Executive Director - Hellertown Borough Authority

Executive Director - Hellertown Borough Authority

Hellertown, PA, USA

Job Type: Full Time

Date Posted: 9/25/25

Hellertown Borough Authority, located in Northampton County, seeks an experienced leader to serve as its Executive Director. The Authority provides water and sewer service to approximately 2,600 residential and commercial customers located in the Borough of Hellertown and an adjacent area of Lower Saucon Township. Water service is provided by springs distributed across approximately 1,000 acres of mostly forested watershed and supplemented by two deep wells completed in a confined carbonate aquifer.

Sewer service is provided by a gravity collection system with treatment provided by the City of Bethlehem.

The Executive Director serves as the chief executive officer of the Authority, reporting directly to a five-member Board of Directors, and manages a staff consisting of four field employees and two office personnel. Candidates must have 5 years of management experience in either a municipality or municipal authority. This individual must possess strong problem‑solving, leadership and communication skills, proven knowledge of personnel management and finance/budgeting, and experience with project management, coordinating with external consultants, and regulatory compliance.

A bachelor's degree is preferred or equivalent experience. Technical knowledge of water or sewer utility is not required. Salary $110,000-$150,000 with excellent benefits. Send cover letter, resume, and salary expectation in one attachment to smetherj. Deadline is noon on Friday, October 24th. EOE.