Data is as of 6/15/2025.
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City of Austin - JOB DESCRIPTION

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Division Manager, Public Works
FLSA: Standard/Exempt EEO Category: (20) Professionals
Class Code: 13088 Salary Grade: HC8
Approved: May 07, 2007 Last Revised: January 09, 2025

Purpose:
 
Under general direction and working independently, this position organizes, develops, and manages core programs, projects and activities within a division of the Public Works Department.
Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:
  Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
  1. Directs the programs, projects and activities of the division.
  2. Develops and manages division processes and procedures and ensure alignment with departmental goals. 
  3. Evaluates, develops, improves, and promotes the division Business Plan.
  4. Evaluates operational efficiency and develops/implements improvement strategies. 
  5. Develops and monitors division budget. 
  6. Develops and implements short- and long-range goals and objectives.
  7. Manages CIP program consultant/contractor contracts.
  8. Manages CIP project delivery. 
  9. Coordinates division actives with other division/departments.
 
Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:
 

Responsible for the full range of supervisory activities including selection, training, evaluation, counseling, and recommendation for dismissal.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
  • Experience in managing municipal projects and programs.
  • Skill in executing results oriented business plans and preparing budgets. Skill in developing and implementing business processes.
  • Skill in developing and promoting program management best practices.
  • Skill in collaborating with others to accomplish goals across organizational divisions.
  • Skill in writing, reviewing and interpreting technical documents and making public presentations.
  • Ability to exercise good judgment, tact and diplomacy in all dealings and maintain confidentiality as required.
  • Ability to motivate employees and build morale.
 
Minimum Qualifications:
 
  • Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in a field related to the job, plus eight (8) years of related experience, three (3) years of which were in a supervisory capacity.
  • A Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in a field related to the job may substitute for experience up to two (2) years.
Licenses and Certifications Required:
 
  • Texas Class "C" Driver's License.

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty required of the position given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of management to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The listing of duties and responsibilities shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.