Assistant Director Public Works

SUMMARY
Employee is responsible for the oversight of Public Works capital projects and the interpretation and enforcement relevant to the City’s Stormwater Program to ensure compliance with City, State and Federal requirements. Reviews and inspects site development plans for erosion and sediment control. This position is under the supervision of the Public Works Director.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Oversee TDOT projects including multi-modal, signalization, paving, and other capital projects. Assist with grant documents for these projects.
• Schedules and prepares specifications and bid packages, and works with engineering consulting firms on current and future projects.
• Makes periodic inspections of work sites to ensure work is being conducted in a safe, effective and efficient manner.
• Responsible for the interpretation and enforcement relevant to the City’s Stormwater Program to ensure compliance with City, State and Federal requirements. Reviews and inspects site development plans for erosion and sediment control.
• Interprets and applies city ordinances, regulations, and policies pertaining to subdivisions, zoning, drainage systems, and other applicable areas.
• Manage City’s stormwater pollution prevention program; review and assure implementation of commercial and residential pollutions plans and permits.
• Conduct inspections and investigations to ensure compliance; monitor to ensure violations are corrected or addressed by appropriate agency with regulatory authority.
• Coordinate and monitor water quality and sampling to assure the City meets requirements as mandated by State under Phase II Permit guidelines; interpret data to determine stream health and potential for future problems.
• Coordinate programs in stormwater education/information to community groups, schools, and others; participate in environmental projects, press releases, special events, stream clean-ups, and other programs; prepare and distribute educational materials and brochures to target specific groups.
• Communicate with other departments, private developers, engineers, local businesses, regulatory agencies, environmental organizations, the public, and others as needed to coordinate work activities, review work status and compliance issues, share information, and solve problems.
• Review, generate and process various forms, reports, data sheets, correspondence, lab reports, permit applications, maps, graphs, charts, surveys or other documents based on state and federal requirements, statistical data, or research materials related to stormwater and water quality.
• Recommends capital improvement projects; assigns and reviews capital improvement projects.
• Performs other related duties as assigned. In the absence of the Public Works Director and the Crew Superintendent directs, supervises and subordinates in the department.