Program Manager - Stormwater (DBNS)

About the role

The position is responsible for the supervision of employees and processes related to permitting, inspections, and enforcement operations and ensuring compliance with floodplain, stormwater, sediment control, transportation standards and more. Incumbent must ensure the Department's private stormwater permitting and inspection practices consistently adhere to local, state, and federal guidelines. The role will coordinate regularly with the Department of Public Works, the Department of Metropolitan Development, contracted vendors, and internal/external partners.

Responsibilities

• Affords assistance to the Administrator: Infrastructure & Stormwater in the oversight of permitting and inspection processes for floodplain, private stormwater drainage, driveways and street construction.
• Provides training, guidance, direction, and supervision of staff to ensure proper code and policy enforcement.
• Oversees the City's post-construction Best Management Practice (BMP) stormwater inspection process.
• Affords assistance to the Administrator in the floodplain permitting data collection and reporting for the City's participation in the Community Rating System (CRS).
• Maintains and tracks permitting and inspection data required for use in regular and annual reporting.
• Performs field inspections to assess the quality of inspections performed by staff and/or when workload demands.
• Supervises ASFCME Union staff, as well as non-union staff, and ensures adherence to both the HR City-County Handbook guidelines as well as the latest edition of the AFSCME Union contract, as applicable.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in engineering, civil engineering, or a related field and a minimum of two (2) years of prior related experience in program management is required. Relevant experience may be substituted for education on a year for year basis.
• Prior Experience: Bachelor's degree in engineering, civil engineering, or a related field and a minimum of five (5) years of prior related experience in program management is preferred.