Minimum Qualifications:

 Graduation with a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Business Administration, Public Administration, Engineering, Environmental Science, or a closely related field, plus eight (8) years of management experience in Resource Recovery, Utilities, Municipalities, or in leading and managing a large budget and division, including two (2) years of experience which were in a supervisory or management capacity.
Graduation with a Master's degree from an accredited college or university may substitute for non-supervisory/management experience up to a maximum of two (2) years.
 

The Ideal Candidate

 The ideal candidate will be a collaborative leader who can take an already high performing team to the next level of excellence. Working in Austin Resource Recovery requires unique skills and operating procedures based on the services and customers being served. In general, a strong knowledge and understanding of solid waste systems, waste minimization, and the behavioral science aspects of resource recovery management are fundamental to success in this position.
 

The following core competencies are important for this role:
 Planning Priorities – Recognizes, plans, focuses upon, and works toward what is most important or critical.
Communicates Effectively – Ability to work with diverse communities and populations to build constructive and effective relationships and convey and receive information.
Exercises Leadership – A cohesive leader with the ability to build quality interpersonal relationships throughout the City with diverse communities and populations.
Thinks Strategically – Enables others to better understand and implement the vision and strategy while being the aligned forward thinker, has the ability to formulate and communicate sound business strategy and implement in a clear and concise manner.
Customer Focused – Strives to deliver high quality results and superior service that exceeds expectations while remaining mindful of the needs and perspective both of our internal and external customers.
Community Collaborator – Experience presenting complex information strategies to public stakeholders, management, City Manager’s Office, Board and Commissions, and City Council.
Achieves Results – Has the ability to achieve organizational goals and objectives.
Equity Lens - Ability to use an equity lens and framework to create inclusive, diverse, and safe workspaces and programs.