Program Manager

Position Summary Under general direction, supervises, oversees, and manages the activities and personnel of a section within a division; provides technical assistance to the division manager; and performs other related duties as required. Typical Responsibilities Plans, supervises, and participates in the development, implementation and evaluation of multiple program activities, strategies, goals and objectives of a District work section. Programs supervised may include emission reduction credit, emission inventory; technical services including air monitoring, stationary source permitting, toxic hot spots, Title V federal operating permits; Title III federal toxics; stationary source field operations and asbestos. Hires, trains, supervises, and evaluates assigned staff; oversees assignment of duties. Coordinates section's technical activities to ensure consistency with state, federal and local requirements, and with other programs. Plans, recommends and implements policies and procedures related to section's programs and activities; develops new procedures and practices to increase operational efficiency such as expedited permitting and application in-take. Represents the District in hearings, in court proceedings, to the media, and before other public and private groups; responds to difficult inquiries and complaints. Prepares the annual section budget and monitors expenditures; develops, prepares, monitors, and administers grants, contracts, and sources of revenue. Directs acquisition of equipment and supplies for section; recommends and justifies expenditures. Develops and prepares a variety of position papers, articles, reports, memos, correspondence and other documents. Participates as a member of, or technical advisor to, various public and private committees, boards, industries and organizations concerned with air quality management. Minimum Qualifications Education and Experience: Completion of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a related engineering specialty, environmental science, industrial technology or a field related to the work of the section and five years of full-time experience in a major air quality program including at least one year of supervisory experience. Knowledge Principles and practices of personnel management and supervision; practices of fiscal management and budget administration; current federal, state, and local air quality laws, rules and regulations; relationship of federal and state air quality management programs to local government programs; Principles and methods of engineering; principles, methods, practices, and equipment used to determine, analyze, evaluate, and control sources of air contamination; recent developments and sources of information on air quality engineering and monitoring; Principles and methods of industrial processes related to air quality management; principles and techniques of enforcement and rule development practices related to air quality management. Abilities Plan, organize, and evaluate air quality services, programs and operations; develop, implement and monitor policies, procedures and standards for the section; Select, train, supervise and evaluate professional and technical staff; Coordinate section functions with industry, government, the media, and the public; Develop, coordinate and enforce District rules, regulations, plans, policies, and strategies; Analyze and make recommendations on difficult air quality management problems; Establish and maintain working relationships with federal and state agency representatives, and staff; Administer program budgets, contracts, and grants; Represent the District before various groups; Understand, interpret, apply, and enforce federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations pertinent to air quality management; Analyze and evaluate complex engineering, scientific and technical data; prepare, review and present complex and comprehensive reports and recommendations orally and in writing to specialists and non-specialists. Special Requirement Possession of a valid Class C California driver's license. Working Conditions & Physical Demands Physical Demands: primarily a desk job, occasional travel by car, occasional lifting up to 25 pounds, walking, some bending, stooping, and squatting. Working Conditions: generally clean work environment with limited exposure to conditions such as dust, fumes, odors, or noise. Computer terminal used daily. Travel throughout the District required. Supervisory Responsibility Yes #J-18808-Ljbffr Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District