Superintendent Job in Naples, Florida US
This position is for the Big Cypress Field Station, located in Naples, FL.
Senior administrator for a District field station or water management operation ensuring all strategies, initiatives, programs, and processes support the agency's core mission of flood control, restoration and water supply. Drives a fiscally-conservative direction for managing infrastructure, financial resources and human resources. Serves as decision maker for the field station's day-to-day and long-term operations. Business decisions directly impact the agency’s operational and financial results.
In accordance with the District's "Span-of-Control Guidelines", a field station services a large portion of the District's total geographic area and provides services on a 24/7 basis. Services provided are categorized into functional areas that are highly critical to the agency's success and mission. Functional areas include but not limited to: canal levee, structure maintenance, pump stations, etc.
A field station reports to a bureau and is accountable for a significant amount of a bureau’s work deliverables and financial resources. A field station is comprised of work units, typically aligned by functional area, each with an assigned supervisor.
Ensures individual work unit business plans are consolidated into comprehensive annual work plans and long-term strategies for the field station that include attainable deliverables, best utilization of technical and financial resources and eliminates redundancies and non-value added work efforts. Maintains current process maps and other forms of work flow documentation required for the field station.
Develops a sound functional organizational structure for the field station that assures clearly defined and documented roles for each member. Manages resources strategically and tactically to assure execution and alignment of field station operations with bureau and division level business plans and strategies.
Incumbent works with the OMC professional supervisor to ensure staff’s readiness to respond and support the field station's emergency management operations. This includes addressing all regional issues/concerns specific to a field station location. Provides direct input to the emergency management operations procedures used by all field stations.
Works with OMC professional supervisor to ensure all safety and security procedures, protocols and controls are followed. This applies to both District-wide and field station specific requirements.
For both annual and long-term work plans, ensures all budgets are developed in accordance with Budget Bureau standards and requirements, and accurately reflect financial requirements to attain deliverables. Analyzes budget results against targets and pro-actively implements mid-cycle adjustments. Assumes personal accountability for work results.
Develops annual performance plans for direct reports that include clear and measurable KRO’s aligned with both the field station's and the bureau’s business plan. Incumbent addresses all HR and performance issues on a timely basis. Incumbent is fully aware of the resources and processes available to resolve issues in the most favorable manner for the District. As applicable, ensures staff meet all licensure and professional certification requirements for their job.
Incumbent provides significant input for developing the bureau’s functional and technical standards and District policies and procedures. Significant input is based on a number of factors such as but not limited to “subject matter expert” technical knowledge, industry best practices and benchmarks, and hands-on operational experience.
Keeps abreast of industry trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and technology improvements. Shares such knowledge within the field station and bureau and recommends changes where appropriate. Effectively manages vendor relationships including usage, costs and quality of work product.
Strong interaction with representatives from federal, state and local agencies associated with the District's core missions. Maintains tact and diplomacy during difficult situations and resolves disagreement in public settings. Incumbent may represent the field station or bureau on District taskforces, inter-agency meetings, or at public forums. May act on the Bureau Chief's behalf with all levels of agency executives.
Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline required with a graduate level preferred and 10+ years experience that demonstrates measurable career progression in field operations and leadership roles that can be directly applied to support the District's strategic goals and objectives. Typically, this includes experience in several field station functional areas (e.g., canal levee, structure maintenance, pump stations, etc.) and 6+ years of increased supervisory accountability. Prior experience attained from either internal and/or external jobs.
Composition of office and field work with regular exposure to a hot and humid environment in remote and heavy vegetative areas.
Due to the District's response role and in the total scope of emergency management, this position may at times, be required to provide support before, during and after major storm events and emergency situations, such as hurricanes or other declared emergencies, depending on assigned emergency response role.
Valid State of Florida Driver's License required.