What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Director of Municipal Services position at Chastain & Associates LLC?
About Us
Chastain specializes in building and enhancing infrastructure, offering comprehensive services ranging from the design and construction inspection of transportation highways, roadways, and bridges to the engineering of civil site developments. Our mission is to unite communities by creating sustainable, innovative, and well-crafted environments where people can live, work, and play. Through our commitment to excellence, we contribute to the seamless integration of infrastructure that serves the functional needs of communities and fosters connectivity and quality of life. We offer competitive salaries and benefits according to individual education and work experience. We promote work-life balance for our employees by offering flexible work hours, a hybrid work plan, and paid time off. Our company culture aims to sustain and grow each of us professionally and individually to further serve YOU and our valued clients.
What a day in the life of the Assistant Director of Municipal Services would look like
You will use your extensive experience in project management within civil engineering to oversee potable, storm and wastewater projects and infrastructure planning studies. Your strong leadership qualities partnered with excellent communication skills will deliver high-quality services to our clients.
- Balance responsibilities between managing departmental projects and serving as an individual project manager.
- Manage project life cycles from initiation to completion, ensuring adherence to budgets, schedules and quality standards while interpreting specifications and coordinating with the design team.
- Develop proposals, design, and generate plans, specifications, estimates and grant proposals and documentation for various projects.
- Conduct on-site investigations and feasibility studies, gathering data across various domains.
- Collaborate with colleagues, manage client relationships, and contribute to new business development.
- Train under the Director of Municipal Services to assume those responsibilities.
What you will need to thrive in this role:
Education: A Bachelors degree in Engineering (Civil Engineering is preferred)
Licensure: PE license in Illinois or ability to obtain within 1 year
Experience: 15 years of hands on experience at a civil engineering firm, or equivalent governmental work, based in the United States with a focus on infrastructure planning, design, and/or construction
Management: Experience managing, leading, and mentoring local and remote teams of 15 or more.
Location: Schaumburg; hybrid schedule is available.
Software skills: Microsoft 365, Adobe, AutoCAD and/or MicroStation
Adaptability: excel at building, maintaining and adapting to a diverse client based
Align with our core values: We do what we say, we do what it takes, we have an outward mindset, we operate with integrity.
What we offer you:
- We provide four types of medical insurance plans, along with medical reimbursement and dependent care benefits
- We pay for dental insurance, and short-term/long-term disability insurance
- Employee and employee plus family life insurance options
- 401K plan with generous company match
- 7 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday
- Annual pay increases
- Relocation assistance
- Annual boot allowance
- Cell phone reimbursement plan
- Sam's Club and Costco membership reimbursement
- Verizon wireless employee discount program
- Paid-time off based on total industry tenure
- Flexible work hours and a hybrid work schedule
This position will be open until filled
Chastain and Associates LLC is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.