Senior Road & Bridge Infrastructure Leader

County of El Paso; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

County of El Paso seeks an Infrastructure Services Associate Director to lead the Road and Bridge division and East Montana Water System. You will schedule work, assign duties, guide staff, and ensure timely, on-budget project delivery while maintaining engineering standards and regulatory compliance.

The role requires extensive experience in supervision, civil engineering, and program management, with strong ability to coordinate with legal, procurement, and county executives to meet strategic

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or related field and ten years of professional civil experience, including five (5) years of supervisory or management experience.
• Or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Responsibilities

• Supervises department employees, including assigning and reviewing work, training completing performance evaluations, and making recommendations on hiring, terminating, and disciplining personnel;
• Selects, motivates, and evaluates department staff; provides or coordinates training and works with employees to correct deficiencies;
• Plans, directs, and coordinates, through subordinate-level staff, the department work plan; meets with management staff to identify and resolve problems; assigns projects and programmatic areas of responsibility; and reviews and evaluates work methods and procedures;
• Directs development and updating of standard operating procedures for division;
• Plans, develops and organizes Road & Bridge projects and special project construction and design programs;
• Is responsible for recommending, developing, and administering county paving program;
• Ensures policies and methods meet statutory requirements and established engineering principles and standards;
• Reviews and interprets current and proposed legislation and regulations in conjunction with County legal staff;
• Conducts and analyzes technological research to advise the Assistant Public Works Director on engineering matters such as County facilities improvement infrastructure development, including nature and estimates of funds needed, feasibility and complexity of projects, and effects on County operations and the general public;
• Recommends solutions, and major operational adjustments in participating in development of department short and long range plans to be determining departmental objectives, priorities and resources required for collaborative attainment of goals;
• Confers with governmental funding agencies on future or ongoing construction projects;
• Implements, coordinates and evaluates timely, reliable and economical execution of department functions within available resources;
• Reviews and studies surveys, designs and construction time, labor and cost estimates and consultant and contractor bids on proposals to construct county facilities, bridges, right-of-ways and easements;
• Directs process to approve and recommend changes to engineers construction plans, scheduling multiple projects and reviewing progress costs “as built” plans, field investigations and related records and statistics for adherence to contract timeliness, technical provisions and appropriations; County construction and renovation quality reviewing departmental activities, maintenance schedules, paving programs and planning for future road construction programs and advising other County departments and elected officials;
• Explains to citizens, civic groups, consultants, utilities, planning commissions and regulatory agencies; the department’s services and rules for solving operating problems and rectifying complaints;
• Serves on designated boards to represent County interests and acting as liaison to the United States Army Corps of Engineers;
• Conducts cost-benefit analyses, statistical or other analysis such as of project labor requirements and material specifications, and reviewing unit funding requests, proposed program improvements, and set program performance measures; oversees receipt, allocation and expenditure of budgeted, bond and grant funds; oversees preparation of statements of work technical specifications and grant applications; participates in contract awarding and negotiation on engineering matters; administers design, construction and other service contracts;
• Oversees preparation of statements of work technical specifications and grant applications;
• Implements Department Directives: preparing and presenting comprehensive ad hoc and recurring reports, charts and recommendations about programs and projects with in-depth technical, statistical and cost estimates and results analyses for County officials and executives, and other jurisdictions and agencies;
• Oversees operation and updating of computerized engineering and mapping information, set up and maintenance of engineering library including maps, plans, plats and technical manuals;
• Performs miscellaneous related general managerial and professional engineering functions as required;
• Participates in conferences to represent the County on engineering issues and to maintain awareness of technological advances as directed;
• Participates in the development of department objectives, priorities and resources;
• Directs process to approve and recommend changes to plans;
• Reports to Public Works Director and Deputy Director the division’s services and rules for solving operating problems and rectifying complaints;
• Schedules and implements annual training program for division personnel;
• Performs annual audits of maintenance warehouse activities and recommends additions/corrections to programs;
• Oversees and maintains EPA standards; responds and implements necessary corrections for environmental notices of violations resulting from performance of division activities;
• Substitutes, if assigned, during temporary absences by performing delegated duties sufficient to maintain continuity of normal operations;
• Commits self to providing excellent customer service and demonstrate commitment through cooperative team and individual efforts; and
• Creates a high quality work culture through participation in and emphasis on training and mentoring to develop leadership, management, and technical skills in self and all employees, including safety related training and skills.

Skills

Supervision

Training

Performance evaluation

Interpersonal communications

Office procedures

Budgeting

Civil engineering

Public works

Code compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering

Tools

Windows

Microsoft Office

Job description

County of El Paso seeks an Infrastructure Services Associate Director to lead the Road and Bridge division and East Montana Water System. You will schedule work, assign duties, guide staff, and ensure timely, on-budget project delivery while maintaining engineering standards and regulatory compliance.

The role requires extensive experience in supervision, civil engineering, and program management, with strong ability to coordinate with legal, procurement, and county executives to meet strategic