Posting number: 2400342
Department: Water Utilities
Job classification: Field Operations Manager
Posting type: Open & Promotional
Categories: Utilities
The City of Sugar Land is seeking an experienced Field Operations Manager in the Utilities Department.
As a Field Operations Manager, you’ll lead and support a team of dedicated field professionals while directing programs that strengthen water distribution, wastewater collection, and revenue metering operations. This is an opportunity to make a visible impact through preventive maintenance, innovative process improvements, responsive repairs, customer service, and public safety initiatives—all while protecting public health, infrastructure, and our environment.
The City of Sugar Land serves over 110,000 residents and is known for its high quality of life and commitment to innovation. Our team is driven by service, collaboration, and a shared goal of making our community even better.
At the City of Sugar Land, we’re building a high-performing, innovative community where employees are empowered to make an impact. You’ll join a collaborative team, enjoy strong benefits from day one, and have real opportunities to grow your career.
We follow our BLAZE values by encouraging bold ideas, fostering a supportive and collaborative team, adapting to change, holding ourselves to high standards, and empowering employees to grow, contribute, and make a meaningful impact.
The Field Operations Manager is an exempt position with a starting salary of $87,485 - $100,609 annually.
Manage construction, operations, repair and preventative maintenance of the City’s water distribution, revenue metering and wastewater collection systemsRecruit, hire, onboard and effectively manage assigned field staff’s training, performance and professional developmentAssign, direct and manage assigned staff and contractors’ work priorities and standards to accomplish division programs within designated service levelsEnsure field work complies with all applicable federal, state and local regulatory requirements and proceduresManage division’s current fiscal year operations and maintenance budget, in compliance with City policies and proceduresManage division’s inventory of assigned resources, to include tools, vehicles, heavy machinery, spare parts, equipment, uniforms and suppliesServe as an essential employee before, during and after an emergency or disaster (REQUIRED)During emergencies, while serving (on a rotating basis) as an on-call manager, schedule, assign and direct first responder staff, in accordance with City and departmental policies and procedures.Performs any other duties and responsibilities as directed by the Director or their designee.
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The citizens of Sugar Land depend on City employees before, during and after an emergency or disaster to provide or restore essential public services for the health, safety and quality of life for our community. In the event of a wide scale emergency that could impact our community, all employees must be ready to assist in managing the crisis and will be considered essential for the continuity of governmental operations.
Our success is achieved by the courage to do things differently and accept that failure will occur on the path to innovation.
The City of Sugar Land is an equal Opportunity employer.
The City of Sugar Land is an award-winning community ideally located just southwest of Houston. Sugar Land has achieved its sustainable, strong local economy through an aggressive, focused economic development program that creates new wealth and jobs. As a regional employment center with more than 25 million square feet of commercial space, the City is home to high-profile corporations, including Minute Maid, UnitedHealthcare, Texas Instruments, Schlumberger, Fluor Corporation, Noble Drilling Services and Bechtel EO.
