What are the responsibilities and job description for the Solid Waste Operations Manager position at City of El Paso, TX?
Requirements
MOS Code: None
Education and Experience: A Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Environmental Science, Business Administration, Public Administration or a related field, and five (5) years of solid waste operations experience, including two (2) years in a lead or supervisory capacity.
Licenses and Certificates: Valid Texas Municipal Solid Waste Technician Class “A” License from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality within one (1) year of appointment. Texas Class “C” Driver License or equivalent from another state.
General Purpose
Under general direction, oversee and manage daily operations and maintenance of the City’s solid waste collection and disposal programs, including refuse collection, curbside recycling, citizen collection stations, special collections, landfill, and community events.
Typical Duties
Plan, organize and direct resources for effective solid waste collection operations. Involves: Develop long, medium, and short range plans to meet organizational and community needs. Project property, equipment and manpower needs. Advise department management on regulatory requirements, and planning for projected environmental controls. Evaluate operations and consult with State and Federal agencies to ensure compliance with rules and regulations. Meet with civic groups and representatives to obtain problem input. Prepare and recommend solutions and communicate results to management, employees and the public. Analyze trends, policies, practices, systems, organizational structures, methods and procedures. Recommend management and operational strategies for improvements. Review and project staffing and training needs. Develop, communicate and implement safety procedures and division rules, and ensure compliance. Identify, monitor and evaluate public and private sector innovations and strategies.
Coordinate daily operations. Involves: Administer and assure contract compliance for solid waste projects. Review and interpret operating data to identify opportunities for improvement. Use benchmark surveys and quantitative techniques to improve the productivity and quality of operations. Recommend improvement to systems and make appropriate changes to standard operating procedures to ensure continuous and efficient operations and enhance customer service. Establish performance and productivity standards, work priorities, monitor work progress, review incident, accident and other internal reports for accuracy and completeness. Develop and administer the departmental operating budget, prepare and oversee procurement of capital equipment. Approve purchases and expenditures. Prepare correspondence regarding division operations, policies and procedures. Develop and review bid specifications for equipment, materials, and services for submittal. Provide technical guidance to support solid waste operations.
Provide direction and supervise assigned staff. Involves: Assign, schedule, guide and monitor work. Appraise employee performance and review subordinate supervisors’ appraisals. Provide for training and development. Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony. Identify and resolve staff differences, conflicts and deficiencies. Interview applicants. Recommend hiring, discipline, merit pay, promotion or other employee status changes. Enforce personnel rules and regulations and work behavior standards firmly and impartially.
Perform related duties as required. Involves: Perform duties of immediate supervisor, coworkers or subordinates if necessary to ensure continuity of operations during absences. Maintain records and prepare reports. Create presentations. Respond to emergencies and resolve inquiries, complaints or unusual situations involving solid waste operations. Represent the City at various meetings and conferences and interact with a wide range of officials, county, state and federal agencies, department directors, vendors, consultants, utility companies, co-workers, media representatives and the public. Resolve highly complex or escalated customer problems. Maintain professional knowledge through such means as attending seminars, reviewing professional publications, and participating in professional organizations.
General Information
Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.
Important Note: The required Supplemental Questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score.
Applicants are being tested on a conditional basis pending a review of minimum qualifications. Applications will be reviewed for applicants who pass the Supplemental Questions exam.
Per CSC Rules & Regulations, after review of the minimum qualifications for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions exam, a passing score, combined with applicable seniority points and veteran points, will be used to create a list of candidates.
Please note: Applicants with a foreign degree must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information.
Please note: This is a new advertisement for Solid Waste Operations Manager. You must apply if you are still interested in this position.
A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.
To qualify for this position, the required education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.
Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.
