| Purpose: |
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Under minimal direction, plan, coordinate and direct the activities of a division engaged in the acquisition and management of property or easements, systems development and expansion plans, including contract negotiations, permit coordination and associated community involvement. |
| Duties, Functions and Responsibilities: |
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Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
- Oversees the operations of Public Involvement & Real Estate Services business to include easement and property acquisition, land surveying, permitting, and contract negotiation.
- Determines goals, objectives, and resource requirements for activities within the division. Coordinates division activities with other divisions/departments.
- Develops, revises, and implements standard operating practice, policy, and procedure governing the division.
- Provides oversight and coordination of neighborhood association meetings, and staff presentations to executive leadership, the city manager's office, City Council, and other city departments.
- Provides Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC), regulatory coordination regarding distribution and transmission services and service area boundaries.
- Prepares, presents, and monitors budget, and ensures division operates within appropriated budget.
- Conducts meetings with neighborhood associations regarding project notification for major projects. Projects may include electric transmission, distribution, and generation.
- Reviews and evaluates contracts and other legal documents. Negotiates contract terms, fees, etc
- Reviews and evaluates survey information, development permits required for completion of projects from city, county and state governments, real property and permit document research.
- Reviews and evaluates activities between staff and electric transmission and distribution design teams to produce cost effective designs with minimal easement or property acquisition costs.
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| Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised: |
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- Responsible for the full range of supervisory activities including, selection, training, evaluation, counseling, and recommendation for dismissal
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| Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: |
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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.
- Knowledge of fiscal planning and budget preparation.
- Knowledge of supervisory and managerial techniques and principles.
- Knowledge of public policy development and analysis.
- Knowledge of easements, land development principles, property law, contracts, right of way issues.
- Knowledge of concepts of electric transmission and distribution design and facility placement.
- Knowledge of construction standards.
- Knowledge of ISO 9001:2000 quality management procedures.
- Skill in oral and written communications.
- Skill in handling multiple tasks and prioritizing.
- Skill in using computers and related software applications.
- Skill in data analysis and problem solving.
- Skill in planning and organizing.
- Ability to prepare and analyze budgets, reports, and studies.
- Ability to understand concepts of distribution design and facility placement.
- Ability to read plans, field notes and topographic maps.
- Ability in establish and maintain good working relationships with other city employees and the public.
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| Minimum Qualifications: |
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- Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in a field related to Business Administration, Public Administration, Planning, Real Estate, and Engineering or in a field related to the job, plus six (6) years experience in a field related to the job, two (2) years of which were in a supervisory or managerial capacity.
- Masters degree may substitute for experience up to two (2) years.
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| Licenses and Certifications Required: |
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None.
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