Deputy Director of Public Works - Operations

Do you want to apply your expertise for a cause you can feel good about? Do you want to work for an organization that wants you to grow with it and offers tuition reimbursement, certification training, and a chance to learn about multiple industries? Come work for the Town of Leesburg, hometown of the 21st century! Located 35 miles west of the nation's capital in the heart of DC's Wine Country, you'll enjoy a vibrant and authentic community with "big city" amenities. The Town of Leesburg strongly encourages innovation, promotes career development, and offers excellent benefits to employees. Benefits include membership to the Town's full-service recreation center, enrollment into the Virginia Retirement System, excellent healthcare insurance, and other fringe benefits.   

Who We're Looking For
 If you identify with the following descriptions, then you may be perfect for the Town of Leesburg:

• Creative problem solver
• Proactive self-starter
• Life-long learner
• Strong team player
• Passionate about excellent customer service
• Positive, can-do attitude
• Effective communicator
• Desire to impart knowledge to others
• "Early adopter" of new technologies

What You'll Be Doing

This position involves responsible leadership, supervisory, and administrative work directing the Department of Public Work’s Operations, including the Divisions of Streets, Buildings and Grounds, Fleet, Stormwater, Solid Waste Services, and Urban Forestry.  Work involves responsibility for planning, organizing, directing, and prioritizing tasks; developing and managing budgets, long and short-range asset maintenance and replacement plans, coordination of services between various Town departments, as well as responding to emergencies including coordination of snow removal.

For more detailed job descriptions, please visit the Town's Job Descriptions page.

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, or a related field and at least eight (8) years of experience in public works operations and construction
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience preparing and managing budgets for public works teams
• Minimum of three (3) years of supervisory experience managing a variety of workers and project types
• OSHA 10 Certificate or the ability to obtain within six (6) months of hire
• Possession of a valid driver’s license and a safe driving record

• Advanced degree in construction management, civil engineering, or a related field and extensive managerial experience
• Experience with asset management, capital replacement planning, and systems
• Experience supervising public sector maintenance and operations teams
• Virginia PE license
• OSHA 30 Certificate
• VDOT Intermediate Work Zone Traffic Control Training and Flagger Certification
• Bilingual in English/Spanish

Employee Benefits
The Town offers competitive compensation, affordable health insurance coverage, participation in the Virginia Retirement System, an optional 457(b) retirement plan with a Town matching contribution, flexible spending accounts, voluntary benefits, employee assistance program (EAP), membership to the Town's full-service recreation center, an optional payroll Roth IRA, and generous paid time off. For more information on the Town's robust benefits package, please visit the Town's Employee Benefits page.

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