Public Works Supervisor - Asphalt

Job Summary

Assumes primary responsibility for the maintenance and repair of city streets and related infrastructure. Leads and supervises assigned crews in daily construction, maintenance, and repair operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality service delivery.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Schedules, supervises, and actively participates in the work involved in the construction and maintenance of city infrastructure i.e., streets, storm drainage systems and traffic control devices. Develops weekly work plans based on work orders, season, staffing and available equipment. Collaborates with other divisions and departments to coordinate projects.
• Responsible for adhering to assigned budgets, maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of all purchases, and ensuring expenditures remain within approved limits. Reviews and approves subordinate purchasing card (P-Card) transactions to ensure accuracy and compliance with budgetary guidelines.
• Recruits, interviews and recommends hiring decisions. Trains employees in both day-to-day work operations as well as in proper equipment operations and safe practices.
• Operates special automotive equipment, trucks, tractors, snowplows, loaders, heavy dumps, flatbeds, and other related equipment used in street construction and maintenance.
• Participates in the supervisor on-call rotation to ensure 24-hour coverage for emergency response. Responds to service calls and related issues that may occur after hours, on weekends, or during holidays, and schedules personnel for emergency assignments as needed.
• Utilizes asset management systems and mobile devices to track work orders, materials, and maintenance activities.
• Acts as the primary training person for the assigned staff.
• Responds to citizen complaints, concerns, and general questions by phone, in person or email depending on the needs of the situation.
• Makes certain that all assigned staff work in a safe manner and have the appropriate PPE. Identifies unsafe conditions and takes corrective action and escalates the issue if necessary.
• Evaluates, coaches and counsels employees during daily operation, 6 month reviews and annual performance reviews. Provides day-to-day leadership in a Union working environment escalating issues as needed.
• Recommends solutions to problems as they arise.
• Contributes to financial planning, procurement, and budgeting processes by researching needs, estimating manpower and material requirements, and providing input as needed.

General Qualifications