Assistant Public Works Director - Administration

About the role

The Assistant Director role is a highly responsible administrative position that plans, directs, and oversees the activities and personnel within the Public Works Department. This is a highly accountable senior management position that assists the Public Works Director in ensuring business practices and performance standards are met for projects, programs, and tasks.

Responsibilities

• Plans, directs, and manages the activities and personnel of multiple divisions within the Public Works Department.
• Maintains and evaluates the efficiency and effectiveness of the service delivery methods and procedures of the multiple divisions.
• Develops and administers annual operating and capital improvements budgets, SWOT Analysis, and surveys.
• Develops and implements performance goals, key performance indicators, and priorities for services, programs, and projects.
• Prepares and reviews scopes of work, fee estimates, construction cost estimates, and project schedules.
• Prepares and processes task orders, work orders, and memorandums for assigned projects.
• Supervises staff including selecting, training, assigning and evaluating work, counseling, and discipline.
• Counsels, evaluates, and disciplines employees.
• Attends and addresses the Board, public, civic organization, and professional group meetings.
• Responds to questions concerning personnel programs, interprets basic policies and procedures, and provides information for the resolution of problems.
• Fosters a work environment that promotes a culture of empowerment, engagement, teamwork, empathy, integrity, trust, and respect.

Requirements

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of project management, budgeting, accounting processes, board agenda preparation, and strategic planning.
• Knowledge of public works projects and programs.
• Knowledge of NeoGov or similar recruitment system and understanding of administrative duties, payroll, employee resources, and confidential data management.
• Knowledge of the general laws and administrative policies governing municipal operations, practices, and procedures.
• Knowledge of the principles, practices, procedures, methods, and legal issues pertaining to human resources administration, including methods and techniques used in recruitment/selection, classification, pay, training, safety, and affirmative action.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data; develop reports to support business decisions, and ability to present and articulate information.
• Ability to work effectively with a diversity of individuals at all organizational levels.
• Ability to supervise, lead, guide, and mentor the work of a large staff of professional, technical, clerical, and skilled employees.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, orally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective communication and working relationships, often in stressful situations with other employees, vendors, department heads, and the public.
• Ability to build a strong leadership team that can implement the vision and goals of the department and the county.
• Ability to maintain an enthusiastic and self-starting approach to meet job responsibilities and accountability.
• Ability to anticipate work to be done and initiate proper and acceptable direction for completion of work with a minimum of supervision and instruction.
• Ability to distinguish between confidential matters and those subject to the Public Records Act.
• Knowledge of APWA benchmarking or related performance assessment process/systems.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products, project management and mapping tools, and financial software.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Engineering, or a related field and seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in management and leadership.
• Master's Degree and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in management and leadership required.

Skills

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of project management, budgeting, accounting processes, board agenda preparation, and strategic planning.
• Knowledge of public works projects and programs.
• Knowledge of NeoGov or similar recruitment system and understanding of administrative duties, payroll, employee resources, and confidential data management.
• Knowledge of the general laws and administrative policies governing municipal operations, practices, and procedures.
• Knowledge of the principles, practices, procedures, methods, and legal issues pertaining to human resources administration, including methods and techniques used in recruitment/selection, classification, pay, training, safety, and affirmative action.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data; develop reports to support business decisions, and ability to present and articulate information.
• Ability to work effectively with a diversity of individuals at all organizational levels.
• Ability to supervise, lead, guide, and mentor the work of a large staff of professional, technical, clerical, and skilled employees.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, orally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective communication and working relationships, often in stressful situations with other employees, vendors, department heads, and the public.
• Ability to build a strong leadership team that can implement the vision and goals of the department and the county.
• Ability to maintain an enthusiastic and self-starting approach to meet job responsibilities and accountability.
• Ability to anticipate work to be done and initiate proper and acceptable direction for completion of work with a minimum of supervision and instruction.
• Ability to distinguish between confidential matters and those subject to the Public Records Act.
• Knowledge of APWA benchmarking or related performance assessment process/systems.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products, project management and mapping tools, and financial software.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

TBD.

Schedule

TBD.