As a director, you make an important contribution to the quality and safety of public space within a municipal organization. You primarily focus on contracts and collaboration around contracts in outdoor areas, such as paving, public lighting, sand roads/verges, or sewerage. You are responsible for accountability and advice regarding the budget and quality of these public space components.
You work together with a team of supervisors to ensure that all work is carried out according to agreements, specifications, and contracts.
What you do
- Representing the organization during the execution of management and maintenance work on sewerage, roads, public lighting, paths, parking lots, and other elements in public space
- Maintaining contacts with contractors and other parties, such as competent authorities and water boards
- Drawing up and/or providing input for specifications and contractual agreements prepared by the Programming team
- Conducting construction meetings with contractors regarding, among other things, provisional sums, quality, deployment, additional and less work, and resident complaints
- Providing substantive input for issues related to management, public space, and maintenance, for example, on components of public lighting, sand roads/verges, or sewerage and grey infrastructure
- Coordinating supervision in the districts, so that findings from district and specialist supervisors and reports from residents are properly addressed and processed in the management of contractors
- Working in on-call services where you are also present on location outside regular office hours in the event of urgent reports (e.g., malfunctions, subsidence, or unsafe situations on the road) to safely manage the situation if necessary
Profile
You are solution-oriented and communicatively skilled. You are proactive and can easily alternate between independent work and teamwork. You know how to communicate well with various stakeholders and move easily between different parties: from contractors and other executing parties to colleagues within the Management & Maintenance chain and residents.
What they ask
- HBO (higher professional education) work and thinking level through education or experience
- Knowledge of public space management
- Demonstrable work experience with contract management
- Knowledge and/or experience with CROW methodology and RAW framework agreements
- Flexible availability, sometimes outside regular office hours
Desired.
- Knowledge of, for example, (mechanical) sewerage, roads, public lighting
- Knowledge and/or experience with GIS systems and case management systems
Practical
You will work in a Maintenance and Service department that daily works on the management of public space. The department ensures that green areas, roads, play facilities, and street furniture look neat. In addition, they also take care of forests, cemeteries, the warehouse, and the vehicle fleet. The department consists of approximately 56 enthusiastic colleagues divided into 3 teams.
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