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Director of Utilities

Location

Fort Myers, FL

Job Type

Full-Time Regular

Job Number

Agency

Department

Utilities

Opening Date

04/25/2025

Closing Date

5/30/2025 11:59 PM Eastern

FLSA

Exempt

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Description

This executive-level recruitment is being handled by Ralph Andersen & Associates on behalf of the Lee County Board of County Commissioners. To be considered, interested candidates should email a compelling cover letter, comprehensive resume, and 6 professional references to [email protected]. If you have any questions or wish to discuss the opportunity further, please contact Robert Burg with Ralph Andersen & Associates at (916) 630-4900. Candidates should apply by May 30, 2025.

You can view this opportunity directly through Ralph Andersen & Associates by clicking here: https://ralphandersen.com/jobs/dir-of-utilities-lee-co-fl/.

You can view the full Recruitment Brochure for this opportunity by clicking here: https://ralphandersen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/EBrochure-Lee-County-FL-Dir-of-Utilities.pdf.

Lee County, Florida is conducting a national search for their next Director of Utilities with experience in overseeing state-of-the-art, diverse, highly technical, and regulated water and wastewater facilities and systems. This is an exciting opportunity with a variety of unprecedented challenges for an experienced Water/Wastewater professional. The ideal candidate will be a business-minded individual who is entrepreneurial in spirit with strong leadership skills and a proven track record of building a strong vision and then delivering quality results. The new Director of Utilities is an at-will position that will report to the Assistant County Manager while maintaining close working relationships between departments. The Director will be responsible for a highly capable staff of over 310 full-time employees with an operating budget of almost $98 million and adjusted CIP budget over 5 years of approximately $894 million.

Lee County Utility (LCU) was founded in 1968 and began as a small community water utility. It has since evolved into an award-winning utility providing services to more than 254,047 customers. LCU is a progressive and effective potable water and wastewater management enterprise serving within the unincorporated area of the County. The enterprise is dynamic and ever-changing to keep up with regulations, technologies, financial demands and partnerships with special districts, franchise utilities, and municipalities.

The LCU is full service with 310 full-time employees and includes Customer Services and Billing, Regulatory Compliance, Plant Operations and Maintenance, Field Operations and Maintenance, New Development and Long-Term Planning, Engineering – Project Management, Grants, Permitting, management of a 10-year Capital Improvement Program, and a Major Maintenance budget of approximately $1.1B.

Education, Experience, Licensing

Experience – This position requires 7 years of increasingly responsible utilities experience, including 3 years of administrative and management responsibility.

Education – Equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in civil or sanitary engineering, public administration business administration or a closely related field. A Master’s degree is considered a plus. Candidates with current or recent private sector experience are strongly encouraged to apply if career history is complemented with previous public sector experience.

Supplemental Information

The successful candidate will receive a highly competitive salary with an excellent executive benefit package that considers track record of career succes

EMERGENCY RESPONSE/RECOVERY ACTIVITIES:

All County employees are required to work before, during, or after an emergency as needed. This may include temporarily being assigned to work and performing duties outside of the normal scope of their position, location and work schedule to fit the needs of the County and its citizens.

DISCLAIMER: The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this classification. All positions are subject to a criminal background check. A conviction in and of itself may not necessarily preclude employment. Some positions may be subject to a pre-employment drug screening. Certain service members and veterans, and the spouses and family members of such service members and veterans, who claim and meet eligibility requirements of veterans preference, receive preference and priority in employment and are encouraged to apply.

Lee County Board of County Commissioners offers a comprehensive, and affordable benefits package. Our Board works in the best interest of employees and strives to provide the most complete, high-quality benefits package available at the lowest possible cost to the employee. Our Board continues to remain steadfast in maintaining one of the lowest levels of employee costs in our area.

Lee County's benefits package is offered to both regular Full-time positions and Part-time positions that are regularly scheduled to work 60 hours or more bi-weekly. Medical benefits may be offered to On-Call, Temporary, Seasonal, and Intern employees who meet the Affordable Care Act eligibility criteria.

Lee County employees eligible to participate in the Florida Retirement System (FRS) are required to contribute 3% of each paycheck to FRS. If you have retired from the Florida Retirement Pension plan you will not be eligible for renewed membership in either of the FRS retirement plan options. Retirees of the Investment Plan are eligible for renewed membership in the Investment Plan only. FRS reemployment rules apply for both.

Below is a brief breakdown of what's included in the benefits package that is offered to our employees.

For a more detailed look into our benefits package, please click visit our webpage at www.leegov.com/hr/Documents/Employee%20Benefits/2024%20Benefits/FULLTIME%20ACTIVE%20LCBOCC%202024%20Plan%20Year%20OE%20Guide%20FINAL%20AON%202023.09.12.pdf.

To view our employee paid premiums, please visit: https://www.leegov.com/hr/Documents/Employee%20Benefits/2024%20Benefits/2024%20Active%20Employee%20Rates.pdf

Health Benefits:

• Medical Insurance

• Plans include, but are not limited to: routine, preventative, mental health, hospitalization, and prescription drug benefits.

• Vision, Fitness, Weight Management, Natural Products and Services, and Hearing discount programs available.

• Dental Insurance

• Vision Insurance

• Flexible Spending Accounts

• Medical Reimbursement Account

• Dependent Care Reimbursement Account

• Pharmacy, including Mail-Order Pharmacy

• Informed Health Lines (Nurse Hotline)

• Basic Life Insurance (1x or 2x Annual Salary at no cost to employee)

• Optional Life Insurance

• Long-Term Disability (60% of pre-disability salary at no cost to employee)

• Short-Term Disability

• Sick Leave Pool

• Flu vaccinations

• Wellness Programs

Financial Benefits:

• Florida Retirement System (FRS)

• Two Retirement Plan Options:

1) FRS Pension Plan (Defined Benefit)

2) FRS Investment Plan (Defined Contribution)

• Deferred Compensation (457) Plans

• Financial Savings/Management Programs

• Eligible for membership with Suncoast Credit Union

• Employee Leave Benefits

• Holiday Pay - 11 Paid Holidays Annually

• Paid Sick Leave

• Paid Vacation Leave

• Bereavement & Civic Duty Leave

• Family and Medical Leave

• Military Family & Medical Leave

• Educational Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Services available to employees that offers guidance, support, resources and information for personal and work-life issues. Confidential and provided at no charge to employees and their dependents.

United Way 2-1-1 (Lee County Employee Resource Program)

Lee County BOCC has partnered with United Way 211 to provide an Employee Resource Program which assists BoCC employees who may be experiencing distress due to economic hardship, health or other factors.

Educational Assistance

Reimbursement for coursework taken at an accredited college or university that is designed to enhance the knowledge, skills and abilities relating to the official duties that the employees perform.

Employer

Lee County Government

Address

Phone

(239) 533-2245

Website

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/leecounty

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