HYDRA SCADA System Manager I - Extended
City of Portland
Salary: $117,956.80 - $168,708.80 Annually
Job Type: Regular
Job Number: 2024-00921
Location: 6543 N. Burlington Ave, OR
Bureau: Bureau of Environmental Services
Closing: 9/23/2024 11:59 PM Pacific
The Position
Job Appointment: Full-TimeWork Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8 am-5 pm. An alternate schedule may be available.Work Location: 6543 N BURLINGTON AVE, PORTLAND, OR 97203 Benefits: Please check our benefits tab for an overview of the benefits of this position.Union Representation: Non-represented, no union affiliation. To view current labor agreements, please visithttps://www.portland.gov/bhr/employee-relations/labor-relations/labor-agreements.Application Material: Please click APPLY to submit your application via the City of Portland's online portal. You will need to respond to the supplemental questions and attach a resume.
- Are you a strategic, innovative, visionary leader and change agent with proven experience in leading service-oriented teams?
- Are you a detail-oriented individual who seeks an opportunity to apply your organizational skills to delivering critical information from complex systems?
- Do you enjoy working in a collaborative and diverse work culture that adapts to an evolving landscape of priorities and technical requirements?
You may be the Manager I we are seeking!
The City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) is seeking a Manager I to lead the Data Acquisition and Notification Services (DANS) team. This team is part of the Technical Services Group of BES and is responsible for the development, operations, implementation, maintenance, and data delivery of the Hydrological Data Retrieval and Alarm (HYDRA) System. The HYDRA System is a complex Operational Technology (OT) Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system that integrates with other OT systems on the bureau's automation network. The HYDRA system is a collection of monitoring sites, communications systems, and data centers that generate and transmit operational, emergency, and environmental information for notification, regulatory compliance, management, and modeling of the City's wastewater and stormwater collection and pumping systems.
This position is responsible for leading a team of professionals to deliver reliable conveyance system, pump station, and rain gauge data and notifications to customers throughout the bureau, to other City agencies, and to regional public organizations to support strategic goals and requirements. The DANS Manager oversees all operations of the team and the HYDRA system assets, aligns levels of service to customer objectives, makes strategic and fiscal decisions as to personnel and equipment, sets data standards and business processes to meet program and bureau data management goals, and ensures that employees are provided with an equitable, safe, and productive work environment.
What you'll get to do:
The DANS Manager is a leadership position that collaborates with managers, clients, and employees within and outside of BES to meet performance goals. Major job duties of this position include:
- Manage the generation and delivery of high-quality, defensible, secure, timely, and cost-effective HYDRA SCADA system data and notifications to internal and external customers.
- Lead DANS strategic planning and program implementation, including ongoing analysis and adaptive management of services, resources, capacities, methodologies, business processes, operating procedures, safety requirements, and work products.
- Supervise, mentor, retain, and recruit diverse, competent, innovative, and service-oriented staff to support the BES mission and strategic objectives and applicable technical standards and requirements.
- Plan, organize, and manage the work of staff, including developing and implementing work plans to achieve unit mission, goals, and desired levels of service, and ensuring that work is completed in a safe and effective manner.
- Collaborate and communicate with managers and senior technical staff to design and implement capital improvement projects, cybersecurity strategies, and HYDRA SCADA system improvements.
- Steward the physical and virtual assets of the HYDRA SCADA system and forecast future fiscal needs to develop and administer an annual budget, a five-year financial plan, and a long-term investment strategy.An ideal candidatewill demonstrate through direct or transferrable experience: the ability to navigate a program through a period of change. Within BES, work is underway to evolve collaborative processes and systems that support bureau service delivery outcomes. With the City at midstream in a comprehensive shift to a new government structure, the position will also help to inform collaborative approaches to operational technology challenges common to agency partners within our Public Utility Service Area. Desired strengths include effective communication, analytic and problem-solving skills, and team leadership.
About the Bureau of Environmental Services
This is an exciting time to join the Bureau of Environmental Services (BES). Together we are reimagining the work we do to ensure it aligns with Our Values:
- We implement equity in our workplace, business practices, and service delivery.
- We value our customers and partners.
- We carefully manage our watersheds, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, and financial resources.
- We encourage leadership among our employees in our City and community.
- We support a diverse, collaborative, healthy, and engaged workforce.
- We urge respectful communication and transparency.
- We advance innovative, sustainable, and resilient solutions.
