STREET MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR

The Department of Transportation Street Maintenance Division is seeking a dedicated, dependable, and motivated professional to serve as a Street Maintenance Supervisor to supervise personnel in the maintenance and repair of streets, sidewalks, drainage ways, curbs, shoulders, alleyways, work zone traffic control equipment and right-of-ways.

• Supervises and coordinates the equivalent of two or more fulltime employees and all assigned work in a unit ensuring timely and quality activities to respond to the needs of the City, community, department, and unit.
• Assists with the implementation, evaluation and interpretation of department policies, projects and procedures.
• Manages, coordinates, and determines priorities of work load, monitoring levels of resources, establishing time lines, assigning work, monitoring progress, recommending changes and suggestions, writing, reviewing and editing reports prepared by staff, and approving completed projects and reports.
•  Implements controls for appropriate unit staffing and effectiveness by participating in the recruitment and hiring of employees, making recommendations on employee discipline, and other human resources issues, evaluating and managing employee performance, discussing and identifying personnel issues and facilitating resolutions, promoting positive morale in the unit, ensuring staff is trained appropriately for maximum performance, and providing leadership and guidance.
• Contributes to the needs of the community and City by implementing and causing others to implement the organization's values and strategies by leading through example, competency, and accountabilities.
• Provides customer service by responding to information requests, conducting research, providing solutions to problems, and correcting errors. Ensures that unit work conforms to local, state, and federal governmental regulations, and other applicable rules and requirements. 
• Supervises and inspects projects by checking for problem areas and safety issues, barricading areas as needed, checking for blue staking, generating punch item lists for construction projects, and completing work orders and documentation. 
• Prepares bid documents for procuring materials, parts, equipment and services, and recommends award of contracts, oversees contract compliance in the areas of sweeping, landscaping maintenance, weed eradication, irrigation systems installations, asphalt maintenance, concrete repair, and utility adjustment.
• Assists in developing and administering the unit budget. Purchases material and equipment, serves as a City representative in neighborhoods, and monitoring horticulture, tree-trimming, and use of herbicides and pesticides.
• Develops and implements guidelines to further the efficient use of the maintenance management system. Maintains records, prepares reports, records information into the computer, supplies requested information, and develops relationships with contractors.

Minimum Education Level & Type: 6 months post High School

Experience with Microsoft Office products (i.e. Word/Excel)

 

Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications will be evaluated on the education and work experience in their employment profile and the responses to their supplemental questions. The highest scoring applicants will then be invited to participate in to a Virtual Oral Board interview.* 

• Oral Board Interviews will be held: Monday, July 18, 2022*

*It is important to note that the City of Tucson uses Microsoft Teams for its virtual interviews. Please ensure that you have access to this software application, if you are not able to participate in the virtual format, please contact the H.R. Analyst listed below for other options once you have been invited to the virtual interview.

Upon completion of all examination processes, the highest scoring applicants will be placed on the Civil Service Employment List.  An applicant's ranking on the Civil Service list will be based on their final score which will be calculated as:      

• 10% of your rating for education and work experience
• 90% of your oral board interview   

This recruitment will establish a civil service list that will be utilized to fill vacancies occurring within the next 6 months.

You are encouraged to print this bulletin because it contains important dates and information that will not be available online once this position closes.

Additionally, communication during this process will be sent via email to the email address on file, so please ensure your browser accepts emails from jobs@tucsonaz.gov and check your email account regularly; this may include your junk box/spam filter. Failure to respond or follow instructions may result in disqualification.

Basic Physical

50 lb Lift Test

This description is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of management to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The listing of duties and responsibilities shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty. They are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position.