Public Works Division Director

Join a workforce where innovation and teamwork provide support to the community and citizens of Monroe County.

Compensation:

Job Description:

The primary function of this position is to oversee and direct the Departments of Engineering, Roads & Bridges, Facilities Management, Parks and Recreation, and Solid Waste.  The position performs high-level administrative work, directing, planning, and coordinating the programs within the Departments in the Public Works Division.  This may include, but is not limited to: Engineering, Bridge Construction, Road Construction, Facilities Maintenance and Development, Construction Management, Parks and Recreation, and Solid Waste.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Works closely with the Assistant County Administrator in developing, implementing, and evaluating all Public Works activities.

• Supervises, coordinates, directs, and oversees programs, projects, and staff assigned to ensure compliance with all policies, guidelines, and State and Federal laws.

• Completes various County, State, and Federal reports, citizen participation, environmental reviews, and surveys as required.

• Represents the division at community functions and in the press.

• Composes any recommended ordinances, resolutions, policies, plans, and/or administrative instructions when necessary.

• Interprets appropriate laws and policies and advises management and employees accordingly, often in coordination with the County Attorney’s office.

• Prepares, reviews, and edits relevant items to be placed on the BOCC meeting agenda.

• Routinely communicates with County elected officials, County Administrators, Department Directors, citizens organizations, professional consultants, and the public.

• Prepares and monitors the annual budget and project budgets.

• Reviews, interprets, and applies information from various sources, including engineering plans, surveys, contracts, and construction documents.

• Works closely with the Office of Management & Budget on capital planning and progression of projects to ensure fiscal responsibility.

• Responsible for personnel matters, including hiring, training, performance appraisal, and discipline.

• Consults periodically with and provides written status reports to the County Administrator and Assistant County Administrator regarding issues and progress on projects assigned to the division.

• Responsible for personally knowing and following the County’s Personnel Policies and Procedures, Administrative Instructions, Department Operating Procedures, and applicable Statutes and Regulations.  Responsible for ensuring others also adhere to these standards.

• Performs other related job duties as assigned.

• In the event of special, emergency, or disaster situations, employees may be required to work schedules other than those for which they are regularly scheduled in any capacity deemed appropriate.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree required in a related field, such as: Engineering, Construction Management, Public Administration, Business, or similar degree preferred. Ten (10) years minimum prior related work experience. A comparable amount of training or experience may be substituted for educational requirements.

Special Qualifications:

Valid Florida Driver's License.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to oversee, plan, and implement major programs and services for the organization. Ability to report progress to the organization’s executive team.

• Ability to develop policies, long-range plans, and allocate funds. Ability to make decisions that involve multiple priorities, limited resources, and internal and external challenges.

• Ability to analyze and make recommendations on how to improve the operational performance of the organization.

• Ability to perform work that involves high-level issues, processes, or organizational needs. Ability to make decisions impact the community at large, most of the staff, or both.

• Ability to provide updates to senior managers, elected officials, or other community groups or organizations. Ability to work regularly with other Directors or senior managers to ensure the provision of efficient and effective services.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work is sedentary and requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture, by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

• Handling: Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.

• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.

• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.

• Manual Dexterity: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.

• Mental Acuity: Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.

• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion.

• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward, or outward.

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

• Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.

• Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word, including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.

• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.

• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.

• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word, including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

• Visual Acuity: Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.

• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work in a dynamic environment that requires me to be sensitive to change and responsive to changing goals, priorities, and needs.

Monroe County has the right to revise this job description at any time. This description does not represent in any way a contract of employment

Equal Opportunity Employer: Monroe County does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, or military service in employment or the provision of services.

Empleador de Igualdad de Oportunidades: El Condado de Monroe no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, género, religión, edad, discapacidad o servicio militar en el empleo o la prestación de servicios.

Veterans Preference according to Florida State Statute 295.07: Certain service members and veterans, and the spouses and family members of the servicemembers and veterans, receive preference and priority in employment by the state and are encouraged to apply for the positions being filled.Preferencia de Veteranos de acuerdo con el Estatuto del Estado de Florida 295.07: Ciertos miembros del servicio y veteranos, y los cónyuges y familiares de los miembros del servicio y veteranos, reciben preferencia y prioridad en el empleo por parte del estado y se les alienta a solicitar los puestos que se están llenando.