Job Description

Posting number: 01309

Department: Department of Public Works

Job classification: Stormwater Manager

Posting type: Open

Categories: Public Works

Summary

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 provides leadership, management, and overall oversight of the Town’s comprehensive stormwater management program within the Department of Public Works. Working under the general direction of the Director and/or Deputy Director of Public Works, the Stormwater Manager performs a variety of engineering, technical, managerial, supervisory, and administrative responsibilities related to planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and continually improving the Town’s stormwater management program. Work includes leading and managing staff, consultant resources, and contracts; and promoting stormwater activities through public education, outreach, code compliance and enforcement; and ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state, and local environmental regulations. This role requires considerable independent judgement, together with a high degree of professional engineering judgement and technical civil engineering experience in the fields of stormwater management design, inspection, maintenance, and flood control.

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

Examples of duties

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Science/Management or closely related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) certifications to include Stormwater Management Combined Administrator
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in storm water management, MS-4 permitting
• Minimum of three (3) years of managerial/supervisory experience
• Possession of a valid driver’s license and a safe driving record

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Civil Engineering, Sanitary Engineering/Management, Environmental Management, Business Administration or a related field
• Licensed Professional Engineer in Virginia
• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) certifications to include, the Dual Combined Administrator (DCA)
• Minimum of eight (8) years of progressive experience in storm water management, MS-4 permitting
• Minimum of four (4) years of managerial/supervisory experience
• Experience developing and administering a stormwater utility
• Bilingual in English/Spanish

Supplemental information

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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