What are the responsibilities and job description for the Public Works Assistant Director III - City of Bessemer position at The Personnel Board of Jefferson County?
TARGET CLOSE DATE:
03/07/2025
PAY GRADE:
Grade 27
TYPE:
Full time
JOB SUMMARY:
The City of Bessemer is seeking a highly qualified Public Works Assistant Director to oversee the comprehensive operations of the Public Works Department. This role includes managing street construction and maintenance, refuse and trash collection, parks and recreation, cemetery operations, storm drainage, and brush landfill activities. The Public Works Assistant Director is responsible for supervising staff, planning, assigning, and reviewing various projects and the work of subordinate employees. The individual in this position will be expected to organize, coordinate, and ensure the successful completion of assignments, exercising independent judgment while adhering to all relevant federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, policies, and procedures.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
Agencies provide competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension), generous paid holidays, sick and vacation leave, and more.Applications for this position will be considered for the following Merit System employing agencies. The pay range for this job varies depending upon the Merit System employing agency.
Bessemer $60,944 - $94,556
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
The following are job-related qualifications that are required for employment consideration for this position:
- Driver's license.
- Experience supervising employees, coordinating employees' work, delegating tasks, and reviewing work performance.
- Experience maintaining asphalt roadways including pothole patching, roadway resurfacing, and thermal patching.
- Experience constructing and maintaining sidewalks and curbs.
- Experience inspecting and repairing stormwater infrastructure (storm drains, pipes, manholes, retention ponds, etc.).
- Experience establishing and monitoring departmental budgets.
- Experience adhering to safety regulations related to construction and traffic hazards.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
The following are job-related qualifications deemed desirable by Merit System agencies. These qualifications may be considered by a hiring agency when reviewing applications and inviting candidates to participate in subsequent steps in the selection processes.
- Class B commercial driver's license.
TYPICAL JOB DUTIES:
- Performs financial functions such as reviewing and approving expenditures, managing petty cash and reimbursement accounts.
- Prepares, monitors, and administers departmental or organizational budget by reviewing spending trends, expenditure reports, analyzing financial data and ensuring expenditures are within annual budgetary limits.
- Provides customer service, internally and/or externally, via phone, email or face to face interaction.
- Procures and/or manages inventory (i.e., supplies and equipment) to ensure the products and services are available to meet the operational needs of each department.
- Initiates, plans, executes, and monitors work involved in the completion of projects.
- Supervises staff by assigning and distributing work, directing staff in their job duties, monitoring progress of work, providing feedback and/or training.
- Manages time, attendance, leave processes, and submission of payroll information.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Work involves moderate physical exertion required for occasional prolonged periods of lifting, carrying, balancing, climbing, stooping, kneeling, and crouching. Work may involve occasional lifting of items or objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Work is conducted both indoors in office setting as well as regular field visits to external places of business, and construction worksites. Work involves use of various hand tools such as hammer, screwdrivers, wrenches, etc. Work involves the use of heavy equipment such as rubber tire loaders, brush trucks, limb loaders, jet washers, etc. Work involves the use of construction equipment such as backhoes, motorgraders, track dozers, track loaders, etc.
EEO STATEMENT:
The Personnel Board of Jefferson County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Each Merit System member city/agency operate its own equal employment opportunity policies available on the individual city/agency website.
ACCOMMODATION:
To request an accommodation in the application or hiring process due to your own ongoing medical condition or disability, please contact our Accommodations Coordinator at accommodationrequest@pbjcal.org or phone at 205-279-3500 (select option 1) Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time. The accommodation process is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or accommodation in the job application process.
NOTE:
This job posting may close before, or be extended beyond, the listed Target Close Date based on the employment needs of the Merit System. More detail regarding this job is available by clicking Apply.
DISCLAIMER:
This job posting is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of the job duties, responsibilities, or skills and abilities required to do the job and may be changed at the discretion of the Personnel Board at any time.
Salary : $60,944 - $94,556
