Salary: $4,021.60 Biweekly
Location : Valdez, AK
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 55282
Department: Transportation and Public Facilities
Division: NRD-Valdez District
Opening Date: 09/11/2026
Closing Date: 9/21/2026 5:00 PM Alaska
Division: Northern Region Highways and Aviation
Position Open To: Alaska Residents Only
Bargaining Unit: Supervisory
Range: 21

Job Description
ATTENTION ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY!

The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF), Northern Region Maintenance & Operations Valdez District, is looking for a
Maintenance and Operations Superintendent, to help us Keep Alaska Moving!

What you will be doing:
Under the general direction of the Regional Maintenance and Operations Chief, this position oversees the Valdez District Maintenance and Operations program, supervising 29 staff and managing approximately 397 lane miles of roadway, four airports, four maintenance stations, and the district equipment fleet. The incumbent manages an annual $4.5 million operating budget and various Capital Improvement Projects while ensuring compliance with state and federal requirements, safety standards, and environmental regulations. The position directs highway and airport maintenance activities, evaluates roadway and airport conditions, manages personnel and equipment needs, and provides technical guidance to maintenance staff and project teams. The incumbent also serves as a liaison with Planning, Design, and Construction, reviewing projects and plans to ensure they support safe, efficient, and sustainable maintenance practices.

Who we are looking for:
We are interested in candidates who possess some or all, of the following position specific competencies:

• Leadership: Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.
• Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
• Managing Performance: Takes responsibility for employees' performance by setting and communicating expectations and goals that are specific and measurable, tracking progress against the goals, supporting employees' efforts to achieve job goals (by providing resources, removing obstacles, acting as a buffer, etc.), ensuring feedback, and addressing performance problems and issues promptly.

To view the general description and example of duties for the position please go to the following link: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs
Minimum Qualifications
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in

• General Engineering: Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of engineering and their practical applications.
• Managing Human Resources: Plans, distributes, coordinates, and monitors work assignments of others; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected, utilized, and developed, and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner.
• Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, benefits, repair, and maintenance.
• Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
• Road Work and Pavement: Knowledge of materials, methods, and appropriate tools to construct, maintain, or repair road surfaces, including sidewalks, parking lots, runways, etc
• Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including costs and limits.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or progressively responsible experience in highway, street, utility, or airport maintenance, operations, design, or construction; project and/or program management/administration, engineering; construction management; business administration, or other closely related field.

Special Note:
"Competencies" means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.

"Typically gained by" means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

"Training" and "education" in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

"Progressively responsible" means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.
Additional Required Information
**NOTE: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY**

At time of interview, applicants are requested to submit (if not already attached to your application):

• Three (3) professional references, including name, job title, and current phone numbers.

ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY
Please be sure to check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS
This recruitment utilizes a supplemental questionnaire as part of the application process. The answers you provide to the questions will be an opportunity for you to tell us about your experience and/or education. The answers will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process.
EDUCATION

If

post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you

must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained

a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts

are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum

qualifications for a position. Transcripts can be attached at the time of

application or provided at the time of interview.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the minimum qualifications listed above. If utilizing this education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the post-secondary institution. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

WORK EXPERIENCE

If

using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide

the employer name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or

part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are

supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the

applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the

recruitment.

NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety. Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.
Contact Information
Name: Jason Sakalaskas, Maintenance & Operations Chief
Phone: 907-451-2214
Email:
Or

Name: Taylor Pascoe, Administrative Officer 2
Phone: 907-451-5286
Email:
Careers with the State of Alaska offer MANY benefits

The following information describes typical benefits available to employees of the State of Alaska. Actual benefits received may differ by bargaining unit or branch of government, position type, or be prorated for other than full time work.

For a quick breakdown of the insurance, health, and retirement benefits available for State Employees you can view an (Please note this video is specifically designed for new State Employees.)

Insurance Benefits

• Health insurance, which includes employer contributions toward medical/vision/dental
  • The following employee groups are under AlaskaCare Benefits administered by the State: See for additional information.
    • AVTEC
    • Confidential
    • Correctional Officers
    • Marine Engineers
    • Mt. Edgecumbe Teachers
    • Supervisory
    • Unlicensed Vessel Personnel/Inland Boatman's Union
    • Exempt employees (not covered by collective bargaining)
  • The following employee groups are covered by Union health trusts. Contact the appropriate Union for additional information.
    • General Government
    • Labor, Trades and Crafts
    • Public Safety Employees Association
    • Masters, Mates & Pilots
• Employer paid Basic Life insurance with additional coverage available (amount depends on Bargaining Unit)

Optional Insurance Benefits

• Group-based insurance premiums for
  • Term life (employee, spouse or qualified same sex partner, and dependents)
  • Long-term and short-term disability
  • Accidental Death and Dismemberment
  • Long-term care (self and eligible family members)
  • Supplemental Survivor Benefits
• Employee-funded flexible spending accounts for tax savings on eligible health care or dependent care expenses

Retirement Benefits

• Membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/Teachers' Retirement System (TRS)
• Matching employer contribution into a defined contribution program (new employees)
• Employer contribution into a defined benefit or defined contribution program (current employees)
• Contributions to the Alaska Supplemental Annuity Plan in lieu of contributions to Social Security
• Option to enroll in the Alaska Deferred Compensat