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Harris County is Hiring an Infrastructure Division Director Near Houston, TX
About Harris County Flood Control District:
The Flood Control District has the mission to reduce the risk of flooding in Harris County, the third most populated county in the United States, with a population in excess of 4.7 million, including the City of Houston, the nation’s fourth largest city. The Flood Control District has jurisdiction over the primary stormwater facilities in the county, which consist of approximately 1,500 channels totaling nearly 2,500 miles in length, as well as more than 60 regional stormwater detention basins, totaling more than 10,000 acres and several wetlands mitigation banks including Greens bayou.What you will do at Harris County Flood Control District:
Harris County Flood Control District is seeking an experienced, motivated, and resourceful leader to oversee the Infrastructure Division of the District.
Reporting to the Chief Infrastructure and Operations Officer, the Infrastructure Division Director is responsible for providing overall leadership and guidance for maintaining and managing the District’s property and infrastructure assets.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:- Direct and coordinate the division's activities through subordinate department managers.
- Review and analyze reports, records, and directives and confer with department managers to obtain data required for planning division activities, such as new commitments, the status of work in progress, and problems encountered.
- Assign or delegate responsibility for specified work or functional activities and disseminate policy to department managers.
- Provide work directions, resolve problems, prepare schedules, and sets deadlines to ensure timely completion of work.
- Coordinate activities of the division related to those of other divisions to ensure efficiency, consistency, and cost-effectiveness.
- Monitor and analyze costs and prepare the division's budget.
- Prepare reports and provide updates on the division's activities to management.
- Evaluate current procedures and practices for accomplishing division objectives, and develop and implement sustainable procedures and practices.
- May initiate or authorize employee hiring, promotion, discharge, or transfer.
- Perform other duties that may be added or changed as the course and scope of the job directs.
Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer
https://hrrm.harriscountytx.gov/Pages/EqualEmploymentOpportunityPlan.aspx
If you need special services or accommodations, please call (713) 274-5445 or email ADACoordinator@bmd.hctx.net.
This position is subject to a criminal history check. Only relevant convictions will be considered and, even when considered, may not automatically disqualify the candidate.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited Engineering, Construction Management, Flood Prevention/Risk Management institution or a closely related field.
Experience:
- Minimum seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in managing engineering design and maintenance construction projects and/or field operations related to public works, hydrology, flood control, and/or urban development.
- Experience working with government agencies and their governing bodies.
- Significant managerial experience over large groups of professional, technical, field, and administrative employees.
Licensure:
Valid Class "C" Texas Driver’s License
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent organizational and managerial skills. Can manage and lead a large department in office and field environments.
- Can work independently with limited supervision.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and/or assignments.
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
- Good diagnostic and analytical skills.
- Excellent skills using project management tools and systems.
- Solid knowledge/understanding of federal, state and local rules, regulations, and standards related to engineering and construction management.
- Can work well with the public, interest groups, government agency personnel, and external organizations.
NOTE: Qualifying education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation but ONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. "See Resume" will not be accepted for qualifications.
- Professional Engineer Registration (State of Texas) preferred
Position Type, Salary:
Regular | Full-Time | 40 hours per week
Salary: To be discussed at interview
Location:
7522 Prairie Oak Drive Houston, Texas 77086
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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:
- 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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:
- Frequent stooping, bending, reaching, lifting, and carrying of items up to 11 pounds and occasional lifting of up to 20 pounds.
- Frequent sorting, filing, shelving, and handling of documents, books, files, file drawers and related materials and equipment required for clerical operations.
- Occasional driving of a vehicle with automatic controls.
- Occasional walking up and down steep slopes of ditches or on rough and uneven surfaces or ground such as sloping terrain plowed or furrowed areas or construction sites.
- Occasional ascending/descending stairs; prolonged sitting for extended periods of time.
- Work is generally performed indoors in a normal office environment with acceptable lighting, temperature, air conditions and noise levels.
- When at field locations, may be exposed to significant levels of heat, cold, moisture, air pollution, wind and dust, wildlife and flying/walking insects, vibration, and/or noise in excess of 85 decibels.
Employment may be contingent on passing a drug screen and meeting other standards.
Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.
Job Summary
Full Time
$122k-151k (estimate)
01/27/2024
04/30/2024
meo.hctx.net
Houston, TX
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