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<br /> <br />CITY OF ORONO <br />Job Description <br /> <br />Position Title: Public Works Director <br />Date: March 30, 2026 <br />Department: Public Works <br />Accountable to: City Administrator/City Engineer <br />FLSA Status: Exempt <br /> <br /> <br />Nature of Work <br />Responsible for administering all function of Public Works including Streets, Water, Sanitary <br />Sewer, Stormwater and Fleet. This position is supervised by the City Administrator/City Engineer, <br />and provides direct supervision to the streets, utilities and fleet supervisors as well as indirect <br />supervision of maintenance workers, mechanics and administrative staff. <br /> <br />Examples of Work <br />Essential functions listed below are intended as illustrations of the various types of work that may <br />be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them if the work is <br />similar, related or a logical assignment to the position. <br /> <br /> Plans, coordinates, supervises, and reviews the activities of the department including <br />preventative, daily, periodic, and emergency maintenance and repair activities to maintain <br />the City’s streets, storm sewer, and utility systems in safe and operational and useable <br />condition. <br /> Plans and coordinates public works services such as cleanup days, brush site, compost, and <br />wood chip site. <br /> Develops an annual budget covering all functions of the Public Works Department, and <br />monitors expenditures to ensure compliance with the budget. <br /> Supervises public works staff to include hiring, training, motivating, evaluating, and <br />disciplining in accordance with the City’s personnel policy and applicable collective <br />bargaining agreements. <br /> Responsible for hiring of seasonal brush site attendants. <br /> Ensures accurate tracking and reporting of service requests, tasks, and work orders in the <br />City’s workflow management system to ensure requests are completed in a timely manner <br />and the work effort required to maintain specific assets is recorded. <br />29