Stormwater Review Manager

Overview

Work. Serve. Thrive. With the City of Durham

Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $91,308.00 - $

Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm

This position is eligible for a one-time $5,000 sign-on bonus that will be paid upon successful completion of the new hire’s six-month probationary period. Internal promotional/transfer hires are not eligible.

A flexible work environment, top-notch management, highly qualified, competent staff and opportunities for career advancement and professional success make the Planning & Development Department a great place to work. We help plan and direct Durham’s growth to support a high quality of life, a robust economy, and a sustainable, equitable, and accessible Durham for generations to come. We work collaboratively with other agencies and the community in a fast- paced, innovative environment looking for solutions to today’s land-use, community planning, and infrastructure challenges.

If you’re talented, creative and focused on serving the community, join our team!

This position will work in the Stormwater Division of the Planning and Development Department and will serve as the Manager of the Stormwater Development Review Section. The primary purpose of this position is to ensure compliance with stormwater regulations concerning development activities from rezoning through as-built reviews. It requires a thorough knowledge of hydrology, hydraulics, stormwater control measures (SCMs), and regulatory requirements.

Vision, planning, organization, and leadership abilities are essential for continuous process improvements, updates to protocols/requirements/ordinances, and successful outcomes. Excellent customer service skills as well as strong verbal and written communication skills are needed for routine communication with staff as well as internal and external customers. Solid project management and administrative skills are required to track multiple projects, document project status, and keep projects progressing.

Working knowledge of databases (Excel/Access) and ArcGIS are needed in the fulfillment of job duties. Other duties include policy development, ordinance revisions, contract development, hosting seminars, performance measure reporting, overseeing annual reports, providing administrative, technical, and contractual support, making presentations, attending meetings, conduct training, technical manual development, and other duties as assigned.

Devoted to providing paraprofessional engineering support, inspection, and professional civil engineering review on storm water for development projects in the Stormwater Development Review Group in the Planning and Development Department. An incumbent serves as a second level or higher supervisor and has middle management level responsibilities. Makes interpretive decisions on behalf of the organization regarding the means for executing the goals established by the relevant executives and governing body subject to constraints imposed by available technology and resources.

Such interpretive decisions provide context for the work to be accomplished by subordinates supervised within the units managed.

Responsible for supervising engineering staff; serving as a lead for construction and project management on large, complex projects, and/or multiple projects; leading and supervising the development of design and technical specifications; coordinating and leading construction and development plan reviews and inspections; preparing complex technical plans and reports; supervising procurement processes.

• Coordinates and leads the development of design and technical specifications, construction and development plan reviews and inspections; makes decisions regarding infrastructure acceptance and project closeouts; reviews and approves plans, specifications, and other technical information; and ensures informational accuracy and compliance with requirements, standards, and applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.

• Coordinates the preparation and review of, and/or prepares and reviews complex technical plans, designs, permits, plats, reports, forms, cases, request for proposals, drawings, calculations, contracts, specifications, agreements, submittals, and other documentation; analyzes complex information, to include performing data modeling operations; develops and implements recommendations; and conducts follow-up operations.
• Supervises inventory management, procurement, and billing processes; coordinates operational process including the maintenance and testing of equipment; researches trends and department needs, identifying project enhancements or new projects; reviews billing statements and invoices, and approves payments.
• Manages project funds and bonds, ensuring City requirements, standards, policies, and procedures are met.
• Advises City departments and external agencies; convenes and facilitates meetings; provides guidance to lower-level staff; responds to and…