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Job Description
Job Summary
Grand Prairie is seeking an innovative, progressive, and self-motivated leader with a collaborative management style who will engage employees through teamwork and motivation. The preferred candidate will also have at least five years of increasingly responsible experience in utility administration and in a managerial or executive leadership position — including financial management, strategic planning, infrastructure, and/or water quality operations, ideally for a municipal entity.
The purpose of this position is to oversee the operations, constructions, and maintenance of the water production, water distribution, and wastewater collection system infrastructures. This is accomplished by reviewing and approving all resources and methodologies employed by the divisions; administering water and wastewater capital project budgets; and supervising personnel. Other duties include coordinating daily with all division actions related to assisting all internal and external customers; compiling fiscal plans for the coming year; coordinating fiscal plan review meetings; and interacting with other City employees and citizens.
Essential Job Functions- Administers water and wastewater capital project budgets by ensuring adequate funds are available to offset all cost and charges related to the operation, maintenance, and construction of the water/wastewater systems, tracking and authorizing payments for the construction and or replacement of water utility system infrastructures.
- Supervises personnel by observing and monitoring work tasks; providing feedback to employees; evaluating work performance; assisting employees to correct deficiencies; implementing disciplinary and termination procedures when necessary; selecting and hiring new employees and coordinating training for department personnel.
- Administers customer related services by coordinating daily with all division actions related to assisting all internal and external customers such as inter-city departments, consultants, private utilities, and individual customers.
- Performs budget preparation by compiling fiscal plans for the coming year; and coordinating fiscal plan review meetings with subordinate staff, immediate supervisor, and all other staff as required to formalize the Annual Operating
- All other duties as assigned by a supervisor/manager within your department/division.
- Regular and consistent attendance and punctuality for the assigned work hours is essential.
- This position has responsibilities that require lifting up to 10 pounds on occasion.
Minimum Qualifications- Education: Work requires knowledge of a specific vocational, administrative, or technical nature which may be obtained with a two-year associate degree, diploma or equivalent from a college, technical, business, vocational, or correspondence school.
- Experience: Over 5 years of related experience.
- Licenses: Valid Driver's License required.
- Certifications Required: Valid Texas Class C Driver's License, TCEQ Class B Water or Class B Distribution License, TCEQ Class B or Class III Wastewater License.
The City offers a full range of benefits for full time employees, including, but not limited to the plans as defined in the Benefits Guide. Summary of Benefits
Closing Date/Time: 11/29/2024 5:00 PM Central -
Special Instructions
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
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City of Grand Prairie
Show moreWelcome to the City of Grand Prairie! We Live Life Grand here – about 200,640 residents call Grand Prairie home, and we’re still growing. Grand Prairie is the 16th largest city in Texas and the 125th largest city in the United States, but we still have small town values. We are rated the #1 Best Place to Retire in the U.S., 2nd Happiest City in Texas, 5th Best City for First-Time Home Buyers in Texas, 7th Safest Large City in Texas, and in the Top 50 U.S. Best Place to
Raise a Family!We have attractions that draw almost 10 million visitors a year to:
- Epic Waters Indoor Water Park showcasing 80,000 square feet of year-round water fun referred to as a “cruise ship on land”
- The Summit Active Adult Center with state-of-the-art fitness training, indoor infinity edge pool with lap lanes and exercise vortex, theater, game room, sauna
- PlayGrand Adventures (10-acre, all-accessible playground) is an exciting opportunity to provide a safe and fun playground experience for all ages and abilities (open late 2019)
- Firehouse Gastro Park restaurant downtown (conversion of historic Firehouse #1)
- Lone Star Park Thoroughbred Horse Race Track
- The Theatre at Grand Prairie concert venue
- Historic Uptown Theater in downtown
- IKEA, Living Spaces and the Premium Outlet Mall
- Traders Village
- Lake Joe Pool
- Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! And Palace of Wax
- Epic Central Park, a 172-acre park with five lakes, a Grand Lawn amphitheater, trails and a water and light show
- Chicken N’ Pickle
- Bolder Adventure Park
- The Epic Arts, Fitness and Entertainment Center with $1 million in cardio and strength training equipment, indoor walking/jogging track, group fitness and more
Grand Prairie recently welcomed more than 50 new restaurants and retail stores along SH 161, and development continues at a brisk pace. The city offers a vibrant lifestyle, with the best parks in the nation, more amenities than most, affordable to affluent housing and friendly neighbors.
City employees work hard to ensure Grand Prairie is known as an organization that creates Raving Fans by delivering world-class service. Our employee family and elected officials constantly live our values, aggressively move toward our vision and are always looking for ways to make the business of running a city even better.The hard work, positive input and optimism of all our city employees all play a key role in our success. We look forward to you joining our
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