Job Summary:
This position is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the city's public works department, water/sewer department, solid waste, parks and recreation.
MAJOR DUTIES:
- Supervises, schedules, and evaluates the work of personnel engaged in performing a wide variety of public works construction, maintenance, and repair activities.
- Selects, trains, promotes, disciplines, counsels, and terminates department personnel; approves leave requests.
- Inspects department work in progress and upon completion for compliance with instructions, accuracy, and completeness.
- Prepares departmental annual and capital budget recommendations, monitors expenditures of the current budget.
- Manages public works construction projects.
- Manages state and federal grants/contracts.
- Develop and administer long- and short-term goals, objectives, and project plans.
- Develop specifications for projects; works with the city engineer to assemble bid documents; solicits bids for outside contractors; submits bid results for approval/award.
- Coordinates activities with other departments and with relevant state and federal agencies for work related to multiple departments.
- Responds to public complaints and concerns.
- Inspect roads to identify needs and prioritize maintenance and repair.
- Reviews plans and specifications for projects.
- Develop and administer department policies and procedures.
- Prepares a variety of regular and special reports.
- Ensure department operations meet safety and city policy requirements and all applicable state and federal laws and regulations.
- Directs the selection and acquisition of materials, equipment, and hardware used in the department.
- Oversee the department's inventory control activities.
- Performs other related duties as required for the efficient operations of the department.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Possession of a Bachelor's degree in a course of study related to the occupational field and/or
three to five years of experience sufficient to thoroughly understand the diverse objectives and functions of the department that provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.
Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver's license issued by the State of Georgia for the type of vehicle or equipment operated.