County of Denver - Engineering Director - Right of Way Services - Department of Transp

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Engineering Director - Right of Way Services - Department of Transportation and Infrastructure

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Full-Time

Job Description / Primary Objective About Our Job:

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI), through its employees, enhances the quality of life in Denver by efficiently delivering effective, high quality, safe and equitable public infrastructure, and services.

For more information, please visit the DOTI website.

DOTI’s Commitment to Equity:

DOTI is committed to providing attention and resources to the areas, assets, and people of the city with the greatest need through equitable contracting, equitable investments, and equitable workforce development.

DOTI’s culture revolves around four key principles: (1) Invest in Our People; (2) Operate with Discipline; (3) Use Data to Drive Decisions; and, (4) Deliver Results.

DOTI contains six administrations and over twenty divisions.

One of the largest DOTI divisions is Right of Way Services Division (ROWS) which sits within the Operations Administration. There is no other division that touches as many different aspects and stakeholders within DOTI like ROWS does.

This division performs regulatory related responsibilities including:

Project Plan Review & Permitting (engineering, survey, public & capital infrastructure, and private development)

ROW Use & Shared Mobility Permitting

Construction Permitting

Project Inspections

Land Surveying & Addressing

ROWS is made up of 155 field, paraprofessional and professional employees. With the vision of being the ideal Right of Way management team in the country, the team is seeking an Engineering Director (Director) to lead the entire division. This position will be expected to:

Lead and oversee diverse work functions by providing guidance and oversight for work plan development, budget management, workforce development, succession planning, program objectives and KPI’s, and divisional evolution to ensure that ROWS is continually aligned with DOTI and citywide goals and positioned to respond to Denver’s changing needs.

Develop and implement vision.

Analyze and pursue utilization of new technologies and innovative business practices to align with the mission more efficiently and effectively.

Coordinate regularly with other divisional directors within the Operations Administration (Street Maintenance, Right of Way Enforcement (ROWE), Transportation Operations, and Fleet Management) as well as other leaders across DOTI and the city.

Report to the Senior Director of Operations over the ROW Business Unit, which includes ROWS and ROWE, and ultimately to the DOTI Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Make tough decisions, act fast when necessary, and implement solutions to challenges that come from all directions.

Sustain and enhance ROWS best in class employee culture through strong leadership.

Job duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

Direct the DOTI ROWS Division including working with leadership team to develop annual and multi-year work plans and strategies, ensure resources are available to enable work plans, resolve complex business issues, and establish management practices and processes that enable accomplishment of performance standards

Provide leadership and direction to managers, supervisors and staff members to ensure the continued development and management of an efficient division

Grow a culture of safety as an imperative, focused on both internal employees and the traveling public

Guide sections and teams to establish goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and work standards of the division to successfully support the realization of the department's strategic framework

Coach managers and supervisors through effective delegation of authority and responsibility to foster succession planning

Communicate business and work area plans and goals to managers and/or supervisors to secure buy-in

Review, approve, and implement recommended changes to plans and lead the development of…