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Assistant Director, Public Works Operations

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Austin, Texas, United States City of Austin Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to fill the role of Assistant Director, Public Works Operations. This position will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the Public Works department, including infrastructure maintenance and repair, traffic management, and emergency response.

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage division and section activities, including audits of existing facilities, equipment, and personnel to ensure effectiveness and efficiency.
  • Develop and implement short and long-range plans, programs, and personnel that provide administrative, managerial support, fiscal management, program planning, and evaluation.
  • Determine goals, objectives, and resource requirements for activities within the division.
  • Develop, revise, and implement standard operating practices, policies, and procedures governing the division.
  • Ensure division is in compliance with all City practice, policy, and procedure.
  • Develop and review infrastructure maintenance and repair functions and technical criteria, including but not limited to roads, traffic signals, signs, pavement striping, pavement markings, facilities (mobility management center), street trees, and vehicle maintenance.
  • Serve as the Emergency Response Management Coordinator for the Department.
  • Review, approve, and implement quality and safety systems and programs.
  • Assist in the preparation, presentation, and monitoring of the departmental budget, and ensure the department operates within appropriated budget.
  • Represent the department at City Council meetings, citizens groups, boards, and commissions.
  • Provide support to other City departments and agencies on an enterprise basis.
  • Investigate and resolve consumer/citizen inquiries and/or complaints.
  • Prepare and present reports by compiling, reviewing, and analyzing data; provide written and/or oral reports.
Requirements
  • Graduation with a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or Public Administration, plus six (6) years of supervisory/management experience in road, pavement, utilities, vehicle, facilities, and other public works maintenance and repair operations.
  • Twelve (12) college semester hours of graduate work in one of the above-specified areas may substitute for six months of the required work experience up to a maximum of two (2) years.
  • Licenses or Certifications: None.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Expertise in the full spectrum of signal systems (planning, designing, construction, operations, and maintenance).
  • Experience in Arterial Management, Signs and Markings, Right of Way management, and the Vision Zero Program.
  • Ability to coordinate all work in the Right of Way, managing 4,000 active permits and up to 700 new permit applications per week.
  • Ability to partner with providers of multi-modal transportation to ensure a safer Austin for everyone.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with a strong ability to apply a social, racial, and equity lens in order to establish relationships with City staff and the community.
  • Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
Core Competencies
  • Planning Priorities - Recognizes, plans, focuses upon, and works toward what is most important or critical.
  • Exercises Leadership - Uses appropriate judgment to handle critical, problematic, or a striking set of conditions with focus, ownership, and accountability.
  • Communicates Effectively with an Equity Mindset - Ability to manage diversity, understand inclusion, and work with diverse communities and populations to build constructive and effective relationships, and convey and receive information.
  • Creative Solutions Oriented - Ability to solve problems and find avenues to reconcile issues that would otherwise remain unsolved.
  • Interdepartmental/Interagency Expertise - Ability to help expedite projects, knowing when to assist and when to compromise.
  • Emergency Response Experience - Expertise in providing critical response to emergencies such as climate change, heat, floods, and winter storms.