Flood Warning Systems Drainage Maintenance Supervisor

Flood Warning Systems Drainage Maintenance Supervisor

Mohave County Development Services department is looking to fill the position of Flood Warning Systems Drainage Maintenance Supervisor. The mission of the Mohave County Development Services Department is to provide and facilitate professional, strategic and technical leadership to ensure that Mohave County maintains a safe and acceptable quality of life; has beneficial, managed growth; and has an effective voice in land management decisions of the Federal and State Governments.

The mission of the Flood Control Division is to reduce the risks of death, personal injury, and property damage through the identification, regulation and remediation of flood hazards.

About the position:

Performs professional and administrative work in the development, supervision and operation of the Automated Flood Warning System for the Flood Control District. Performs construction management and supervision of the inspections program for construction and maintenance of drainage infrastructure facilities. Work is involved in the planning, designing, and constructing of automated environmental, meteorological and hydrometeorological gauging stations, real-time data acquisition base stations and servers and automated alarm management.

This is an office position with occasional field work in all areas of the county. Work schedule is Monday through Friday and can be 8 hours/5 days or 10 hours/4days. On occasion may need to respond on weekends during weather events. Travel is required to approved trainings and to weather stations throughout Mohave County Interaction with public at the counter, on the phone, and in the field Compensation Range 23/Steps 1-17 ($34.37-$55.17) Must pass pre-employment background screening.

Must possess a valid driver's license for operation of motor vehicles at the start of employment and maintain said license while employed in this position.

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Offer:

Mohave County is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package. Employees share the costs of some benefits (medical, dental and vision), and County provides other benefits at no cost to employees (life, short-term disability). In addition, there are voluntary benefits with reasonable group rates that you can purchase through payroll deductions. Additional benefits include:

• Paid Time Off (PTO) 6.5 hours accrued bi-weekly (32+ hour employees only)
• 39 hours of PTO front loaded Regular accrual starts on 7th pay period
• Enrollment in Arizona State Retirement System Contribution rate of 11.98% with 100% Employer match starting on first day.
• 11 Paid Holidays

• Plans, organizes, initiates, directs and coordinates the development of the Automated Flood Warning System including data acquisition networks and servers, network and data analysis, database management, programming, web interface, static and animated data display, alarm management and hydrologic analysis and forecasting.
• Plans and supervises the development and maintenance of hydraulic models and hydraulic rating curves.
• Develops and supervises Professional Service Contracts relative to Automated Flood Warning Systems.
• Supervises and directs technical staff in the construction, repair, maintenance and calibration of automated real-time meteorological and hydrometeorological sensors and gauges.
• Administers Flood Response Plans and recommends response actions based on hydrometeorological events.
• Coordinates with other Federal, State and local agencies.
• Prepares plans, designs and specifications for Automated Flood Warning System and Road Weather Information System projects.
• Prepares meteorological and hydrometeorological reports based on storm driven events.
• Determines and supervises automated alarms, alarm actions and thresholds for meteorological and hydrometeorological events.
• Supervises automated forecasting alarms, alarm actions and thresholds for meteorological and hydrometeorological events.
• Plans and supervises RF networks and wired and wireless TCP/IP networks.
• Supervises C-Band RF data downlinks and associated servers.
• Supervises real-time data acquisition servers, meteorological servers and other related database servers.
• Plans and supervises various analog, meteorological and hydrometeorological sensor service and calibration practices including pressure transducers, radar sensors, ultra-sonic level sensors, conductivity sensors and other related sensors.
• Completes RF Path and Radio Propagation Studies.
• Designs, plans and supervises the construction and maintenance of wireless, solar-powered weather cameras and related wireless TCP/IP networks.
• Configure and manage FTP and SHEF data transfers to various local, state and federal agencies including the National Weather Service.
• Supervise the Flood Control Division services for flood control related public service requests.
• Conduct and supervise the regular inspections of the condition of drainage channels and drainage structures.
• Evaluate the need for maintenance of existing drainage channels and…