Public Service Manager III Director of Research & Innovations

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Maine Department of Transportation

Salary: $88628.80 - $125611.20 per year (Salary Schedule)

Office/Bureau: Project Development - Research & Innovation Office

-Anticipated Vacancy-

Opening Date: December 29 2025

Closing Date: January 13 2026

Job Description:

This position manages the Research & Innovation Office within the Bureau of Project Development at MaineDOT. This position involves planning programming budgeting and project delivery of the State Planning & Research federally funded program. It also requires building working relationships with agency staff to ensure funds are used on high priority projects that can lead to improved transportation systems.

Other duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to;

• Active involvement in the UMaine research center along with other regional and national research programs

• Overseeing the MaineDOT Innovates Pilot Project program State Transportation Innovation Council (STIC) under FHWA

• Coordinating Transportation Pooled Fund participation

• Leading value engineering efforts and

• Introducing agency staff to research opportunities to promote employee development.

The applicant will need to gain a comprehensive understanding of those areas and effectively engage subject matter experts to champion the work. The applicant should possess good writing skills interpersonal skills work well in a collaborative environment and be customer service driven. The applicant will need to build and maintain relationships with external partners such UMaine and FHWA along with other research organizations including AASHTO TRB and NCHRP. This collaboration ensures Department interests are considered leverages funding improves research result implementation and provides employee development growth for our staff.

To be minimally qualified for this position candidates must provide evidence of the following experience:

Registration as a Professional Engineer and one (1) year work experience in Civil Engineering at the professional level (beyond such licensure) to include one (1) year experience demonstrating progressively responsible duties in program or project management and/or management responsibilities.

Application Instructions:

Interested applicants need to apply online by clicking theApply for this Opening/Apply Nowbutton along with uploading a cover letter current resume and any applicable copies of post-secondary transcripts licensing registration and certifications.

If have general questions please contact MaineDOT Human Resources at or via email at

Why join our team

No matter where you work across Maine state government you find employees who embody our state mottoDirigo or I leadas they provide essential services to Mainers every day. We believe in supporting our workforces health and wellbeing with a valuable total compensation package including:

• Work-Life Fit Rest is essential. Take time for yourself using 13 paid holidays and 3 weeks of vacation leave annually. Vacation leave accrual increases with years of service and overtime-exempt employees receive personal leave.

• Wellness We care about you and your familys wellbeing offering 12 days of sick leave annually to help you stay healthy.

• Health Insurance Coverage The State of Maine pays 85%-95% of employee-only premiums ($11196.96 - $12514.32 annual value) depending on salary. Use this chart to find the premium costs for you and your family including the percentage of dependent coverage paid by the State.

• Dental Insurance The State of Maine pays 100% of employee-only dental premiums ($358.08 annual value).

• Retirement Plan The State contributes the equivalent of 18.09% of the employees pay towards the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS).

State employees are eligible for an extensive and highly competitive benefits package covering many aspects of wellness. Learn about additional wellness benefits for State employees from the Office of Employee Health and Wellness.

Note: Benefits may vary somewhat according to specific collective bargaining agreements and are prorated for anything less than full-time.

Theres a job and then theres purposeful transformative work. Our aim is to create a workplace where you can learn grow and continuously refine your skills. Applicants demonstrate job requirements in differing ways and we appreciate that many skills and backgrounds can make people successful in this role.

As an Equal Opportunity employer Maine State Government embraces a culture of respect and awareness. We are committed to creating a strong sense of belonging for all team members and our process ensures an inclusive environment to applicants of all backgrounds including diverse race color sex sexual orientation or gender identity physical or mental disability religion age ancestry national origin familial status or genetics.

If youre looking for a great next step and want to feel good about what you do wed love to hear from you. Please note reasonable accommodations are provided to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.

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