Director of Public Works

JOB SUMMARY

Brookhaven’s Vision is to be nationally recognized as a beautiful community where multiple generations can live in safety, flourish in business, and succeed in a historic, sustainable environment with exceptional education and transportation options.

 

The City is seeking a Director for the Public Works Department, which provides management oversight, maintenance, operations, and capital improvements to the City's streets, sidewalks, stormwater systems, traffic signals, roadway signs, and rights-of-way. Activities within the department include roadway and sidewalk repair, roadway tree maintenance and preservation, street paving, sidewalk construction, traffic calming coordination and implementation, transportation and stormwater development plan review, snow and ice removal, and emergency downed tree and debris removal.

 

Well-planned and maintained municipal infrastructure provides a plethora of social, economic, environmental, and aesthetic benefits. In addition to general operations of the department, the Director will work with a cross-disciplinary team to implement the City’s enterprise-wide initiatives, including equitable planning, community engagement, sustainability, customer service, and transparency.

 

You will be challenged by diverse projects and the fast-paced city environment. Bring your innovative ideas with you and help us grow Brookhaven’s public works function.

 

Under the general direction of the City Manager’s Office, the Public Works Director plans, directs, manages, coordinates, and administers the operations of the Public Works Department, including Roadway and Infrastructure Maintenance, Engineering, Traffic Control, Drainage Infrastructure Maintenance, Streetlighting, and Stormwater Utility and SPLOST program functions.

 

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:      

• Plans, organizes, directs, controls, and evaluates the work of the Public Works Department using asset management principles and other industry standards.
• Oversees the management of the day-to-day administration of the Department, including financial health and resiliency, budget, capital projects, utility enterprises and coordination, ongoing maintenance, infrastructure stewardship and development, personnel and labor relations, and customer service activities.
• Originates goals, policies, objectives, and priorities for services and implement them where and when needed.
• Directs strategic transportation planning, funding, and project delivery.
• Maintains currency of policy and practice with the organizational needs of the City and with applicable federal and State laws and City Codes.
• Provides technical support to various City departments.
• Develops and implements of Sustainable Brookhaven program activities for Public Works.
• Hires, trains, assigns, directs, supervises, evaluates, counsels, and disciplines personnel.
• Oversees transit coordination efforts.
• Participates in the development of City master planning documents and execution of identified Public Works projects from those efforts.
• Ensures compliance with applicable environmental rules and regulations including MS4, NPDES, and the City’s Local Issuing Authority (LIA) Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the GA EPD.
• Serves as Project Manager for a variety of City projects; establishes and maintains project scope, schedules, and budgets.
• Manages the City’s right-of-way encroachment permit process.
• Manages the City’s street sweeping program and planning efforts.
• Oversees contract staff to assign, follow-up, and report citizen service requests, general inquiries from the City staff, elected officials, media, etc.
• Develops and implements protocol for outside vendors including on-call services and after-hours response.
• Ensures maintenance of the appropriate logs and tracking records of the resolution of all such requests and complaints submitted via city mobile App and others???.
• Acts[MD1]  as a liaison for outside agencies on infrastructure matters including, but not limited to, Georgia Department of Transportation, neighboring cities and counties, Georgia Power, DeKalb County (Watershed, Sanitation, GIS, Public Works, etc.), Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Atlanta Regional Commission, Metro North Georgia Water Planning District, [MD2] Federal Highway Administration, Metropolitan Atlanta Regional Transit Authority, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and neighboring Community Improvement Districts (CIDs).
• Collaborates with City staff, elected and appointed officials, property owners, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and state and federal agencies through meetings, written correspondence, presentations, etc.
• Maintains effective working relationships with community advocates, neighborhood groups, homeowners’ associations, and other civic organizations particularly as it relates to bicycle, pedestrian, and other non-vehicular transportation modes.[MD3] 
• Includes enforcement authority for noticing and citations for code violations in the purview of the Department.
• Assists City management in the development of the annual operating and capital budgets, with a special emphasis on progress and execution of the City’s master planning documents and capital improvement program.
• Has working knowledge of the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Plan Development Process (PDP).
• Has experience in Georgia MS4 General Permit, SWMP, and MS4 Annual Reports
• Has experience in implementing Complete Streets or similar policies with emphasis on bicycle facilities
• Attends city council and other meetings to present budgets, activity reports, and plans for future activities.
• Performs other related duties as required or assigned.

 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO PERFORM WORK:

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, public administration, or related field.
• Ten (10) years of progressively responsible public works management experience in a community of similar size and/or service level.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to provide the applicant with the knowledge, skill, and ability to successfully perform the essential functions of the job will be considered.
• 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 within 30 days of the year.
• Possession of or ability to readily obtain Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Level IB and/or Level II certification within a year.
• Possession of or the ability to readily obtain a Professional Engineer license by the State of Georgia within a year.[MD4] 
• Possession of current Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Local Administered Project (LAP) Certification or ability to obtain within a reasonable timeframe.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification a plus.

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Extensive knowledge of principles and practice of general business management and of public works administration processes and management across all areas of service.
• Extensive knowledge of City legislative processes, fiscal and budget management processes, and applicable administrative policies and procedures.
• Extensive knowledge of engineering calculations and analysis.
• Extensive knowledge of multimodal transportation options, including bicycle, pedestrian, transit, and dockless mobility alternatives.
• Extensive knowledge of computer modeling, database management, surveying, statistical analysis, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
• Extensive knowledge of transportation engineering and long-range planning.
• Extensive knowledge of hydrologic and hydraulic computations, environmental engineering applications, and environmental monitoring equipment.
• Extensive knowledge of computers and job-related software programs.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with staff, other departments, elected officials, the media, other jurisdictions, and the public in a diverse community.
• Conduct self at all times in an ethical, professional, and respectful manner.
• Quickly grasp and manage highly complex and technical issues in a fast-paced environment and in a context of inter-related issues, systems, projects, and strategies.
• Skill in the development and management of annual budgets.
• Skill in the comprehension, interpretation, and enforcement of federal, state, and county regulations.
• Skill in contract negotiations.
• Skill in the analysis of construction plans and specifications.
• Skill in the performance of civil engineering calculations and analysis.
• Skill in public and interpersonal relations.
• Skill in oral and written communication.

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The work is typically performed in an office environment while sitting at a desk or table and on field visits requiring standing and walking along roads, trails, and in construction zones.

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

           

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·         The employee regularly works in a typical office environment.

·         The employee may perform some duties outdoors while conducting official business, which will require limited local travel

·         The employee may be required to inspect vehicles outdoors during inclement weather, including both cold and hot temperatures

·         Employee may be required to attend some evening meetings and may be required to assist in special events