Field Supervisor

THE OPPORTUNITY

The City of San Gabriel’s Public Works Department is recruiting for a Field Supervisor. This position provides an exceptional opportunity for the ideal candidate to advance their career with our historic “City with a Mission.” A career with the City of San Gabriel offers excellent pay and benefits, a variety of programs and assignments, outstanding professional training and development opportunities, and a great location for living and working in Southern California.

The ideal candidate is a highly experienced public works professional with several years of increasingly responsible experience maintaining construction, improvement, maintenance, and repair of facilities, landscaping, lighting, sewers, storm drains, streets/right-of-way, traffic, trees for a public or private agency. The ideal candidate also has demonstrable leadership and supervisory qualities, is highly motivated, and is proficient in all aspects of street and infrastructure maintenance.

The ideal candidate also has outstanding oral and written communication skills, organizational skills, interpersonal tact, judgement, and work ethic.

Under general supervision, the Field Supervisor is responsible for and oversees an assigned division(s) of the city’s field operations, which may include but are not limited to the construction, improvement, maintenance, and repair of facilities, landscaping, lighting, sewers, storm drains, streets/right-of-way, traffic, trees, and other city-owned or maintained infrastructure; and performs other related duties as assigned.

The Field Supervisor is an FLSA exempt position responsible for the overall supervision of a specific division and performs complex maintenance, service, and repairs when needed to city-owned or maintained infrastructure. This class differs from a Maintenance Lead person due to the level of experience and education required, level of responsibilities, level of work performed, level of staff supervision, and level of decision-making within established guidelines.

Please note, this recruitment will fill three current openings in the Public Works Department:
Facilities Division, Parks & Trees Division, and Wastewater Division.

The following specifies the minimum requirements and their equivalencies for this position:

• Associate Degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Civil Engineering, or other closely related/applicable field; and
• Four (4) years of increasingly responsible experience in one or more field operation areas for a public or private agency, with at least one (1) year in a formal lead capacity.

• 60 units of college coursework in lieu of an Associate's Degree. Units must be approved by the city, be transferable, and include the English and math requirements for an Associate's Degree; and
• Four (4) years of increasingly responsible experience in one or more field operation areas for a public or private agency, with at least two (2) years in a formal lead capacity.

• Eight (8) years of increasingly responsible experience in one or more field operation areas for a public or private agency, with at least four (4) years in a formal lead capacity.

The following licenses and certifications are required for this position:

• California Class C Driver’s License.
• Must maintain a satisfactory driving record throughout employment.

Depending on the division, the following licenses, certifications and/or equivalents may be required to possess or be able to obtain within twelve (12) months of appointment:

• California Water Environment Association (CWEA) Grade Level 3 Certificate in…