At the City of Atlanta, we are passionate about building and improving our community. Our police officers, firefighters and building inspectors keep our citizens safe. Our Public Works staff keeps our City clean. Our Atlanta Department of Transportation team helps maintain, build and improve our City’s infrastructure. Our City planners help envision and shape future City growth. Our Parks & Recreation professionals enhance our quality of life.
Our engineers help keep our drinking water clean, the largest airport in the world (by passenger volume) operating and our buildings maintained. Along with the host of Finance, Procurement, and Human Resources professionals whose support is vital, we are the City of Atlanta! If you are seeking a meaningful role where you can make a real difference improving and growing our City, we welcome you to explore the job opportunities we have to offer.
Salary: Commensurate with experience
General Description and Classification Standards:
The Department of Public Works (DPW) Installation Chief Assistant (G.19) will serve as a key knowledge worker driving and leading critical initiatives. This is a strategic position supporting DPW in all field operational engagements. This is a solution driven role that requires critical thinking to solve operational and logistical problems that arise daily, utilizing industry standards and technical tools such as routing software, COA cameras, and GIS Mapping for solutioning. The position will be responsible for team supervision and providing logistical oversight for the deployment of equipment and other DPW resources throughout the city of Atlanta, ensuring the completion of all standard work and assigned tasks. Effective and professional communication (Oral and Written) is a must to keep all parties engaged working towards the common goal. In addition, must have the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships to the benefit of the organization.
Supervision and Leadership:
This position receives guidance regarding overall mission, short and long-term objectives, scheduling, priorities, and is expected to structure their workday to accomplish established goals for self. This position can work independently on key managerial initiatives but is primarily focused on leading and supervising a team and may be required to work evenings, weekends, or holidays to meet departmental needs. Direction received is very general and focuses on strategic objectives and is typically collaborative. This is a G19 exempt level position.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities: these are typical responsibilities for this position and should not be construed as exclusive or all inclusive. May perform other duties as assigned.
Decision Making: Has critical thinking skills with effective judgement and decision making.
Requirements (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):
Minimum Qualifications – Education and Experience:
Preferred, but not required:
Licensures and Certifications Desired but not required:
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Must be physically able to operate a variety of job-related machines and office equipment. Must be able to move or carry related objects or materials. Physical demand requirements are at the levels of those for active work. Position may require occasional movement between locations in inclement weather conditions.
DATA CONCEPTION: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable functional, technical, structural, compositional, or identifiable characteristics (whether like or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people, or things.
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION: Requires the ability to communicate with people to convey or exchange professional information. Requires a sense of priority in responsiveness in a mission critical environment.
LANGUAGE ABILITY: May require the ability to read a variety of professional, technical, and administrative documentation, directions, instructions, methods, and procedures. May be required to produce reports with proper format, punctuation, spelling, and grammar, using all parts of speech. Requires the ability to communicate with and before others using correct English.
INTELLIGENCE: Requires the ability to learn and understand subject matter principles and techniques; to make independent judgments in absence of supervision within the scope of respective job duties and tasks; to acquire and be able to expound on knowledge of topics related to primary occupation.
NUMERICAL APTITUDE: May require the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; add and subtract; multiply and divide totals; determine percentages; determine time and weight; and interpret same as may be appropriate.
FORM/SPATIAL APTITUDE: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape. Ability to review mapping and spatial analysis.
MOTOR COORDINATION: Requires the ability to utilize job-related equipment while accomplishing job duties and tasks associated with respective primary duties.
COLOR DISCRIMINATION: May require the ability to differentiate colors and shades of color.
INTERPERSONAL TEMPERAMENT: Requires the ability to interact with people (i.e. staff, supervisors, general public and elected officials) beyond giving the receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under minimal stress when confronted with an emergency.
p >8/12/2024