PW Utility Operations Manager

Responsibilities

• The city constructed a new water supply source that began operating in 2016. At the time, supply and demand did not warrant completing the entire system build-out. Ten years later, with River Terrace 2.0 planning nearing completion, the water system master plan forecasts a need for additional supply capacity. This position will work with the engineering division project manager to plan, build, construct, and integrate the additional supply into the drinking water system.
• As a department, we are fortunate to have the city's emergency management program embedded in public works. With that, this position works closely with the emergency management staff to ensure that emergencies, specifically ones directly impacting drinking water, are mitigated by developing long- and short-term strategies. This position will lead the division and serve as a key stakeholder in developing plans, implementing strategies, and ensuring operational needs are met.
• Data-informed decision-making is a key component of ensuring the division and the department are correctly resourced. This position will work with other department managers and lead the division to ensure that the organization continues to incorporate modern enterprise asset management tools, concepts, and policies, and proactively promote them to staff. This position will also use this data to develop longer-term succession and resource planning, as well as annual budgets.
• The department has adopted and will continue to use modern tools to perform and track tasks, enabling our support staff to efficiently provide services to the community. This position will lead department efforts to understand industry trends, evaluate new technologies, and integrate tools and procedures to enhance service delivery.
• The department, with the assistance of the engineering division, is undertaking a CIP to modernize water system assets. This position will be a key stakeholder, acting as the project owner, setting the schedule, managing customer expectations, and working directly with other project stakeholders and elected officials to ensure a smooth transition to new meters, reading methods, and utilization by the city and customers, with regard to the data collected.

Any combination of training and experience, which would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

• A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in civil engineering, construction management, or water management, business or public administration, or a related field AND
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• Five (5) years' of increasingly responsible experience in public utility system maintenance, construction, and operations or a related public works area;
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• Three (3) years of supervisory, management, and/or program administration experience.

• Possession of a valid driver license with satisfactory driving history.
• Level IV Water Distribution Operator Certification from the State of Oregon, OR
• Professional Civil Engineer license to practice in the State of Oregon or the ability to obtain Oregon license within the first six months of employment.

This is a management position that needs to be available to staff, other division managers, community members, and elected officials. This position will be required to work on-site, except for one day per week. A typical workweek is four ten-hour days, Monday - Thursday.