Are you passionate about strategic planning and making a real impact on clean water and the environment? Join Fairfax County's award-winning Wastewater Management Team and play a vital role in safeguarding our community and the region's water quality. As a key player in our team, you will have the opportunity to drive innovative solutions, lead strategic initiatives, and ensure the sustainability of our wastewater utility services.

Make a difference with us and be a part of a team dedicated to excellence and environmental stewardship!

We are seeking a Wastewater Planning and Monitoring Division Director with proven experience in leadership and managing a water recycling utility. 

Responsibilities include:

• Coordinating the comprehensive management and strategic direction of the Wastewater Management Program.
• Financial planning and management for the Fairfax County Wastewater utility, including capital improvement planning.
• Building strong relationships with neighboring local governments and regional water and wastewater authorities.
• Strategizing and forecasting on wastewater program conveyance and treatment needs based on engineering, planning, development plan review, regulatory, and environmental monitoring.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership and Management: Provide visionary leadership and strategic direction to the WPMD, ensuring alignment with county policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines. Select, lead, and manage teams and team members at every level of the organization. This includes coaching, mentoring, employee development, and training staff.
• Financial Oversight: Administer the financial management branch, prepare the utility operating budget, control expenditures, and ensure financial success and sustainability for both the Stormwater and Wastewater funds. Direct stormwater and wastewater program contracting efforts, including contract negotiations, in accordance with County procurement requirements.
• Regulatory, Engineering, and Environmental Monitoring: Oversee the engineering planning and analysis branch and the environmental monitoring branch to ensure utility regulatory compliance and environmental protection. Ensure successful implementation of programs required by regulations, the Board of Supervisors, and the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services.
• Industry Best Practices: Stay informed of worldwide industry best practices and trends to keep the utility at the forefront of wastewater management.
• Relationship Building: Foster trusting relationships with regional wastewater treatment authorities and other stakeholders.
• Strategic Planning: Develop business objectives, organizational policies, and coordinate functions and operations between departments.

Wastewater Management is part of the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES), please visit us here to learn more about us.

DPWES is a diverse, nationally accredited and award-winning public works agency with approximately 1,000 employees providing solid waste, capital facility development, wastewater, stormwater, urban forestry, and land acquisition management services for the most populous county in Virginia. Join our team to help us protect the environment and serve the people of Fairfax County by creating and preserving a sustainable community that is an ideal place to live, work, and play for everyone.

Benefits:
Fairfax County Government is committed to our employees, and offers comprehensive benefits, including a defined-benefit retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; paid leave; tuition reimbursement; and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. Through our LiveWell Program and the County Benefits Division, we endeavor to cultivate a culture of wellbeing that empowers, educates, and engages employees and retirees to make life-long choices that promote a holistic approach to their physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual, and financial wellness. Please review our awesome benefits:

• Benefits
• Retirement

Note: Wastewater Management positions are responsible for providing uninterrupted sewer service to residents during extreme inclement weather or other emergencies. This position is designated as emergency service and is subject to 24-hour on-call and may be required to report to work during extreme inclement weather or other emergencies, including after-hours and weekend work during emergency incidents to fulfill emergency service duties.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following:
(Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for “Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to”)
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in engineering; plus nine years of progressively responsible experience in the planning, design, construction and monitoring of a municipal sewer system, wastewater treatment facility and/or comparable public works projects, three years of which must have been in a supervisory capacity.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED: 
A valid driver's license.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check, credit check,  and driving record check to the satisfaction of the employer.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 15+ years of experience with wastewater utilities, water or sewerage facilities, or entities subject to environmental regulation, 24/7 operations, and emergency response.
• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in civil engineering, wastewater engineering, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, biological systems engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field of engineering.
• Licensure as a professional engineer in civil engineering, wastewater engineering, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, or a related field of engineering.
• 10+ years collaborating with regulatory authorities and other stakeholders regarding compliance requirements for a public works, utility, or other environmental entity subject to environmental regulation.
• 10+ years of experience implementing programs to meet federal, state, or local regulations at a public works, utility, or other environmental entity subject to environmental regulation.
• 5+ years selecting, leading and managing teams to achieve business objectives, coordinating between departments, and devising metrics to measure program success.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Ability to drive a car and attend evening meetings at partner wastewater treatment authorities. Ability to read, write, review construction plans, and communicate clearly with staff and customers in writing and verbally. Ability to sit, stand and walk for extended periods. Ability to visit and walk construction sites including industrial facilities and sanitary sewer pump stations or sites with varying terrain, and buildings under construction with temporary stairs and ladders. Physically and mentally able to use all applicable personal protective equipment indoors and outdoors as required. All duties may be performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Panel interview and may include exercise.

The population of Fairfax County is very diverse where 38.7% of residents speak a language other than English at home (Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, and others) and we encourage candidates bilingual in English and a foreign language to apply to this opportunity.

Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce.  
 
Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. TTY 703-222-7314. DHREmployment@fairfaxcounty.gov EEO/AA/TTY.