Engineering and Development Services Director FLSA Status: Exempt

General Definition of Work

Performs complex professional work planning, directing and developing short and long-range land management and development activities, services and programs, coordinating and supervising zoning land use ordinance and code enforcement and activities, providing staff support to various boards and commissions and the City Council, coordinating work with the City Manager and department directors, maintaining records and files, preparing reports, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the general direction of the City Manager. Departmental supervision is exercised over all personnel within the department.

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required and are not necessarily actual functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions

Performs duties in accordance with the City's key to excellent customer service; acts as team or group leader in the implementation of adopted City outcomes and goals.

Develops, organizes, implements and reviews department goals and objectives including those city council goals assigned to the department by the City Manager; approves new or modified programs, systems, policies and procedures.

Coordinates activities with other departments and governmental units.

Recommends appointments of, trains, motivates and evaluates staff; establishes and monitors employee performance objectives; prepares and presents employee performance reviews; provides or coordinates staff training; works with employees to correct deficiencies; implements discipline procedures; terminates employees.

Reviews activities and decisions of the Planning Board, Zoning Board of Adjustment and Historic Preservation Commission.

Participates in management team meetings and activities; provides staff assistance to the City Manager and the City Council.

Supervise and participates in developing the annual departmental budget; monitors budget expenditures.

Represents the department and the City at professional and civic meetings.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Comprehensive knowledge of the advanced principles and practices of municipal planning and land development; thorough knowledge of current literature and recent developments in the field; general knowledge of landscape architecture and traffic engineering; general knowledge of the principles and practices of civil engineering as they relate to planning and subdivision design and control; ability to interpret and analyze technical and statistical information and to prepare and present technical oral and written reports; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with elected officials, associates, governmental agency representatives and the general public.

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree with coursework in public administration, planning, engineering, GIS or related field and extensive experience in the administration of planning and community development programs, development services, engineering and/or geographic information systems and personnel management, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Requirements

This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force; work regularly requires sitting and speaking or hearing and occasionally requires standing and walking; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, using measuring devices and observing general surroundings and activities; work occasionally requires exposure to outdoor weather conditions; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).

Special Requirements

Possession of Professional Engineer and/or Zoning Official certification.

Valid driver's license in the State of North Carolina.