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Department: County Executive
Grade: 370NM
Salary: $158,038 - $172,000/year
Job Duties:
- Provides strategic direction and executive oversight for the County’s public-facing operational functions—including Public Works, Parks and Recreation, and Economic Development—ensuring that community assets, public infrastructure, recreational services, and development related initiatives effectively support the priorities of the County Executive, Legislature, and the organization as a whole.
- Leads the development and execution of enterprise-wide operational strategies, strengthens service delivery governance, and ensures compliance with County policies, statutory requirements, safety standards, environmental regulations, and performance expectations.
Responsible for advancing safety and service excellence, fiscal stewardship, operational resilience, and continuous improvement across assigned departments.
Brief the County Administrator on organizational performance, emerging risks, interdepartmental coordination needs, operational challenges, and strategic opportunities related to Public Works, Parks and Recreation, facilities operations, and Economic Development initiatives
Drives modernization initiatives, promotes data-informed operational decision-making, and champions reliable, accessible, and customer-focused service delivery across Public Works, parks, facilities, and Economic Development operations.
This position plays a critical role in shaping the County’s long-term operational capacity by building a unified operational framework that enhances efficiency, accountability, transparency, community access, and cross-departmental collaboration
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration, Business Administration, Engineering, Construction Management, Parks and Recreation Management, Urban Planning, Economic Development, or a closely related field
- Ten years of progressively responsible leadership experience in public works, infrastructure management, capital project delivery, parks and recreation operations, facilities management, economic development, community development, or within a complex organization with comparable operational scale and regulatory requirements
- Eight years of senior-level or executive management experience overseeing multiple operational divisions or service programs, preferably involving large-scale infrastructure, field-service operations, community-facing services, parks and recreation, facilities operations, or economic and community development functions in government or a similarly complex private-sector environment.
- Demonstrated experience directing capital improvement programs, infrastructure maintenance operations, parks and recreation systems, facilities operations, or major development-related or public-facing service delivery systems, with proven ability to ensure operational efficiency, safety, regulatory compliance, and high-quality service.
- Experience managing diverse operational workforces, including field crews, technical professionals, supervisors, and administrative staff, with a strong record of workforce leadership, organizational development, and employee engagement.
- Proven ability to interpret and apply statutory and regulatory requirements, including those related to public infrastructure, environmental regulations, construction standards, procurement, development processes, and applicable operational policies
- Demonstrated success in budget development and management for large, multi-fund operational departments, including capital budgets, special revenue funds, enterprise operations, and grant-funded programs
- Ability to work effectively in a politically sensitive environment, collaborating with elected officials, community stakeholders, advisory boards, and other governmental entities while maintaining professionalism, transparency, and operational integrity.
- Must submit/pass pre-employment background check/drug screen.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Public Administration, Business Administration, Engineering Management, Urban Planning, Parks and Recreation Administration, Economic Development, or a closely related field (MPA, MBA, MSEM, MUP, etc.).
- Strong leadership capability to build a culture of customer service, safety, efficiency, accountability, and continuous improvement across departments with varied operational and development-related missions.
- Executive-level experience in a county or municipal government of comparable size or complexity, preferably overseeing Public Works, Parks and Recreation, infrastructure systems, facilities operations, or community and Economic Development functions.
- Experience leading large-scale infrastructure and facility operations, including parks, trails, properties, event facilities, cemeteries, or recreational assets.
- Experience overseeing parks and recreation programming, natural resource management, facility operations, outdoor recreation services, community engagement initiatives, or similar public-facing operational functions.
- Experience supporting or coordinating economic development initiatives, redevelopment or revitalization efforts, business retention and expansion programs, land-use or planning processes, permitting, or related development operations.
- Demonstrated success implementing operational modernization, including technology upgrades, asset management systems, performance measurement, process improvement, or data-driven operational planning.
- Experience working within or alongside unionized environments, with understanding of collective bargaining frameworks, workforce rules, safety standards, and labor relations.
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