Public Works Crew Supervisor - Internal Promotional

The City of Reno is seeking a motivated and experienced Public Works Crew Supervisor to lead and support the teams responsible for maintaining the City’s essential infrastructure and services. This position is within the Streets Division in the Maintenance and Operations Department. The ideal candidate in this position supervises, assigns, and reviews the work of staff responsible for the maintenance, repair, and alteration of City streets.

They will address operational challenges and ensure projects are completed safely, efficiently, and to established standards.

We currently have one vacancy in the Maintenance & Operations Department, in which hiring will begin immediately following the close of this recruitment. This recruitment will also establish a list for future vacancies, which will be filled as they occur.

The City of Reno is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to everyone. This commitment is an integral part of our efforts to ensure that we have a diverse and representative workforce that serves the community of Reno.

The following minimum qualifications are required to be met at the time of application.

• Plan, prioritize, assign, supervise, and review the work of assigned staff responsible for the maintenance, repair, and alteration of City heavy and light duty equipment, facilities, buildings, streets, sewer lines, and other related infrastructures.
• Establish schedules and methods for providing maintenance and repair services; identify resource needs; review needs with appropriate management staff; allocate resources accordingly.
• Participate in the development of goals and objectives as well as policies and procedures; make recommendations for changes and improvements to existing standards, policies, and procedures; participate in the implementation of approved policies and procedures; monitor work activities to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Participate in the selection of maintenance staff; provide or coordinate staff training; work with employees to correct deficiencies; implement discipline procedures.
• Schedule daily work activities according to seasonal limitations including snow and ice control, street paving, painting, weed abatement, and various other maintenance functions.
• Receive work orders and other requests for maintenance services from various City departments and staff; prioritize requests and order needed materials for completing maintenance functions; schedule work crews according to maintenance and repair needs.
• Supervise and coordinate the work of employees providing comprehensive maintenance and repair services in facilities/buildings, including electrical, HVAC, mechanical, plumbing, carpentry, welding/fabrication, roofing, painting, safety/security systems, and overall facility appearance.
• Monitor work sites and ensure adherence to safe work practices and procedures; respond to and resolve complex work-related or equipment operating problems.
• Inspect work in progress and upon completion; detect and correct inefficient utilization of workers and equipment; ensure that work conforms to specifications and is in accordance with City regulations, policies, and operating procedures and practices.
• Provide maps and documentation showing changes needed regarding the placement of sewer lines to appropriate City staff in order to have corrections made on maps.
• Conduct research to provide information regarding right-of-way, parcel lines, and easements using City and County resources.
• Respond to emergency calls as necessary; provide assistance in fires, floods, chemical spills, traffic signal malfunctions, inclement weather, and accidents.
• Prepare specifications for and administer maintenance contracts with private…