Infrastructure Inspections Manager

Work. Serve. Thrive. With the City of Durham

Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $91,308.00 - $

Hours:

8:00am - 5:00pm

A flexible work environment, top-notch management, highly qualified, competent staff and opportunities for career advancement and professional success make the Planning & Development Department a great place to work. We help plan and direct Durham’s growth to support a high quality of life, a robust economy, and a sustainable, equitable, and accessible Durham for generations to come. We work collaboratively with other agencies and the community in a fast-paced, innovative environment looking for solutions to today’s land-use, community planning, and infrastructure challenges.

If you’re talented, creative and focused on serving the community, join our team!

• Serves as a lead for inspection group on large, complex projects, and/or multiple projects, evaluates and prioritizes other departmental projects, and leads and manages major departmental programs; work involves assessing City needs and requirements, directing project meetings, researching technology and other trends, developing processes to improve operational efficiency, developing project scopes, staffing projects, establishing project and performance standards and goals, approving contractors, monitoring operations, approving payments, and performing related duties.
• Coordinates and leads the inspection of projects for design and technical specifications, construction and development inspections; makes decisions regarding infrastructure acceptance and project closeouts; reviews and approves plans, specifications, and other technical information; and ensures informational accuracy and compliance with requirements, standards, and applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Supervises inventory management, procurement, and billing processes; coordinates operational process including the maintenance and testing of equipment; researches trends and department needs, identifying project enhancements or new projects; reviews billing statements and invoices, and approves payments.
• Manages project funds and bonds, ensuring City requirements, standards, policies, and procedures are met.
• Advise City departments and external agencies; convene and facilitate meetings; provide guidance to lower-level staff; respond to and investigate requests and inquiries; resolve escalated complaints and project-related issues; negotiate project terms and fees, advocate for and request project approvals; provide expert testimony; oversee the review of engineering operations, projects and plans.
• Incumbents supervise professional, paraprofessional, and/or support staff to include conducting performance evaluations, coordinating training, and implementing hiring, discipline, and termination procedures.
• Supervising engineering services paraprofessional staff.
• Establishing goals and objectives for the work unit, developing operational policies and procedures, participating in strategic planning, providing direction to lower level staff in the execution of operational tasks, and ensuring quality control activities.
• Meeting with citizens, preparing agenda items, project management.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a directly related field.
• Five years of professional engineering experience in the area of assignment.
• Two years of supervisory experience.
• North Carolina Professional Engineer (PE) Registration.
• A valid North Carolina Class C Driver’s License with a satisfactory driving record acquired within a time frame established by the City.