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CITY OF COLTON <br />UTILITY DIRECTOR <br />To plan, direct, supervise and review the operations and maintenance activities of the City -owned electric, <br />water and wastewater enterprises; and to provide professional and technical staff assistance. <br />SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED: <br />Receives administrative direction from the City Manager; exercises direct supervision over professional, <br />technical, and clerical positions. <br />EXAMPLES OF DUTIES: Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following: Develop and <br />implement goals, objectives, policies and priorities related to the electric, water and wastewater utilities; <br />prepare long-range plans; review plans and specifications regarding expansion of the electric, water, and <br />wastewater systems; make technical engineering and operational decisions; develop, administer and <br />monitor the utilities' budgets; conduct special studies on utility rates; develop and present <br />recommendations for changes in rate and fee structures; plan, direct, supervise, and review the <br />construction, operation and maintenance of the electric, water, and wastewater systems; assist <br />subordinates in the solution of difficult engineering, construction, operation, and maintenance problems; <br />report to the City Manager on the Electric, Water and Wastewater Utilities activities; assist the City <br />Manager in explaining and interpreting department policies and issues; prepare written reports and make <br />oral presentations to the City Council and to the Utilities Commission; consult with attorneys and <br />engineering consultants on litigation; coordinate department activities with other City departments and <br />with outside agencies; prepare a variety of reports, correspondence and special studies; respond to difficult <br />citizen inquiries and complaints; select, supervise, train and evaluate subordinates; may be required to <br />work overtime in performing assigned duties; perform related duties as assigned. <br />_QUALIFICATIONS: <br />Knowledge of: <br />Principles and practices of electric, water and wastewater engineering; principles and practices of electric, <br />water and wastewater utilities management; methods, materials, techniques and equipment used in the <br />construction, operation and maintenance of electric, water and wastewater utilities; applicable regulatory <br />codes and laws related to the development, construction and operation of electric, water and wastewater <br />utilities; recent developments, current literature and sources of information regarding electric, water and <br />wastewater utilities engineering and operation; principles and practices of modern office management; <br />principles and methods of financial planning and utility rate setting; principles and practices of <br />organization, administration, budget and personnel management. <br />Ability : <br />Analyze problems, identify solutions, project consequences of proposed actions, and implement <br />recommendations in support of department goals; understand, interpret and apply laws, rules and <br />regulations as they apply to electric, water and wastewater utilities; prepare complex technical reports <br />involving all phases of electrical, water and wastewater system planning, construction and operation; <br />interpret financial statements and cost accounting reports; communicate clearly and concisely, orally and <br />in writing; select, supervise, train and evaluate professional, technical and clerical staff, work <br />cooperatively in an environment that is economically, socially and ethnically pluralistic; establish and <br />maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work. <br />