Deputy Director Transportation

About the role

The Pima County Transportation Department seeks a Deputy Director to join its leadership team. The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience in transportation design, construction, development, and managing a diverse team.

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, and directs certain assigned functions and activities of the Transportation Department
• Coordinates activities of subordinate divisions internally with other divisions of the Transportation Department and externally with other County departments and outside agencies
• Reviews recommendations and advises the Director on capital improvement and other major projects
• Plans, schedules, and assigns work to division managers and coordinates work between them
• Reviews budget proposals of subordinate divisions and participates in the development of the departmental budget
• Develops and implements policies and procedures for subordinate divisions, and participates in the development of departmental policies
• Recommends the selection and appointment of management and supervisory personnel
• Supervises, trains, and evaluates assigned staff
• May use seal of registration as a Professional Engineer to certify engineering plans, maps, specifications or technical reports
• May perform statutory requirements of the Director and acts as department head in the Director's absence

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in public administration, business administration, civil engineering, urban and regional planning, transportation engineering or other closely related field as identified by the department head at the time of recruitment
• Eight years of technical and managerial experience in transportation engineering, roadway construction or a closely related field, including two years in an administrative, technical, or managerial capacity

Qualifications

• Registration as a Professional Engineer in Arizona, or ability to get Arizona Registration within six months of appointment
• Minimum ten (10) years experience in project delivery, development, and construction of improvement projects and familiarity with design criteria and construction methods
• Minimum ten (10) years experience building consensus and delivering complex information verbally and in writing to diverse audiences such as the department, public, county leadership, elected officials, and community stakeholders
• Minimum five (5) years experience leveraging technology via software and devices to achieve/improve departmental objectives
• Minimum five (5) years experience developing and managing a large multi-disciplinary team (over 20 employees)

Benefits

Details about benefits will be provided in a separate document.

Pay

$127,212 - $190,798 Annually

Schedule

Details about schedule will be provided in a separate document.