GLO - Manager VII; Assistant Chief Surveyor

Overview

The Texas General Land Office is seeking a Manager VII (Assistant Chief Surveyor) within the Surveying Department of the agency. The Assistant Chief Surveyor performs highly advanced and/or supervisory or managerial (senior-level) work administering the daily operations and activities of an agency’s business function, division, or department. Works under minimal supervision, with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

The Texas General Land Office primarily serves the schoolchildren, veterans, and the environment of Texas. The agency does so by preserving our history, maximizing state revenue through innovative administration, and through the prudent stewardship of state lands and natural resources.

• Manages, oversees, and supervises the daily business activities, duties, functions, and operations of the Uplands Support Team and the Coastal & VLB Support Team within GLO Surveying Services. Manages, supervises, and coordinates with professional staff (Registered Professional Land Surveyors and Licensed State Land Surveyors) on complex land surveying issues, projects, and assignments. Evaluates and implements the business functions and needs of the program area and makes necessary adjustments as needed.
  
  Manages multiple business functions, provides oversight to associated staff, and oversees the allocation of resources to achieve timely and effective responses, outcomes, and goals.
• Manages, oversees, and implements the establishment of program area goals and objectives; develops, assigns, and approves staff schedules, priorities, and standards for achieving goals; and, manages and monitors employee performance evaluation activities. Serves as the backup to the Deputy Director (Chief Surveyor) during his absence on all agency and surveying related matters/issues. Provides technical surveying assistance and support to other GLO departments on surveying related matters.
  
  Monitors compliance with agency policies and procedures, and provides input to develop, improve, and adopt new policies and procedures.
• Manages and oversees the compilation and preparation of management reports, technical reports, productivity reports, field reports, and studies associated with the Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network (TCOON) and the various TCOON stakeholders including other State and Federal agencies. Serves as the primary point-of-contact or representative for GLO Surveying Services in the TCOON Tide Gauge Program and GLO Coastal Resources. Manages, oversees, and supervises the tide gauge leveling field operations for the GLO in the TCOON Tide Gauge Leveling Program as the lead surveyor.
• Manages, oversees, and monitors special investigations, program analyses, research studies, and provides technical support. Manages and oversees the technical surveying process relating to the approval of Coastal Boundary Surveys (CBS) in accordance with Texas Natural Resources Code 33.136 statutory requirements. Represents GLO Surveying Services as a technical subject matter expert as needed on CBS matters/issues and coordinates with private land surveyors regarding CBS for submittal to the GLO for official filing.
• Manages and oversees staff development plans and activities, and assigns internal and external customer projects to Surveying Services staff. Provides mentoring, training, and guidance to junior level staff to enhance and advance their technical surveying knowledge, skills, and abilities and the institutional knowledge of the GLO and its operations. Established goals and objectives for professional staff development and manages their development and progress.
  
  Plans, assigns, monitors, oversees, and supervises the work of others and makes the necessary adjustments to staff scheduling as needed.
• Manages and oversees the development and evaluation of business functions, division, and department requests; monitors, develops, and evaluates budget requests and expenditures, and the purchasing of goods and services; and, makes adjustments and recommendations to the Deputy Director and executive leadership, as requested. Manages, oversees, and complies with…