TCEQ - Program Supervisor V (Team Leader)
Job Description
Are you an experienced Program Supervisor, ready for a unique opportunity to grow with an environmental state agency?
Join TCEQ! We bring passion and drive to carry out our mission of protecting our state’s public health and natural resources.
YOUR FUTURE TEAM
As part of TCEQ’s Office of Water, you would contribute to ensuring clean and available water and protecting Texas’ water resources. See details about what we do.
This position is a member of our Water Quality Planning Division.
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING
Provide oversight of purchasing and contracts staff and provide budget and financial support for the Water Quality Planning (WQP) Division of the Office of Water of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
Assign, distribute, and oversee workloads of the Contracts and Purchasing Team, to establish goals, ensure quality of work product, and that timelines are met. Lead, instruct, and guide staff on matters, or procedures, related to budgets, contracts, and procurement, as well as processes for the various functions of the section.
Complete and oversee personnel management functions, which involve interviewing and hiring, staff development activities, including training staff regarding appropriate practices and policies, performance management, and establishing team goals and objectives. Ensure compliance with EEO/ADA policies and objectives and core training for staff.
Plan, organize, coordinate, and prepare guidelines for purchasing and contracts. Monitor contract encumbrances. Review and update procurement, requisition, and ordering procedures; review and approve bid invitations to vendors; oversee purchasing in auditing and review of the validation and receipt of purchases.
Provide budget and financial support, including the incorporation of federal grant funds with different match amounts and types. Maintain expenditure data tracking systems to ensure efficient operation and timely reporting. Develop, and propose, recommendations for operational, or efficiency, improvements.
REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Experience in the administration of a program relevant to assignment.
OR
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in a field relevant to assignment.
Employees in this classification series may research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure, including but not limited to a communication infrastructure system, cybersecurity system, electric grid, hazardous waste treatment system, or water treatment facility. See Tex. Business & Commerce Code Section 117.001(2). Accordingly, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a requirement to be hired for and to continue to be employed with TCEQ.
TRANSCRIPT/ COLLEGE HOURS or COURSE WORK:
See instructions on how to attach documents. A copy of your official college transcript or evaluation of foreign credentials in CAPPS is required if needed to meet the qualifications listed above.
Work Schedule
Standard business hours are M-F, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Individual and work group schedule determined by the TCEQ Water Quality Planning Division.
BENEFITS
Optional 401(k) and 457 plans
Insurance: Health, Vision, Dental, and optional FSA
Paid day(s) off from work on national holidays and holidays that the state observes
Professional development opportunities
Longevity pay based on your number of years working for the state
Wellness Program and Activities
Onsite Nurse Practitioner in HQ
Work-Life Balance
CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT
TCEQ will conduct a criminal history records search, driving history (if required for the job) on candidates offered employment.
In compliance with ADA, if you need any special accommodations during the employment process, please contact HRSS for assistance at (512) 239-0102.
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS) CODES
Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) codes can be found at: https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions/. Please click the hyperlink under ‘Occupational Category’ for the respective Class Title.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is an Equal Opportunity Employer.