ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
Job Specifications
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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
DEFINITION
Under general direction, plans, organizes and directs the Special Services
Division, the Transportation Division, the Parks and General Capital
Projects/Development Division, and/or the Administrative Services Division of
the Department of Public Works; acts as the Director in the absence of the
Director of Public Works; and does other work as required.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
Assistant Director of Public Works is the fully functional assistant department
head level and is responsible for operations, management, and supervision of
several sections of the department.
Positions in this class manage one or more of the three
operating divisions of the Department of Public Works:
Special Services Division: This division is responsible for the
planning, design, maintenance and operations of the County’s sanitation
facilities, drainage, flood control, and landfill projects. The division is
also responsible for the construction, supervision, and inspection of all
contracted Public Works projects and subdivision inspection services. This
division is divided into eight organizational units: Sanitation Engineering,
Water and Wastewater Operations, Storm water Management, Zone 7 Flood
Control/Water Resources Engineering, Drainage Maintenance, Solid Waste
Engineering, Refuse Disposal Operations, and Construction Engineering.
Transportation Division: This division is responsible for the planning,
design, and maintenance of the County’s roadway system, as well as
Redevelopment, special districts, signalization and bikeway projects. The
division is also responsible for transportation planning, traffic engineering,
bridges, implementation of the County’s Pavement Management Program (PMP), the
maintenance and operation of the County’s 600-mile roadway network,
encroachments, utility coordination, and the County’s surveyor, mapping
services and development plan review. This division is divided into six
organizational units: Transportation and Road Planning Engineering, Road Design
Engineering, Pavement Management/Road Operations Engineering, Redevelopment
Engineering, Road Maintenance, and Surveyor and Development Review Engineering.
Administrative Services Division: This division is responsible for
administration and operations of all department-wide functions and includes the
following four organizational units: Fiscal, Management Information Systems
(MIS), Program Administration, and Personnel.
TYPICAL
TASKS
Special Services and Transportation Divisions: Plans, organizes, directs
and coordinates, through subordinate managers, the work of professional
engineering, paraprofessional engineering, and related staff engaged in
designing roads, sanitation, drainage, flood control, bikeway and other public
works facilities, and inspecting and monitoring contractor compliance in
construction of public work facilities; directs and/or participates in the
preparation of the operating budget for the Division, and other public works
projects budgets; supervises, trains and evaluates the work of subordinate
managers; meets and confers with the Corps of Engineers, State Department of
Transportation, State Office of Emergency Services, Federal Highway
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Administration and related
agencies; represents the Director of Public Works at Board, Commission and
Committee meetings; negotiates and administers contracts with consultants and
contractors; approves the dispersal of funds; analyzes and solves difficult
engineering problems; represents the Department of Public Works before
community groups and other interested individuals; analyzes division
operations, procedures and policies, formulates improvements and implements
changes; prepares and/or reviews reports and correspondence; attends meetings
and conferences; may act for the Director of Public Works in the absence of the
Director.
Administrative Services Division: Plans, organizes, directs and
coordinates through subordinate managers the work of professionals,
paraprofessionals and operations staff performing administrative and support
functions including service area administration, MIS, decentralized personnel,
and fiscal; directs and/or participates in the preparation of the budget for
the department; approves the dispersal of funds; represents the Director of
Public Works at Board, Commission and Committee meetings; represents the
department to various local, State and Federal agencies such as the State
Office of Emergency Services, community and other interested groups and
individuals; negotiates and administers contracts with consultants and
contractors; analyzes and solves difficult problems; supervises, trains and
evaluates the work of subordinate managers; analyzes division operations,
procedures and policies, formulates improvements and implements changes;
prepares and/or reviews reports and correspondence; attends meetings and
conferences; may act for the Director of Public Works in the absence of the
Director
EMPLOYMENT
STANDARDS
Knowledge:
Special Services and Transportation Divisions:
Thorough knowledge of:
Working knowledge of:
Some knowledge of:
Administrative Services Division:
Thorough knowledge of:
Working knowledge of:
Ability to:
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Special Services and Transportation Divisions:
TRAINING
AND EXPERIENCE: Any
combination of training and experience, which would provide the required
knowledge and abilities, is qualifying. A typical way to obtain these knowledge
and abilities would be:
Special Services and Transportation Divisions:
Equivalent to graduation from college with a major in Civil Engineering and six
years of civil engineering experience in design, construction or maintenance of
public works facilities, which has included three years of experience as a
registered civil engineer, and two years of supervisory or management
experience.
-or-
Administrative Services Division:
Equivalent to graduation from college with a major in Business Administration
or Public Administration and six years of administrative experience in a
government agency, which has included budget and fiscal analysis and supervisory
and management experience.
SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS
Possession of a valid California Class C driver license from the start of
employment or the employee must be able to provide suitable transportation,
which is approved by the appointing authority. Mentally and physically capable
of performing the classifications essential functions as summarized in the
Typical Tasks Section of this specification.
Special Services and Transportation Divisions: Possession of a valid
Certificate of Registration as a Civil Engineer issued by the California State
Board of Registration for Professional Engineers.
Other
Special Requirements: Availability to work a flexible schedule including
evenings and weekends, and on an emergency, as needed basis.
Bargaining Unit: 06
EEOC Category: 01
Occupational Grouping: 24
Worker’s
Comp Code: 0285