Streets, Grounds, and Buildings Director

TOWN OF MORRISON

Streets, Grounds and Buildings Director

Department: Streets, Grounds & Buildings

Supervision Exercised: Responsible for the supervision of all department employees

Reports To: Town Manager

FLSA: Exempt

Salary Range: $70,000 - $92,000

BENEFITS PACKAGE: Retirement Plan with 3% Company Match, Annual Sick and Vacation Leave, 100% Employer Covered Insurance Plan and 50% Dependent Covered Health Insurance, 15 paid holidays, training and professional development opportunities.

SUMMARY

The position is responsible for the administration, coordination, and management of the Streets, Grounds, Facilities, and Capital Improvement projects within the Department while exercising a high degree of trust, integrity, and confidence. This position requires an in-depth knowledge of public works and municipal operations, a high level of problem-solving ability, self-initiative, and the ability and willingness to work most of the time without direct supervision. The Director will use independent discretion and judgment within established organization values, policies, and procedures and represent the Town as necessary during interactions with the public, business, and other organizations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

The following statements include essential functions of the job and do not include other nonessential duties that may be required.

• Manages the day-to-day operations for all of the Town’s streets, grounds, and buildings.
• Responsible for overseeing all aspects of a facility's maintenance, operations, and upkeep, including managing staff, coordinating repairs, implementing preventive maintenance programs, ensuring safety compliance, and developing long-term facility improvement plans.
• Manages the development and implementation of the Department goals, objectives, policies and priorities for each assigned service area; prepare and supervise the preparation of the Town’s long- range growth and development plans and programs.
• Provides leadership to the Streets, Grounds & Buildings staff. Ensures that Streets and Grounds Staff has the resources necessary to carry out their responsibilities.
• Responsible for facility and infrastructure improvements and projects. Initiates and assists in the acquisition of grants, easements, encroachments, rights-of-way, etc.; reviews work activities to ensure efficient and safe operations and conformance with established State, County, and Town standards, regulations and policies.
• Assists with Annual Risk Audit for all Town facilities.
• Availability to work after normal hours, weekends and on call as needed for snow plowing maintenance.
• Assists with annual Town budget, prepares cost estimates and capital improvement projects.
• Participates in the preparation, implementation, and administration of the Town’s capital improvement plan.
• Plans, implements, and manages new and existing departmental programs and procedures for the delivery of customer service. Customers include the general public, business and property owners, construction contractors and developers.
• Drafts and reviews requests for proposals, bids, construction documents.
• Participates in relevant permit and development reviews and meets with developers and their engineers/planners; assists with technical issues of permitting matters.
• Checks relevant permit and development applications submitted by developers for technical adequacy and conformance to municipal standards and specifications.
• Responds to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, members of the business community, and the public.
• Maintains and enforces standards, policies, and other criteria necessary to ensure the efficient and responsive delivery of services to users of the Town's public infrastructure.
• Oversees the Town’s code compliance program.
• Supports and integrates sustainability into programs and projects that produce efficiencies, increases conservation, and improves air and water quality.
• Attends Board meetings as needed, making presentations and whatever is necessary to communicate the needs of the organization to the Board so that they have adequate information to make good policy decisions.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Knowledge of municipal / public works operations.
• Knowledge of public infrastructure maintenance.
• Knowledge of civil engineering principles, particularly for utility and roadway construction.
• Knowledge of the Town and the Town Code.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with the Board, developers, contractors, property owners, employees, and the public.
• Ability to prepare and analyze technical reports and data.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with developers, other employees, and other public and private agencies.
• Ability to apply management principles to supervise staff.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or business community members.
• Ability to effectively present information to public groups and other public and private agencies.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

· Bachelors degree in public works, construction management, engineering or related field, and minimum five (5) years related experience including minimum two (2) years supervisory experience; or an equivalent combination experience and training.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS/ KNOWLEDGE

• Must posses a valid Colorado driver’s license.
• Understanding of/ Familiarity with:
• Principles related to public buildings, and capital facilities planning and development, applicable Town policies, laws and regulations affecting Department activities.
• Principles and practices of budgetary development, control, and administration.
• Techniques and methods of preparing designs, plans, specifications, estimates and reports for proposed municipal facilities.
• Principles and techniques of project management.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job:

• The employee is regularly required to use hands and arms to handle, feel, reach; and talk, hear, taste or smell.
• The employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb or balance.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Must be able to lift and carry moderately heavy materials, supplies, and equipment (25-50 lbs.) frequently, objects weighing 50-75 lbs. occasionally.

ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disability to perform the essential functions. The employee will have exposure to the following:

• Indoor/Outdoor environment exposure

o Moderately quiet office environment.

o Will also travel to local offsite meetings after normal work hours and may be required to visit work sites in inclement weather on unpaved or uneven terrain.

• May have exposure to fumes, odors and hazards associated with equipment, machinery, trenching and confined spaces.
• Exposure to dust, fumes, odors, moving parts and hazards associated with inspections, getting into trenches and operating construction equipment.
• Working within the public environment.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $92,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Evening shift
• Extended hours
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person

Salary : $70,000 - $92,000