This is professional and administrative civil engineering work directing a division of the Public Works department. Work involves the responsibility for the overall functioning of a division, including implementing department policies, planning and implementing department policies, planning and implementing divisional goals and organizational assignments, observing accepted engineering standards, codes, statutes, laws, and regulations, preparing division budget proposals, and administering budget allocations. An employee in this classification exercises considerable independence in the performance of duties which include directing professional engineering, technical, and supervisory personnel, resolving issues of the highest technical nature, and acting as liaison with members of regulatory agencies and other governmental entities.
General supervision is received by a superior.
Manages a division of the Public Works department, providing administrative and technical supervision, and implementing division policies, goals, procedures, and work schedules. Plans, schedules, coordinates, oversees, reviews, and evaluates the work of subordinate professional and sub-professional employees, assigning projects, developing performance standards, setting goals, and providing career guidance to an assigned staff. Prepares annual budget proposals for the division, assessing needs for manpower, equipment, supplies, and services, projecting costs, and determining expenditures. Administers the division budget, monitoring and controlling inventories and expenditures. Monitors and reports on ongoing projects performed by division personnel and by private contractors.