Roadway Design Guidelines. Principles and practices of civil engineering as applied to development and construction of encroachments on the highway system. Highway construction methods and practices including roadway drainage, traffic engineering and structures. Federal Highway Association (FHWA) access control requirements; hydrologic studies and traffic engineering. SKILLS IN: Written and verbal communication. Scheduling, organizing, and planning work assignments for optimal efficiency. Researching, reading, evaluating, and interpreting a variety of technical engineering documents such as survey data. Highway plans, quality control documentation, and instruments relating to the acquisition and disposition of real property ( This will include deeds, easements, condemnations, rights of entry and orders of immediate entry. Interpersonal relationships as applied to contacts with agency staff, employees of other agencies, local government, developers, consultants, and the public) ABILITY TO: Visualize impact of proposed encroachments and determine possible mitigations needed. Use a computer to perform record searches, data analysis, word processing and spreadsheets. Use internet to research assessor’s database, property records, GIS, etc. Selective Preference(s): Experience equivalent to a construction inspector or working in a permits staff position.