Director of Field Operations - City of Elsa

The Director of Field Operations for the City of Elsa holds a pivotal role in ensuring our community's efficient functioning and development. This multifaceted role involves overseeing a diverse range of responsibilities that significantly impact the city's well-being.

Scope of Responsibilities:

As the Director of Field Operations, this position centralizes the leadership and management of various departments, which include:

• Water Treatment Plant
• Wastewater Plant
• Public Works
• Storm Water Division
• Code Enforcement Department
• Planning Department
• Health Department

This strategic consolidation enhances alignment, coordination, and strategic planning across these crucial areas. Ultimately, this integrated approach benefits the overall functioning of the city.

Key Responsibilities:

The Director of Field Operations plays a pivotal role in ensuring the efficient operation of multiple departments. Responsibilities include:

• Overseeing the recruitment, employment, evaluation, and release of staff in the Code Enforcement Department and Health Department.
• Supervising all organizational staff, including the Building Official, Code Enforcement Officer, Mosquito control, and serving as Chief Health Inspector.
• Holding licenses such as the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Customer Service Inspector, licensed Water Plant Operator, and Texas Department of Agriculture Pesticide Applicator.

Essential Job Functions and Duties:

This role encompasses a wide array of duties critical to the city's growth and development:

• Managing and supervising operations and departments to achieve goals within available resources.
• Planning and organizing workloads and staff assignments.
• Training, motivating, and evaluating assigned staff.
• Reviewing progress and directing changes as needed.
• Providing leadership and direction in the development of short- and long-range plans.
• Gathering, interpreting, and preparing data for studies, reports, and recommendations.
• Coordinating department activities with other departments and agencies as needed.
• Offering professional advice to supervisors and other officials.
• Making private and public presentations to supervisors, city council, boards, commissions, civic groups, and the public.
• Ensuring that assigned areas of responsibility are performed within budget.
• Performing cost control activities.
• Monitoring revenues and expenditures to assure sound fiscal control.
• Preparing and administering annual budget requests.
• Assuring effective and efficient use of budgeted funds, personnel, materials, facilities, and time.

Education:

The Director of Field Operations brings a strong educational background to this role, holding an Associate of Applied Sciences for Mechatronics Technology from Texas State Technical College and a Management degree from Mount Marty University.

Fabian Rodriguez

102 S. Diana St. Elsa Tx. 78543

frodriguez@cityofelsa.net

(956)262-2127 ext.3

(956)262-5002 fax

Hours

Monday - Thursday

8:30am - 5:30pm