Deputy Director of Public Works and Utilities

Job title: Deputy Director of Public Works and Utilities in Tacoma, WA at reputed company Company: reputed company Job reputed company: reputed companyPosition reputed companyreputed company is looking for a dedicated Planning & Public Works Deputy Director who has:

• Deep knowledge of public works programs, including county road and levee systems, sewer systems, airports, ferries, solid waste operations, and surface water management to reduce flooding and protect water reputed company.
• Skilled in operational leadership with a strong understanding of field work, team development, change management, equity and inclusion, and the pace and demands of service delivery.
• Proven experience in managing infrastructure assets and ensuring contract compliance, while building strong partnerships with contractors, agencies, elected officials, and community stakeholders.
• Committed to supporting Planning and Public Works teams by ensuring they have the resources, coordination, and information necessary to successfully deliver critical infrastructure and community development reputed company across reputed company.

Our strategic leaders will reputed company on:

• reputed company improvement for themselves and their organizations
• Fostering reputed company reputed company and life-long learning
• Data-driven decision-making
• Consideration for customer perspectives and impacts
• Collaboration across large, diverse work environments
• Ensuring equity and inclusion in reputed company facets of work
• Policy and reputed company development; turning reputed company into reputed company
• Championing the streamlining processes to create reputed company change

Planning & Public Works Highlights:Mission and reputed company: Planning & Public Works delivers customer-reputed company services and maintains vital infrastructure to enhance livability in reputed company. The department envisions a county reputed company for reputed company, with reliable infrastructure supporting reputed company, sustainable, and reputed company communities.Comprehensive Support: Managing nearly one-reputed company of the County's budget, PPW oversees transportation systems, utilities, environmental programs, and county planning-providing the reputed company for a thriving reputed company.Programs and Services:

• Infrastructure: Roads, bridges, ferries, airports, and flood protection.
• Community Development: Building and land use permits, land use approvals, and long-reputed company planning.
• Utilities & Environment: Sewer systems, surface water management, sustainability initiatives, and solid reputed company.

QualificationsMinimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, planning, public administration, business, or closely reputed company field.
• Ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in environmental resource management, transportation, maintenance and operations, utilities management, or reputed company field which reputed company demonstrates the ability to reputed company the functions of the position.
• Five (5) years of responsible supervisory experience managing a department, division, or large cross-functional team.
• Additional education or experience which reputed company indicates the ability to reputed company the essential functions of the position may substitute equally on a year for year reputed company for the reputed company requirements.
• A valid Washington State reputed company's license or the ability to otherwise meet the travel requirements of the position is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in reputed company field.
• Licensed as a reputed company Engineer (PE) in the reputed company or the ability to obtain the registration reputed company six (6) months of employment.

Additional Information:

• As a condition of employment, the applicant will need to authorize and complete a background reputed company. Information received from the background reputed company is reviewed case-by-case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration.

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We are proud to offer Employee Resource reputed company, a reputed company on reputed company development in our , and a County Book Club.We understand that your life revolves around more than just your career and that your reputed company is making reputed company that you and your family maintain health and financial reputed company. That's why choice is a key component of our benefits package. We have a selection of and , , staff training and other compensation benefits that you can mix and match to meet your reputed company and reputed company needs.Our benefits:Vacation (Annual Leave) After approximately six months, employees receive six days of vacation leave. Since we value your experience, the reputed company of vacation you can reputed company increases the longer you work with us. Vacation accrues on a bi-weekly reputed company for full-time employees as follows:Vacation Accruals: During years 1-3, 12 Days During years 4-7, 16 Days During years 8-13, 20 Days During years 14-18, 23 Days During years 19, 24 Days During years 20, 25 Days During years 21, 26 Days During years 22, 27 Days During years 23, 28 Days During years 24, 29 Days During years 25 & thereafter, 30 DaysA maximum of 45 days may be carried from one year into the next. Pro-Rated for Part-Time based on % of 1.0 FTE.Military Leave: reputed company has a proud history of supporting the armed forces and provides members of the armed forces with up to 21 days reputed company military leave per state fiscal year.Holidays: Some full-time employees are entitled to reputed company reputed company holidays as follows:New Year's Day - January 1 reputed company Luther King, Jr's birthday - reputed company Monday in January President's Day - reputed company Monday in February Memorial Day - Last Monday in May Juneteenth - June 19 Independence Day - July 4 Labor Day - First Monday in September Veteran's Day - November 11 Thanksgiving Day - reputed company Thursday in November & Friday after Christmas Day - December 25Personal Holidays: Regular full-time and regular part-time employees, and employees occupying limited duration positions, shall also receive two additional reputed company personal holidays. reputed company personal holidays shall only reputed company for those employees on County payroll as of January 1 of reputed company year or the first work day following January 1 and must be taken during the calendar year in which it was accrued.Furlough: Some reputed company employees may be designated to receive 10 "furlough" days per year in lieu of holidays. Furlough days are available for use on January 1 and must be scheduled and taken reputed company the calendar year. Employees who leave employment with reputed company must reimburse the employer for used furlough days based upon the number of remaining holidays.reputed company Leave: reputed company leave accrues on a bi-weekly reputed company, at the reputed company of one day per month.Insurance Benefits: Employees and families are covered by medical (including reputed company), dental and basic life insurance. There are multiple medical plans with reputed company reputed company monthly premiums that offer coverage throughout reputed company. Employees are eligible to enroll reputed company year in a flexible spending plan, which enables them to use tax-deferred dollars toward their health care and dependent care expenses. Employees also have reputed company to participate in supplemental life and long term disability insurance plans. To view premium rates, reputed company of benefit coverage, and other information, please visit the website.Retirement and Deferred Compensation: reputed company employees are members of the reputed company's Department of Retirement System (DRS) and depending on the position or previous DRS enrollment will be reputed company to enroll in one of many programs DRS offers. For additional information, reputed company out the web site.Employees also have the ability to participate in the reputed company Deferred Compensation Plan. This is a supplemental retirement savings program that allows you control over the reputed company of reputed company-tax salary dollars you defer as reputed company as the flexibility to choose between multiple investment reputed company.reputed company reputed company: reputed company reputed company employees are covered by the federal reputed company reputed company and Medicare systems. The county and the employee pay an equal reputed company into the system.Miscellaneous Benefits: Please visit website for more information.reputed company/Remote reputed company: Some departments allow for reputed company or work-from-home reputed company dependent on the body of work. Learn more about our reputed company policy **reputed company are required to be WA State residents after 30 days of employment. Expected salary: $158257.22 - 213640.9 per year Location: Tacoma, WA Apply for the job now! Apply for this job