File #: 17-0886    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Approved
File created: 8/3/2017 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 8/15/2017 Final action: 8/15/2017
Title: Human Resources and Transportation Departments recommending the Board approve revisions to the Deputy Director of Maintenance & Operations and the Deputy Director, Engineering job specifications, reflecting text changes only with no recommended change to the established salary. FUNDING: No change to net County cost.
Attachments: 1. A - Deputy Director Maint & Ops Revised Job Spec 8-15-17, 2. B - Deputy Director Maint & Ops Tracked Changes 8-15-17, 3. C - Deputy Director Eng Revised Job Spec 8-15-17, 4. D - Deputy Director Eng Tracked Changes 8-15-17
Title
Human Resources and Transportation Departments recommending the Board approve revisions to the Deputy Director of Maintenance & Operations and the Deputy Director, Engineering job specifications, reflecting text changes only with no recommended change to the established salary.

FUNDING: No change to net County cost.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Human Resources and Transportation recommending the Board approve revisions to the Deputy Director of Maintenance & Operations and the Deputy Director, Engineering job specifications, including modifying the minimum qualifying education and/or experience required, reflecting text changes only with no recommended change to the established salary.


DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Human Resources Department, in conjunction with the Transportation Department, is recommending changes to the previously established Deputy Director of Maintenance & Operations and the Deputy Director, Engineering job specifications.

In July 2017, Transportation and Community Development Services asked that Human Resources review the existing minimum qualifying Education & Experience requirements of the Deputy Director of Maintenance & Operations and the Deputy Director, Engineering classifications to determine whether they were appropriate. The department has an anticipated vacancy in the near future for Deputy Director of Maintenance & Operations.

Human Resources analyzed the specification against identified industry standards for qualifications which are typically accepted ways of obtaining the required knowledge and skills. From the analysis it was found that the minimum qualifying Education & Experience Requirements for the County’s job specification for Deputy Director of Maintenance & Operations could be modified to be consistent with the industry standard. It was also determined that there was a disparity between the minimum qualifying experience between the two deputy director classifications.

The current Deputy Director of...

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