Infrastructure Development Director (PCN: 252264)
Salary
Negotiable
Location
Statewide, AK
Job Type
Full Time
Job Number
53975
Department
Transportation and Public Facilities
Division
SRD-Support Services
Opening Date
05/21/2026
Closing Date
6/3/2026 5:00 PM Alaska
Division
Commissioner Office
Position Open To
All Applicants
Bargaining Unit
Partially Exempt
Range
27
Job Description
ATTENTION ALL APPLICANTS!
Lead Infrastructure Delivery Across America's Last Frontier
The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is seeking a statewide Infrastructure Development Director to lead and modernize how transportation infrastructure is delivered across Alaska. From Arctic highways built on permafrost and remote rural airports accessible only by air or barge, to coastal marine facilities and major urban corridors, Alaska presents some of the most complex infrastructure challenges in North America.
This executive leadership role will oversee statewide project delivery from planning and design through construction, operational integration, and long-term stewardship. The Director will guide capital program execution, strengthen consistency across regional teams, and help shape transportation systems that support public safety, economic connectivity, community access, and infrastructure resilience across Alaska.
What you will be doing:
As the Infrastructure Development Director, you will serve as the statewide leader responsible for coordinating and overseeing DOT&PF's capital infrastructure delivery program, from project development through construction execution, operational integration, and long-term stewardship. This role provides executive leadership over statewide project delivery standards, capital program execution, procurement readiness, consultant utilization, quality assurance, risk management, and delivery performance across Alaska's transportation system.
This position directly supervises the regional Preconstruction and Construction Engineers, as well as the Division Operations Manager responsible for budget, finance, fund management, administration, and safety functions. You will strengthen alignment between planning, engineering, construction, operations, and regional delivery teams while supporting data-informed decisions, legislative and stakeholder engagement, and modernization efforts that improve consistency, accountability, and responsible stewardship of public resources statewide.
In this role, you will:
Our organization, mission, and culture:
The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is implementing an organizational evolution designed to strengthen service delivery and modernize how transportation infrastructure is managed across the department. The department is moving toward a structure where functional leaders guide strategy, standards, and coordination, while regional districts continue to deliver services locally. Within this model, the Maintenance & Operations Director provides department-wide leadership for transportation system performance, ensuring operational readiness, consistent standards, asset stewardship, and strong coordination with capital project delivery. This position plays a central role in ensuring that maintenance needs, asset management priorities, and capital investments are aligned across the full lifecycle of Alaska's transportation infrastructure. The Director will also lead the development of a maintenance engineering function that provides technical leadership, engineering support, and operational guidance to districts across Alaska. This is a rare opportunity to shape how one of North America's most geographically complex
The benefits of joining our team:
Working for Alaska DOT&PF means leading transportation operations at a scale and impact few agencies offer. Our teams maintain infrastructure that connects communities, supports economic development, and ensures access to essential services across one of the most geographically vast states in the nation.
This role offers:
Few places offer the opportunity to lead transportation operations across terrain ranging from Arctic tundra to coastal rainforests while directly affecting the daily lives of communities across an entire state. Join the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities is building a modern, resilient, and agile transportation organization capable of meeting today's challenges and tomorrow's demands. We are looking for a leader ready to help guide that future.
If you are motivated by mission, leadership, and the opportunity to serve Alaska, we encourage you to apply.
The working environment you can expect:
This position may be based in any Alaska DOT&PF regional office, with flexibility in duty station depending on the selected candidate. The role supports a statewide program and requires regular coordination across all regions.
Frequent travel throughout Alaska is expected, including visits to remote communities, maintenance stations, and rural airports to support operations and maintain statewide alignment. The work environment includes a combination of office-based leadership, virtual coordination, and field engagement. You will work closely with executive leadership, regional teams, and external partners in a highly collaborative and fast-paced setting. This role supports a 24/7 operational system, and while day-to-day work is structured, responsiveness during critical events and statewide priorities is essential.
