Description
ABOUT THIS POSITION
Phoenix Water Services provides high-quality, reliable water to the City of Phoenix, serving over 1.7 million residents. The department is committed to maintaining water quality, promoting sustainability, and ensuring compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations. The City of Phoenix Water Services Department, as a government agency, is free-driven and thereby self-supporting and does not rely upon taxes for its operation. A staff comprised of about 1500 employees - trained engineers, technicians, and office and field service people - provides the department's services to customers within its 540-square-mile service area. Additional department resources consist of a $485 million annual operating budget, and five-year capital improvement budgets of $2.49 billion for water system improvements and $1.69 billion for wastewater improvements. The majority of Water Department employees are represented by two Unions and one Association under local meet and confer and meet and discuss ordinances.
The City of Phoenix is seeking an Assistant Water Services Director to direct and manage the activities of various divisions of the Water Services Department to provide leadership over department budgets, procurements, warehouse resources, customer service and water rates. The work involves responsibility for making decisions on fiscal and managerial problems, and for the formulation of long-range plans and budgets. Overarching all these responsibilities is the expectation to lead a complex agency within the Council Manager system. The Assistant Water Services Director must be able to work as a team member of the Water Services leadership team and communicate clearly.
The position is also responsible for interacting with other City departments, and representing the City when working with other governmental and outside agencies
SALARY
Up to $230,672.00 annually. Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.
RECRUITMENT DATES
Recruitment closes October 6, 2025. All materials must be received by 11:59 p.m. on this date.
HOW TO APPLY
Apply online by completing the required information and attaching, as one document, your cover letter and resume. Please include your experience as it relates to the qualifications stated above. Only the highest qualified may be posted to the eligible to hire list. The results of the resume screening process will be sent to your primary email address.
REFERENCE
Assistant Water Services Director – Fiscal, #59392
