Details
Posted: 28-Jul-22
Location: North Charleston, South Carolina
Type: Full Time
Salary: $95,284.80 - $119,504.00
Categories:
Civil Engineering
Engineers
Years of Experience:
5 - 10
Description
OPEN UNTIL FILLED
APPLICATION REVIEW BEGINS IMMEDIATELY
Plans, organizes and directs the operations and activities of the Environmental Management Department under the direction of the Director of Environmental Management; performs directly related work as required.
The principal function of an employee in this class is to direct and oversee the functions of the Environmental Management Department. Currently the work is performed under the direction of the County Attorney and in the future work will be performed under a Deputy County Administrator, or other official as designated by the County Administrator, however, extensive leeway is granted for the exercise of independent judgment and initiative. Supervision is exercised over the work of all employees within the Environmental Management Department. The nature of the work performed requires that an employee in this class establish and maintain effective working relationships with other County employees, representatives from other jurisdictions, business organizations, regulatory agencies and the public. The principal duties of this class are performed in a general office environment with frequent visits to various locations throughout the County.
HIRING RANGE: $95,284.80 - $119,504.00 (Salary Commensurate with experience)
APP
APP APPLICATION PROCESS: Submitted applications are reviewed by the hiring department, on an on going basis.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Plans, organizes, directs and evaluates the management of all facilities, resources, and personnel required to provide comprehensive solid waste collection and processing, recycling collection and processing, landfill operations, composting, and related activities. This includes the ultimate responsibility and oversite for public-private-partner contracts for the operations of multiple county assets and facilities related to the material recovery facility (MRF), compost program, Bees Ferry Landfill, residential and commercial solid waste and recycling collection systems, and disposal systems.
- Develops policies and procedures designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of departmental operations and address solid waste environmental needs within the County.
- Works closely with the Environmental Management Director, or other designated official to develop and administer the departmental budget.
- Organizes resources within the department, including assigning necessary manpower to manage routes and ensuring trucks and related equipment are in operable order to complete assigned duties.
- Evaluates and interprets complex contracts with respect to services, large projects or regulatory enforcement and activity.
- Oversight of management of multiple multi-million-dollar vendor contracts for County services.
- Ensures environmental conditions within the County’s solid waste management, landfill composting systems and related operations meet the objectives of properly processing solid waste, hazardous materials and recyclable materials.
- Provides status reports to the Environmental Management Director, or other designated official, on departmental operations, any major shift in processes and procedures and recommendations for future development.
- Performs special projects for the Environmental Management Director, or other designated official as requested.
- Manages resources within the Department, including developing equipment and materials specifications, requisitioning supplies and coordinating maintenance.
- Coordinates Department projects with other County departments/offices, outside contractors, state and federal agencies/monitoring officials, other governmental jurisdictions and/or authorities.
- Stays abreast of current state and federal laws and regulations related to environmental management operations to ensure compliance.
- Manages and evaluates the work of Departmental supervisors in completing administrative functions and all public outreach related activities operations.
- Works with staff in initiating or implementing new programs/projects and improve existing ones.
- Identify areas of need in customer service communication; works with staff to streamline citizen response to inquiries and access to Environmental Management information.
- Participates in all aspects of personnel administration with assigned employees, including providing direction and leadership, hiring, termination, grievance procedures, and coordinating employee training.
- Attends and schedules town meetings to ensure citizens understand all services and issues.
- Receives, investigates and resolves complaints from the public.
- May be designated to report to work during hazardous weather or emergency conditions.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Public Administration, Business Administration, or a related field, with a Master’s Degree preferred; and
- 5-10 years of experience in Solid Waste operations, including considerable time in a supervisory management role or extensive experience with regulatory requirements, laws and regulations; or
- Experience managing a solid waste program with a budget of over 40 million dollars;
- Experience managing large-scale public-private partnerships related to solid waste operations;
- Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the work; and
- Possession of a valid State’s driver’s license indicating a clean DMV record.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Knowledge
- Comprehensive knowledge of current principles, practices and operations of Solid Waste collection and disposal, recycling collection and processing, composting, landfill operations, Solid Waste enforcement and related operations.
- Comprehensive working knowledge of public-private partnerships (PPPs) and resulting contractual terms for solid waste program operations.
- Comprehensive knowledge of current principles and practices of public administration.
- Comprehensive knowledge of budgetary principles within a County and/or municipality.
- Comprehensive knowledge of civic emergency responses associated with weather extremes and services relating to County and/or municipal infrastructures.
- Substantial knowledge of various large vehicles and equipment, and the capability to specify and procure.
- Comprehensive knowledge of human resources management and effective supervisory practices.
Skills
- Skilled in planning and developing large scale County and/or municipal projects, including financial estimates.
- Skilled in supervising, training, evaluating, disciplining, coordinating and directing the work of others.
- Skilled in communicating effectively with others, both orally and in writing, using both technical and nontechnical language.
- Skilled in directing the work of Professional Engineers (PEs).
- Skilled in evaluating complex legal contracts and administering the same.
- Skilled in communicating effectively with others, both orally and in writing, using technical and nontechnical language to respond to inquiries from employees and the public.
Abilities
- Able to establish and implement short-term and long-term goals.
- Able to effectively exercise interpersonal communications and persuasion when interacting with all levels of the organization and the public.
- Able to respond to sensitive inquiries or complaints from County Council, management, employees, and the general public.
- Able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with County Council, elected and appointed officials, County administrators, department heads, and supervisory and related support employees.
- Able to instruct and motivate others to learn new practices and procedures to accomplish work objectives.
- Able to effectively promote team and organization building, goal development, and project follow-through.
- Able to plan, organize and evaluate the work of others.
- Able to prepare and present accurate and reliable reports containing findings and recommendations.
- Able to operate a personal computer using standard or customized software applications appropriate to assigned tasks.
- Able to exercise tact, discretion and sound judgment in addressing sensitive or confidential matters.
- Able to use logical and creative thought processes to develop solutions according to written specifications and/or oral instructions.
- Able to understand and follow oral and/or written policies, procedures and instructions.
- Able and willing to quickly learn and put to use new skills and knowledge brought about by rapidly changing information and/or technology.
- Able to use integrity, ingenuity, and inventiveness in the performance of assigned tasks.
