State of Connecticut Executive Branch

Director of Regulatory Compliance (2859MP)

$65.65-$89.51 Hourly / $5,251.54-$7,160.50 BiWeekly /
$137,065.00-$186,889.00 Yearly

PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In the Department of Administrative Services this class is accountable for directing the Regulatory Compliance Division. This includes managing the administration of programs and operations within the division.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Receives executive direction from the Commissioner of Administrative Services or other administrative official of higher grade.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

Directs staff of division.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

  • Directs staff and operations of division;
  • Develops, implements, and evaluates organization policies, goals, and objectives;
  • Designs and develops programs and activities;
  • Implements new procedures and procedural revisions;
  • Determines appropriate staffing levels and directs the management and coordination of staff;
  • Designs and implements performance review standards for staff;
  • Prepares budget;
  • Maintains contacts with individuals within and outside of the organization who might impact on policy or program activities;
  • Meets periodically with state agencies to assess their facilities needs and the effectiveness of Administrative Services technical assistance in meeting agency needs;
  • Translates state's long-range facilities plan into the short-term actions required to assure proper facility programming, timely acquisition of land and buildings when required, timely undertaking of preliminary tests and studies, and adequate resources necessary to complete economically and on schedule;
  • Provides oversight of building and fire code compliance for state construction;
  • Oversees development and adoption of building and fire codes;
  • Develops programs and processes to identify problems in current construction projects and avoid similar issues from affecting future projects;
  • Works with agency legal and legislative staff in developing agency legislative proposals;
  • Provides analysis of other legislative proposals affecting the agency;
  • Drafts and presents legislative testimony on behalf of the agency;
  • Develops and administers program to study internal operating procedures and makes changes in methods and organization as necessary to achieve cost savings and improve quality of performance;
  • Leads the recruitment and hiring of staff, including outreach, interview and selection;
  • Performs related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

  • Considerable knowledge of
    • and ability to apply management principles and techniques;
    • relevant state and federal laws, statutes and regulations;
    • principles, practices and methods of both building design and construction;
    • building and fire code development, interpretation and enforcement;
  • Knowledge of
    • project management concepts and contract documentation;
    • legislative and regulation adoption processes;
  • Considerable
    • interpersonal skills;
    • oral and written communications skills
  • Considerable administrative ability;
  • Considerable ability to
    • analyze and apply accounting and fiscal control methods to planning and budget work of the division;
    • coordinate diverse functional responsibilities within operating units;
  • Ability to plan, direct, coordinate and evaluate work of technical staff.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Twelve (12) years of professional experience in large-scale construction or facilities design.

NOTE: Large-scale construction is interpreted as large multi-million dollar apartment complexes, public institutions, industrial building complexes and/or other building projects of similar size and scope. The construction of residential developments, small commercial and/or industrial building projects does not meet the Experience and Training requirement.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

Two (2) years of the General Experience must have been in a managerial capacity with responsibility for policy formulation and complex project management.

NOTE: Managerial capacity is defined as full-time managerial responsibility for major programs including planning, organizing, directing and controlling resources of a major agency or organization.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

  • College training in architecture, engineering, construction management or facilities management may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
  • A Master's degree in architecture or engineering may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Incumbents must possess and retain a Connecticut Professional Architect Certificate of Registration, a Building Official's License or a Professional Engineer's license during employment in this class.

JOB CLASS DESIGNATION

Classified/Non-Examined

OCCUPATIONAL GROUP

(02)-Architecture

BARGAINING UNIT

(02)-MANAGERIAL

EEO

(1)-Officials And Administrators

SALARY INFORMATION

MP 73

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.

CANCELLATION CLAUSE

This replaces the existing specification for the class of Director of Regulatory Compliance in Salary Group MP 73 approved effective January 17, 2020. (Revised to add Acknowledgement section and modify content) Final No. 22-007

EFFECTIVE DATE

04/01/2022
CLASS: 2859MP; REV: 12/27/2022;