The City of Oxnard's Public Works Department, Environmental Resources Division, is seeking a Resource Recovery Supervisor with strong technical knowledge of refuse, recycling, organics diversion, environmental compliance, and resource recovery regulations. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who is detail oriented, customer service focused, and passionate about the City’s recycling, organics diversion, sustainability, hazardous waste, and environmental compliance programs.

Under general direction, plans, coordinates, supervises, and oversees the day to day administration and implementation of the City’s recycling, organics diversion, resource recovery, contamination reduction, sustainability, public outreach, and environmental compliance programs. Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local solid waste and recycling regulations, including SB 1383, AB 939, AB 341, AB 1826, SB 54, edible food recovery requirements, procurement requirements, contamination monitoring requirements, and related CalRecycle mandates. Supervises assigned technical and outreach staff and coordinates inspections, reporting, route reviews, outreach activities, compliance monitoring, and program implementation efforts

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Monitor federal, state, and local legislation dealing with recycling, organics diversion, solid waste, and related resource conservation requirements, especially the implementation and tracking of Assembly Bill (AB) 939, AB 341, AB 1826, Senate Bill (SB) 1383, Senate Bill (SB) 54, and any subsequent recycling and waste reduction related legislation.

• Plan, coordinate, implement, administer, and oversee residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and office recycling programs, organics diversion programs, contamination reduction initiatives, household hazardous waste programs, and source reduction programs for the City of Oxnard.

• Oversee day to day implementation of recycling, organics diversion, contamination reduction, resource recovery, sustainability, and environmental compliance programs.

• Coordinate and monitor compliance with federal, state, and local solid waste and recycling regulations, including SB 1383, AB 939, AB 341, AB 1826, SB 54, edible food recovery requirements, procurement requirements, contamination monitoring requirements, and related CalRecycle mandates.

• Conduct and oversee inspections, route reviews, waste evaluations, contamination monitoring activities, audits, investigations, and compliance reviews to ensure compliance with applicable laws, franchise requirements, permits, and operational standards.

• Further working relationships with internal and external customers, contractors, consultants, haulers, regulatory agencies, businesses, schools, multi family properties, community organizations, and outside agencies to promote program implementation, compliance, and growth.

• Oversee, supervise, and participate in educational and outreach programs; attend neighborhood councils, schools, public workshops, business meetings, and other local groups regarding City recycling and related environmental programs.

• Develop, coordinate, promote, and administer funding opportunities, grants, and related environmental program resources for the Environmental Resources Division.

• Oversee, supervise, and participate in educational, operational, and administrative functions at the Del Norte Recycling and Transfer Station Center.

• Assign work to assigned staff; monitor work activities to ensure safe work practices, work quality, operational efficiency, accuracy, timely reporting, and compliance with applicable City, state, and federal rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.

• Supervise and coordinate the activities of assigned technical, outreach, and support staff, including performance evaluations, training, coaching, employee development, and related supervisory responsibilities.

• Monitor operational performance metrics, contamination data, diversion data, grant performance measures, participation rates, and program compliance trends; identify opportunities for program improvement and operational efficiencies.

• Coordinate public outreach, contamination reduction, sustainability, and educational efforts through the City Manager’s Office and in coordination with other City departments.

• Plan, coordinate, and administer local public relations efforts involving resource recovery, recycling, organics diversion, contamination reduction, and sustainability initiatives.

• Attend and provide reports to administration regarding meetings, and related regional coordination efforts; prepare and present reports to City Council, committees, administration, and other stakeholders.

• Work closely with Environmental Resources Division collections operations and Material Recovery Facility (MRF) operations to ensure recycling mandates, contamination reduction efforts, and program requirements are incorporated throughout the service model and City development review processes.

• Maintain and submit accurate and comprehensive statistical, operational, compliance, data, and narrative reports on programs and grants including, but not limited to, the State of California Annual Report, mandated commercial and organics recycling reports, procurement reporting, edible food recovery reporting, Oil Grant reports, California Redemption Value (CRV) Grant reports, contamination monitoring documentation, and related regulatory reporting requirements.

• Utilize route management software, GPS systems, camera systems, Microsoft Office applications, Google applications, database systems, and related technologies to support operational efficiency, reporting, compliance monitoring, and program administration.

• Attend night meetings, weekend events, inspections, outreach activities, and emergency response operations as required.

PAYROLL/CLASSIFICATION TITLE:  Administrative Services Administrator/Supervisor

CLASSIFICATION SUMMARY:

This class is the eighth level in a nine-level Administrative Services series devoted to providing management analysis and oversight; program marketing, outreach and education; fiscal analysis and oversight; and administrative/clerical/customer service support to programs, projects, executive staff and elected officials. Incumbents provide first-level supervision to a minimum of two or more professional level (exempt) employees, or oversee a major financial function or administrative program having broad city-wide impact or serve as a designated subject matter expert, performing complex analysis and/or program administration, which may include providing first or second level supervision to paraprofessional(non-exempt) employees. Decision-making includes providing input into management objectives, establishing work goals and objectives of a unit to carry out management direction, and selecting the method to address a problem or issue, subject to the constraints established by management objectives and direction.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

This classification is distinguished from the Administrative Services Analyst, Senior in that it provides staff supervision, oversees a major financial function or administrative program having city-wide impact, or performs complex analysis and/or program administration, serving as a designated subject matter expert.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED / SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Incumbents may supervise professional, paraprofessional and support level staff including conducting performance evaluations, coordinating training, and implementing hiring, discipline and termination procedures, or may serve as lead workers assigning and monitoring work completion. Receives general supervision and is expected to prioritize work to meet deadlines and to keep the supervisor informed of issues that would impact achievement of a deadline, organizational policy or procedure or inconsideration of risk management.

WORK SCHEDULE: The normal work week is Monday through Thursday 8:00am to 6:00pm and alternating Fridays 8:00am-5:00pm. Depending on the work assignment staff may be assigned to a shift that is outside the standard work hours. This position will be expected to attend occasional night meeting and weekend events. In addition, this position may be required to be available to work additional hours in response to peaks in workloads and changes in department needs.