Assistant Director of Public Services

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The City of Fayetteville, Georgia commits to a policy of equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees, complying with local, state and federal laws. The City’s policy is to employ qualified persons without discrimination regarding race, creed, color, religion, age, sex, country of national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, political affiliation, ethnicity, or status in any other group protected by federal/state/local law.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.

The purpose of this position is to provide supervisory, administrative and technical assistance in the management of the operations of the Public Services Division.

This class works under administrative supervision, developing and implementing programs within organizational policies and reports major activities to executive level administrators through conferences and reports.

The essential functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the class as necessary.

• Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals.
• Coordinates, assigns and reviews work and establishes work schedules; maintains standards; monitors status of work in progress; inspects completed work assignments; answers questions; gives advice and direction as needed.
• Plans, directs, and supervises the maintenance and construction of the City’s streets, rights‑of‑way, storm drains, parks, and grounds.
• Conducts regular inspections of the City’s streets, parks, rights‑of‑way, and drainage system; plans and schedules needed repairs and/or maintenance; and supervises the installation of street markings.
• Ensures the scheduling of needed repairs or maintenance of streets, sidewalks, parks, and drainage systems; directs the installation and repair of traffic signs, streetlights, street signs, and street marking as needed.
• Ensures operations of City Center Park including Spray Park are safe and in compliance with City codes with County regulations.
• Inspects work‑in‑progress; ensures the timely and efficient completion of assigned public works projects; conducts re‑inspections to ensure proper completion of repairs and maintenance; and coordinates activities with other departments and agencies.
• Responsible for the safety training and standards of the public works personnel ensuring that all OSHA and safety standards are met; ensures that safety concerns and issues receive immediate attention.
• Assists in the establishment of division rules, regulations, policies, and procedures; enforces division rules and regulations; and provides safety training to employees.
• Acts as project manager over assigned projects; and works with engineers and others on those projects.
• Receives, reviews, and investigates citizen complaints/requests related to public services; meets with citizens to inspect and/or discuss problems; and resolves complaints/requests related to public services.
• Performs related work as assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Recreation Administration, Landscape Architect or related major.
• Ten (10) years of public…