Job Requisition ID: 59490 IPR# 25-00725
Opening Date: 10/14/2026
Closing Date: 10/28/2026
Agency: Department of Transportation
PositionTitle: Transportation Executive III
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary: $ 6,371 Monthly; Full Range: $ 6,371 - $ 11,067 Monthly
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit: NR916 Pro Tech Teamsters
Work Hours: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
Anticipated Hybrid Work Schedule Availability: 1 to 5 Days per week in office, depending on operational needs
Work Location: 2300 S Dirksen Pkwy, Springfield, Illinois, 62764
Work Office: Office of Highways and Intermodal Project Implementation, Bureau of Small Business Enterprises
Work County: Sangamon
Agency Contact: DOT.CONTACTHR@ILLINOIS.GOV
This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.
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Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.
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Position Overview
The Illinois Department of Transportation seeks to hire a Transportation Executive III to serve as the Certification Section Manager for the department. The Certification Section reviews applications for participation in the department’s small business utilization program which includes federally mandated highway construction programs for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE), Illinois Unified Certification Program (ILUCP), and similar programs aimed at assisting small businesses.
Essential Functions
- Serves as the Certification Section Manager for the Illinois Department of Transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program which provides disadvantage small businesses opportunities to participate in federally and state-funded transportation projects. Organizes, plans, executes, controls, and evaluates the operation of the Certification Section and administers all phases of the certification process to ensure that all new and recertification applicants meet the minimum requirements of the program.
- Serves as working supervisor.
- Coordinates the certification process on an intra- and inter-agency basis to ensure DBE certifications are accurate, compliant with federal and state laws, rules and regulation and recognized across programs
- Provides training and conducts workshops on the DBE program regulations.
- Serves as the secretary of the Administrative Review Panel, regarding the review of a Firms certification determination.
- Represents the department at DBE appeal hearings following a firm’s appeal, to the USDOT, FHWA, FAA or any legal entity outside of IDOT, of a Notice of Proposed Removal to provide defensible evidence during an appeal hearing.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope for the duties enumerated above.