Stormwater Development & Environmental Manager

The City of Savannah is seeking a Stormwater Development & Environmental Manager to oversee stormwater infrastructure design, review, and construction. Responsibilities include managing staff, ensuring compliance with regulations, reviewing design documents, and developing policies. The role involves managing capital improvement projects, maintaining stormwater management ordinances, and educating the public on pollution prevention. Candidates should have a civil engineering degree and relevant experience, with professional engineering registration preferred. This position requires participation in disaster response efforts.
This position manages the design, review, and construction of stormwater infrastructure, engineering improvement projects, and infrastructure asset inventory, and maintains updates to City Standards/Policies and compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.
• Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals; recruits, interviews, hires, and appoints staff.
• Coordinates, assigns, and reviews work and establishes work schedules; maintains standards; monitors the status of work in progress; inspects completed work assignments; answers questions; gives advice and direction as needed.
• Reviews design documents for compliance with city stormwater standards; participates in design review meetings with owner’s representatives and engineers; enters design review comments into a city tracking system; conducts field inspections.
• Manages the stormwater infrastructure capital improvement projects program; develops and reviews stormwater models and studies for project planning and implementation; develops and reviews construction documents; develops policies and standards for project management.
• Oversees the city’s program for compliance with state-issued stormwater permits; ensures preparation of required documents; updates and maintains computerized project management tracking system.
• Reviews and updates stormwater management ordinances, standard construction specifications, and details, and provides input towards improved erosion and sediment control ordinances, and flood zone ordinances.
• Coordinates responses regarding issues of non-compliance with stormwater ordinances and ensures required corrective actions.
• Develops operating budgets for capital improvement programs and environmental/regulatory work programs.
• Develop design standards and regulations for the development of stormwater systems to sustain future growth and promote environmental quality.
• Develops and maintains environmental management systems for the Water Resources Department to ensure compliance with applicable environmental regulations.
• Manages stormwater data collection, inspections, and compliance reporting using integrated Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) software.
• Educates city employees and the public concerning stormwater quality and pollution prevention.
• Serves in Critical Workforce for the Department, requiring service during disasters, weather events such as tropical storms or hurricanes, etc., in a support role at the Critical Workforce Shelter or other assigned locations.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requires a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering; with four (4) years of increasingly responsible experience in civil engineering, engineering design, project management, and environmental compliance; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission - Level II Certified Design Professional and American Society of Floodplain Managers – Certified Floodplain Manager licensure preferred.

Must be registered as a Professional Engineer in the State of Georgia or obtain registration within six (6) months of employment.

Must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license with an acceptable driving history.
Work Schedule: Mon - Fri 0800 - 1700

Additional Requirements
Background investigation, including supervised drug screen, post-offer/pre-employment medical screen; and verification of education, certifications, and licenses required prior to employment.