Public Works Manager - Solid Waste

This position is responsible for planning, organizing, and coordinating construction, repair, and maintenance activities in Divisions of the Public Works Department. Depending on the Division, an employee in this class would responsible for managing, maintaining, and operating the City’s:

• Stormwater system for quality and adherence to regulatory standards;
• Streets system for annual resurfacing and day to day maintenance;
• Parks system for maintenance, mowing, ballfield lighting and striping, irrigation systems and medians;
• Utility systems including water and sewer distribution and collection, pump/lift station and control systems;
• Facility and Building maintenance and operations;
• Fleet maintenance and annual replacement program
• Solid waste, recycling, and bulk collection and disposal; and
• Other divisions that could become part of the Public Works Department through city reorganization.

Employees in this classification perform both administrative and supervisory work in the daily management of the Division. Work is performed under the general supervision of the Assistant Director of Operations and/or Public Works Director to ensure that overall department goals and objectives are being met.

The list of duties and functions, as outlined herein, is intended to be representative of the type of tasks performed within this classification. They are not listed in any order of importance. The omission of an essential function does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a logical assignment to the position.

• Oversees the division including, but not necessarily limited to:
• Cleaning of stormwater systems and repair and replacement of structures, facilities, and treatment devices.
• Maintains the City streets system for pothole repair, striping, signage, and traffic calming.
• Coordinating with Broward County Traffic Engineering (the City’s Traffic Engineer) on their contractual responsibilities for signalized intersections, safety signage, striping, and any other functions related to the Traffic Engineering agreement.
• Preventative maintenance, cleaning, mowing, irrigating, replacing, and repairing items related to the City Parks,Trails, and medians.
• Operating, maintaining, repairing, and improving the City’s water and sewer distribution and collection systems including lift and pump stations, pipes, valves, hydrants, meters, and all other items relating to the system to keep the systems in compliance with permits and local, state and federal regulations.
• Managing the City’s solid waste, recycling, bulk trash collection and disposal programs including disposal and recycling processing contracts, household hazardous waste disposals, and residential bulk trash drop off. This area also includes debris collection, management, and disposal during hurricane relief efforts.
• Facilities and buildings include administrative offices, fire stations, restrooms, community centers, libraries, and City spaced rented out to other entities.
• Managing, maintaining the City’s fleet including fire trucks, solid waste trucks, Vacuum trucks, backhoes, front end loaders, mowers, cars, trucks, SUV’s, emergency generators, small equipment (weed eaters) and any other related vehicles and equipment.
• Managing the City’s Code Enforcement team for private residential and commercial property compliance with the City’s code of ordinances.
• Manages and provides administrative oversight of all Divisions construction projects.
• Work collaboratively with the City’s Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Plan.
• Performs human resource management functions, e.g., interview, selection, hiring, disciplinary action, recommending promotion, performance evaluations for the Division
• Ensures the Division…