Hillsborough County, FL

Job Overview

Perform responsible senior-level managerial and advanced professional activities involved in directing multiple functions of the County's Solid Waste System encompassing the areas of technical/engineering support, active operating landfill facility management, closed landfill management, landfill expansion program, waste tire processing facility, leachate treatment facility management, Landfill gas systems, and employee/facility safety. This position must implement annual goals and objectives.

Salary

$89,044 - $156,020

Ideal Candidate

Hillsborough County is seeking a Solid Waste Section Manager to perform responsible senior-level managerial and advanced professional activities involved in directing multiple functions of the County Solid Waste System encompassing the Class 1 Landfill operation, Leachate Treatment Facility, composting, biosolids, and Tire Processing Facility. The ideal candidate must have the ability to plan and implement annual goals, objectives, and strategies for the Section to ensure efficient organization and completion of work. Ideal candidate will have experience in managing employee production, facility conditions, and a fleet of vehicles and equipment to ensure reliability of the solid waste systems. Ideal candidate must have integral knowledge of FDEP (Florida Department of Environment Protection) policies and procedures and the ability to communicate effectively during emergency conditions, using facts to support decisions and recommendations.

Core Competencies

• Customer Commitment - Proactively seeks to understand the needs of the customers and provide the highest standards of service.
• Dedication to Professionalism and Integrity - Demonstrates and promotes fair, honest, professional and ethical behaviors that establishes trust throughout the organization and with the public we serve.
• Organizational Excellence - Takes ownership for excellence through one's personal effectiveness and dedication to the continuous improvement of our operations.
• Success through Teamwork - Collaborates and builds partnerships through trust and the open exchange of diverse ideas and perspectives to achieve organizational goals.

Duties and Responsibilities

Note: The following duties are illustrative and not exhaustive. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Depending on assigned area of responsibility, incumbents in the position may perform one or more of the activities described below.

• Manage the contracted operations for the continuing construction, operation & maintenance of the County's only class I landfill facility, negotiate contract modification, verify permit/contract compliance, evaluate & facilitate engineering solutions.
• Directs the activities of staff & outside consultants responsible for the maintenance & management of the County's closed landfill facilities (NW & HH), approve construction improvements, oversee engineering and permitting activities, manage landfill gas & leachate systems.
• Develop, recommend, analyze, justify and monitor: the Section's annual operating and capital expenditures; the Section's long-range projects within the County's Capital Improvement Program.
• Oversee the design, permitting and construction for the development of the new Class I landfill facility including project management, scheduling, contractor and consultant coordination, and responding to regulatory agency inquires/requirements.
• Oversee the management of the operation of the Leachate Treatment Facility; Leachate hauling & disposal; multiple professional engineering services; & site construction projects which include preparing/reviewing contractual documents and bid packages.
• Prepare and submit official correspondence, reports, studies, and cost analyses. Foster good rapport with other Sections within the Department and maintain a productive level of communication.
• Confer with upper management to keep them informed on key issues & progress toward objectives; make recommendations to assist upper management in making needed system improvements.
• Plan and implement short-term or annual goals, objectives and strategies for the section to ensure efficient organization and completion of work. Oversee compliance with employee and facility safety programs.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Job Specifications

• Critical Thinking: Problems are complex, varied and only mildly related to those related to those seen before. Simply determining what the problem effort required.
• Decision Making: Highly Complex: Supervisor is available to review established departmental and/or County objectives. Independent judgment is required.
• Communication: Requires regular contact with internal persons of importance and influence involving considerable tact, discretion, and persuasion.
• Strategic Planning: Plan events that are expected to occur in the next two years with future impact.
• Managerial/Operational Skills: Responsible for supervising multiple functions with full accountability for effective operation and results.
• Managing Complexity: Work is broad in scope covering one or more complicated areas. Policy, procedure, and precedent are typically created by this position.
• Other: Makes decision and final recommendations which routinely affect the activities of others.

Physical Requirements

• Frequently sitting at a desk or table. Occasionally standing and/or walking. Constantly requires good near or distant visions. Frequently intermittently sitting, standing or stooping. Occasionally requires light lifting or carrying 25 lbs. or less. Requires good hearing.
• Frequently is normal office situation. Occasionally in high dust, dirt environment. Occasionally works on slippery or uneven surfaces. Periodically requires extensive safety training and/or protective devices. Occasionally requires travel, including overnight stays. Occasionally requires travel, excluding overnight stays.

Work Category

• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg control requires exertion of forces greater than that of sedentary work and if the worker sits most of the time, the job is considered light work.

Minimum Qualifications Required

• Bachelor's Degree required. Job-related work experience may be considered for substitution of education; AND
• Minimum 10 years progressive experience in management, supervisions, and/or project management; OR
• An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that would reasonably be expected to provide the job-related competencies noted above; AND
• Possession of a valid Driver's License.

Emergency Management Responsibilities

In the event of an emergency or disaster, an employee may be required to respond promptly to duties and responsibilities as assigned by the employee’s department, the County’s Office of Emergency Management, or County Administration. Such assignments may be for before, during or after the emergency/disaster.

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