Position: ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER -43
Job Description - ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER
-43 (410196)
Job Number:
410196
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
Assistant Commissioner of GIS & Utilities, X43
Chicago Department of Aviation
GIS and Utilities Section
Number of Positions: 1
Applications for this position will be accepted until 11:59pm CDT on
April 1, 2025
O’Hare and Midway are two of the largest facilities operated by City of Chicago (“City”) personnel, and the airports include hundreds of buildings and many miles of underground utilities, all of which must be inventoried and tracked. Currently, the CDA has no dedicated person to manage utility issues or serve as a CDA management liaison to utility companies such as Peoples Gas, Nicor Gas, Com Ed, AT&T, and Comcast.
This new position will create an Assistant Commissioner of GIS & Utilities, who would supervise the CDA staff for GIS (five employees), utility management (one employee), and energy management (one employee).
Responsibilities
Establish goals and objectives for the geographic information system ("GIS"), infrastructure asset management, utility management, and energy management work at the airports, especially those which improve City services. Such utilities include water, sewer, natural gas, electricity, telecommunications, and jet fuel, and the cathodic protection systems required to maintain those assets.Maintain construction working relationships and coordinate work between the CDA, other City departments, and utility companies.Manage the airport-wide GIS, including the collection, development, and maintenance of GIS data sets, and the associated standards for file nomenclature, quality control, and integration (i.e., asset data governance).Develop and maintain an infrastructure asset management system which could be certified to the ISO 55001 standard. At a minimum, this system should assess the accuracy of asset records, update asset records as needed, identify asset management process gaps and data gaps, and provide the status of verified assets for reporting purposes.Develop and implement a Utility Master Plan for each airport. Such documents will address long-range plans for upgrading utility systems and replacing assets nearing end of useful life.Develop and implement a cathodic protection system maintenance program document for each airport.Develop and implement an Energy Master Plan for each airport.Develop and implement an energy management system which could be certified to the ISO 50001 standard.Supervise CDA employees specializing in GIS, infrastructure asset management, utility management, and energy management.Serve as a hiring manager.Assign and prioritize work for the section, review work for accuracy and completeness, and provide feedback to employees.Foster professional development of employees.Initiate recognition, mentoring, or progressive discipline of employees as needed.Conduct performance reviews of employees as required.Create and maintain standard operating procedures ("SOPs") for CDA staff and contractors to implement the work.Ensure a high quality of work products created by CDA staff and contractors.Demonstrate contract management authority.Assist with preparation of the annual operation and maintenance ("O&M") budget.Assist with creation of capital project scopes and presentation of such projects to CDA senior management and airline business partners.Assist with responses to Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") requests, inquiries from the media and elected officials, and social media posts.Additional duties may be required for this position
Location: CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION
Address: 10510 W. Zemke Road, Chicago
Shift: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Days Off: Saturday and Sundays
THIS POSITION IS EXEMPT FROM THE CAREER SERVICE
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in a field related to the duties performed, including five (5) years of work experience related to the position, of which two (2) years are in a supervisory role related to the responsibilities of the position or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
NOTE:
The candidates selected for hire must pass an…
