The City of Petaluma, located 40 miles north of San Francisco, offers the perfect mix of country and city, quirky, and conventional. You can buy fresh veggies from a farm, run errands, see art from Burning Man, and go to the symphony all in the same day. Petaluma encompasses biking, hiking, and paddling; arts, music, and shopping; and local food and craft beverages. Petaluma also has enormous civic pride, celebrating multiple approaches and viewpoints. The City of Petaluma is seeking a collaborative, innovative, and forward-looking candidate to serve as the next Public Works Director. The Public Works Director manages, oversees, directs, and integrates the activities and operations of the Public Works Department, including engineering, development engineering, streets operations, fleet, streetlights, Right-of-Way landscape maintenance and operations, capital improvement program planning and implementation, traffic engineering and planning, floodplain administration, and local transit, marina, and airport operations. The new Public Works Director must have knowledge of the principles and practices of public works systems and services, operations, engineering, airports, marinas, transit systems, and property management and leases. A strategic thinker who is interested in shaping the Department based on the City’s values and mission, is desired. The successful candidate offers cohesiveness, builds trust, and leads the team as a whole. The annual salary for the Public Works Director is $187,237.08 to $242,967.36. An additional up to 3.0% base wage increase effective no later than the first full pay period following July 1, 2025. Placement within this range is dependent on experience and qualifications. The City also offers an excellent benefits package.
If you are interested in this outstanding opportunity, please visit our website at www.bobmurrayassoc.com to apply online. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call Ms. Valerie Phillips at (916) 784-9080.
Filing Deadline: October 22, 2024
