Parks Superintendent - City of Troy

General Purpose of Position

Provide respectful, professional, positive service in all interactions between co-workers, community members, and public at large. Under general direction, is responsible for work crews planning, supervising, coordinating, directing, and/or performing facility maintenance projects at various assigned city-owned facilities. Establishing quality work standards, and developing and monitoring budgets. This position exercises considerable independent judgment and initiative when managing, leading, monitoring, and supervising the work of employees and contractors to achieve goals that contribute to individual and organizational success by actively supervising, coaching, and mentoring employees in meeting performance and quality standards.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Budgeting

• Participate in the development and monitoring of the department's budget
• Collect and compile data in order to support budgetary requests
• Proposes line item budget based on prior year
• Receives and tracks expenses to stay within budget
• Identify short and long-term resource needs; develop and implement changes to work plans in order to allocate resources efficiently

Supervise departmental personnel

• Supervises maintenance employees, establishing all scheduling practices and assigning appropriate tasks
• Completes employee performance evaluations as required by City policy
• Tracks and posts all scheduling, vacation time, comp time, and sick leave according to procedure
• Oversees needed discipline and tracks all applicable documentation
• Assure professional development for each maintenance employee

Manage and oversee departmental construction and maintenance operations

• Performs and oversees construction and maintenance of grounds, including landscaping, turf management, arboricultural activities, carpentry, plumbing, heating, electrical, mechanical, concrete, and painting
• Performs and oversees maintenance of equipment and buildings including cleaning, painting, plumbing, electrical, and carpentry
• Repairs and maintains department equipment
• Performs seasonal activities, including hanging and removing seasonal decorations

Schedules departmental projects

• Creates schedule in conjunction with departmental priorities
• Oversee construction projects and activities and any relevant contracts including supervising the work of external contractors and inspecting work to ensure compliance with applicable specifications and quality standards
• Calculates and determines supplies and equipment needed for projects
• Orders supplies for projects

Participates in public relations and education

• Communicates regularly with various user groups, including City staff and other government entities
• Attends committee meetings and other meetings as required
• Provides technical assistance to city officials and the general public regarding parks issues as requested
• Communicates well with public

Knowledge

• Budgeting principles, practices and procedures
• Supervisory principles, practices and procedures
• Project management practices and procedures
• Advanced knowledge of materials, methods, terminology, equipment, and tools used in the construction of building structures including those used in performing rough and finished carpentry, plumbing, heating, electrical, mechanical, concrete, and painting work
• City's purchasing policies and procedures
• Turf management principles and practices
• Maintenance methods of parks grounds, buildings and equipment
• Basic equipment maintenance and repair
• General layout of the City
• Basic civil engineering principles and procedures
• Construction and maintenance methods
• Proper materials and equipment needed for projects
• Construction and maintenance methods, materials, and equipment
• Parks project planning, development, and construction
• Computer operations and applications, including word processing and spreadsheets
• Federal and state statutes concerning the work of the department
• Mathematical skills, including addition, subtraction, division and multiplication, as well as complex mathematical operations
• General functions and operations of municipal government

Skills and Abilities

• Apply supervisory techniques to practical situations
• Advanced construction abilities, including those used in carpentry, plumbing, heating, electrical, mechanical, concrete, and painting
• Develop bid specifications
• Effectively manage personnel, equipment and supplies to maximize departmental efficiency
• Inspection techniques
• Determine work needed from visual inspections
• Read and understand construction plans and specifications
• Express and implement ideas on technical subjects clearly and concisely
• Plan for future parks improvements projects and city facility needs
• Compile data, analyze information and draw conclusions
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with other city departments and employees
• Meet and work with contractors, engineering firms, suppliers, and the general public
• Maintain confidentiality
• Proofread reports accurately
• Use various types of office software, including word processing, spreadsheets and project management
• Use common sense
• Pay attention to detail
• Complete detailed work accurately
• Basic personal computer operation
• Work effectively with a wide range of people
• Meet specified deadlines
• Prioritize daily work flow
• Work as a team member with other employees
• Communicate effectively with others, both oral and written
• Work autonomously when necessary
• Handle multiple tasks simultaneously with frequent interruptions
• Maintain professional composure in heated situations
• Develop, implement and follow departmental and City policies and procedures