Job Description Summary

Department - Transportation

Job Description

Job Type: Unclassified 

Job Classification: 1050 - Deputy Director Transportation

Salary Grade: 20

Pay Range

Hiring Range: $123,489 - $169,790 Annually 

Pay Range: $123,489 - $185,224 Annually

Range Explanation:

• Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.

• Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.

The Pima County Transportation Department uses advanced technologies, data and the hard work of 190 employees to manage over 2,250 miles of roadways, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, bridges and over 100 traffic signals. We are looking to add a Deputy Director to our leadership team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in transportation design, construction, development and managing a diverse team. 

As the Deputy Director you will assist in the management of the functions of five divisions: Support Services, Planning & Engineering, Mobility, Innovation & Technology, Maintenance Operations and Construction Monitoring.

This classification is appointed, unclassified and exempt from the Pima county Merit Systems Rules.

Essential Functions:

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the department’s need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

• Plans, organizes and directs certain assigned functions and activities of the Transportation;

• Coordinates activities of subordinate divisions internally with other divisions of the Transportation Department and externally with other County departments and outside agencies;

• Reviews recommendations and advises the Director on capital improvement and other major projects;

• Plans, schedules and assigns work to division managers and coordinates work between them;

• Reviews budget proposals of subordinate divisions and participates in the development of the departmental budget;

• Develops and implements policies and procedures for subordinate divisions, and participates in the development of departmental policies;

• Recommends the selection and appointment of management and supervisory personnel;

• Supervises, trains and evaluates assigned staff;

• May use seal of registration as a Professional Engineer to certify engineering plans, maps, specifications or technical reports;

• May perform statutory requirements of the Director and acts as department head in the Director's absence.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in public administration, business administration, civil engineering, urban and regional planning, transportation engineering or other closely related field as identified by the department head at the time of recruitment AND eight years of technical and managerial experience in transportation engineering, roadway construction or a closely related field INCLUDING two years in an administrative, technical, or managerial capacity.

(Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.)

Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see resume" on your application.

Preferred Qualifications: (Be specific in describing your experience in your application. Ensure the descriptions provided illustrate your competencies, specifically addressing the required and preferred qualifications.):

• Registration as a Professional Engineer in Arizona, or ability to get Arizona Registration within six months of appointment.

• Minimum ten (10) years experience in project delivery, development, and construction of improvement projects and familiarity with design criteria and construction methods.

• Minimum ten (