At BES, we value our customers and partners; Portlanders' sense of connection to their waterways; conscientious stewardship of our watersheds, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, and financial resources; a diverse, collaborative, healthy, and engaged workforce; leadership among our employees and in our City and community; equity in our workplace, business practices, and service delivery; clear communication and transparency; innovative, sustainable, and resilient solutions.
BES is seeking talented individuals from diverse racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds with knowledge, ability, and experience working with a broad range of individuals and communities; and that desire to work collaboratively and creatively to broaden the variety of innovative ways to partner with and serve all Portland communities.
To learn more about the work we do at BES, click on the link: https://www.portland.gov/bes/about
Our BES 10-Year Strategic Plan can be found here: https://www.portland.gov/bes/documents/bes-strategic-plan-2018-2027/download
Questions:Terrol JohnsonSenior Recruitermailto:terrol.johnson@portlandoregon.gov
To Qualify
Applicants should specifically address and demonstrate in their resume and supplemental questions how their education, training, and/or experience meet each of the following minimum qualifications:
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of leadership, operational and strategic planning, resource allocation, business process development and evaluation, fiscal accountability, and program management.
- Knowledge and skills related to Operational Technology system design, installation, operation, maintenance, data governance, and data delivery.
- Knowledge of technical communications systems, including networking and radio communications, instruments and measurement, and network security.
- Ability to manage, supervise, train, and evaluate the performance of a multicultural workforce in an equitable, safe, and customer-service-oriented workplace.
- Ability to apply analytic and problem-solving skills to develop sound conclusions, decisions, and recommendations to meet desired levels of service.Additional Requirements:
- A valid state driver's license.
Any combination of education and experience that is equivalent to the following:
Education/Training: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in business administration, public administration, utility management, engineering, environmental science, biological or physical science, planning or related field;
AND
Experience: Four (4) years of progressively responsible experience developing, implementing, and managing programs, projects, and/or personnel functions within an organization unit, including two (2) years in a supervisory role.
Preferred
Degree, experience, or professional certification in electrical engineering.
The Recruitment Process
STEP 1: Apply online between September 2, 2024- September 23, 2024
Required Application Materials:
- Answer to the Supplemental Questions (click on the Questions tab to preview the questions)
Optional Application Materials:
- If you would like to request Veteran's Preference, please submit your Veteran documents (ex, DD214-Member 4, VA Benefit Letter, etc.) by the closing date of the recruitment.
Application Tips
- Your responses to the supplemental questions should include details describing your education, training and/or experience, and where obtained which clearly reflects your qualifications for each of the numbered items in the "To Qualify" section of this announcement.
- Your resume should support the details described in your responses to the supplemental questions.
- Salary Range/Equity Pay Analysis: Please note per the https://www.oregon.gov/boli/workers/pages/equal-pay.aspx your salary is determined based on the experience and education listed in your resume/application. It is strongly encouraged to include any transferable experience (paid or unpaid regardless of how recent) to ensure your offer is reflective of all directly related and equivalent experience.
- Do not attach any additional documents. Please note, all completed applications for this position must be submitted no later than on the closing date and time of this recruitment. All applications must be submitted via the City's online application process. Do not attach materials not requested. E-mailed and/or faxed applications will not be accepted.
STEP 2: Minimum Qualification Evaluation: Week of September 23, 2024
- An evaluation of each applicant's training and paid and unpaid experience, as demonstrated in their resume and supplemental questions, weighted 100%.
- Your resume and responses to the supplemental questions will be the basis for our evaluation of your qualifications for this position. Incomplete or inappropriate information may result in disqualification.
- You have 14 days from the notice of the minimum qualification evaluation results to let us know if you would like to review and discuss your evaluation result. Please read the City of Portland Administrative Rule 3.01 for complete information.
STEP 3: Establishment of Eligible List: week of September 30, 2024
- Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications will be placed on the equally ranked eligible list.
STEP 4: Selection (Interview): week of October 07, 2024
- Hiring bureau will review and select candidates for an interview
STEP 5: Offer of Employment: TBD
STEP 6: Start Date: TBD
- A start date will be determined after all conditions of employment have been met.
*Timeline is approximate and subject to change*
Additional Information
https://www.portland.gov/bhr/career-center/recruitment-policy for additional information regarding the following:
- https://www.portland.gov/bhr/career-center/recruitment-policy for additional information regarding the following:
- City of Portland Core Values
- Recruitment Process - Work Status
- Equal Employment Opportunity
- Veteran Preference
- ADA, Pregnancy, and Religious Accommodations
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