Who we are looking for:
This position requires a strategic and collaborative leader with significant experience delivering complex infrastructure programs in dynamic and operationally demanding environments. Ideal candidates will bring experience leading large transportation or public infrastructure programs with responsibility for project delivery, construction, operational coordination, fiscal stewardship, and organizational performance.
Successful candidates will be able to balance ambitious capital programs with realistic delivery capacity while strengthening accountability, consistency, and collaboration across multidisciplinary and geographically dispersed teams. This role also requires comfort working in highly visible public environments with executive leadership, legislators, local governments, Tribal organizations, industry partners, and communities across Alaska.
Candidates may come from public or private sector leadership roles, including transportation agencies, engineering and construction firms, infrastructure consulting organizations, major capital delivery programs, military infrastructure programs, or other large-scale infrastructure development and operations environments. Experience leading organizational modernization, improving delivery performance, and integrating engineering, construction, operations, and financial management functions is highly valued.
Minimum Qualifications
Positions in this job class are in the Partially Exempt Service under AS 39.25.120(c)(2).
Special Note:
Departments are authorized by Personnel Rule 2 AAC 07.015 to identify Division Directors by their specific division titles.
Additional Required Information
COVER LETTER:
Applicants are requested to submit a concise cover letter, not to exceed one page, addressing the following:
Successful candidates will demonstrate practical leadership, strong judgment, operational awareness, and a commitment to building resilient infrastructure systems and high-performing teams.
EDUCATION
To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, 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 used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application. (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts). Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in 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. state university 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 state university. 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's 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.
EEO STATEMENT
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or (907) 465-4095 in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1-800-770-8973 or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.
Contact Information
For specific information about this position, please contact the hiring manager at the following:
Name: Jody Thomas
Phone: (907) 322-4141
Email: Jody.Thomas@alaska.gov
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 orientation video from Division of Retirement and Benefits. (Please note this video is specifically designed for new State Employees.)
Insurance Benefits
The following employee groups are covered by Union health trusts. Contact the appropriate Union for additional information.
Employer paid Basic Life insurance with additional coverage available (amount depends on Bargaining Unit)
Optional Insurance Benefits
Employee-funded flexible spending accounts for tax savings on eligible health care or dependent care expenses
Retirement Benefits
See https://drb.alaska.gov/retiree/ for additional information
Paid Leave & Other Benefits
01
Infrastructure Delivery & Program Leadership: Describe your experience leading complex infrastructure or capital programs across the full project lifecycle, including development, procurement, construction delivery, and operational integration. How would you use that experience to improve statewide infrastructure delivery in this role?
02
Strategic, Operational & Technical Decision-Making: Describe your experience aligning strategic priorities, delivery capacity, engineering judgment, construction needs, and operational requirements to achieve reliable infrastructure outcomes. How would you apply that experience to support effective decision-making across DOT&PF's statewide infrastructure program?
03
Resource, Fiscal & Organizational Stewardship: Describe your experience managing budgets, funding, staffing, consultant resources, project controls, or long-term asset stewardship. How would you use that experience to ensure responsible use of public resources and improve accountability across a statewide delivery program?
04
Leadership, Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement: Describe your experience leading multidisciplinary teams and building alignment across geographically dispersed organizations, executive leadership, elected officials, local governments, Tribal organizations, regulatory agencies, industry partners, or communities. How would you use that experience to strengthen collaboration and communicate infrastructure priorities in this role?
05
Modernization, Continuous Improvement & Public Service: Describe your experience advancing organizational improvement, data-informed decision-making, innovation, safety, or operational reliability. How would you use that experience to modernize infrastructure delivery while supporting DOT&PF's mission to Keep Alaska Moving?
Required Question
Employer State of Alaska
Address PO Box 110201
Juneau, Alaska, 99811
Phone (800) 587-0430 (Statewide toll-free number)
(907) 465-4095 (Juneau and out-of-state callers)
Website http://workplace.alaska.gov/