The purpose of this position is to direct and supervise the overall operations of Stoughton Utilities which includes electric distribution, water distribution, and wastewater collection and treatment, including system design and development, system maintenance and construction, utility coordination, financial management, billing and customer service, regulatory compliance, and utility administration.
Salary will be determined based on the candidate's education, experience, and other qualifications.Core Duties and Responsibilities- The following duties are the primary duties of this position, but do not constitute an exclusive or all-encompassing list of duties. Other duties may be assigned or required to accomplish the main goals of this position.

Directs all Stoughton Utilities operations; prepares and monitors budgets, plans, and goals; develops policies and procedures; implements operations study recommendations; maintains utility service quality standards; coordinates various construction and development programs; ensures compliance with all local, State, and Federal mandates.
Directs Stoughton Utilities personnel, processes, and technology, including engineering studies, technology, and automation systems implementation, and other programs. Provides information and assistance to, and coordinates activities with, other City of Stoughton departments, consultants, auditors, regulatory agencies, customers, developers, and elected officials.
Provides information and assistance to, and coordinates activities with, other City of Stoughton departments, consultants, auditors, regulatory agencies, customers, developers, and elected officials.
Directs Stoughton Utilities' annual budget and capital improvement program, and long-range strategic vision. Directs all electric, water, and wastewater infrastructure maintenance and construction projects.
Directs and supervises the activities of Stoughton Utilities personnel. In conjunction with the Director of Human Resources & Risk Management, participates in staff hiring and promotions, employee feedback and coaching, disciplinary actions, personnel evaluations, staff development, and terminations.
Directs Stoughton Utilities' public education and outreach programs. Serves as the utility public information officer and represents Stoughton Utilities in press releases, media interviews, public statements and presentations, and community events.
Directs the Stoughton Utilities safety program coordination. Participates on the Safety Team. Responds to all safety requirements, requests, and concerns of utility employees. Conducts safety investigations.
Represent Stoughton Utilities in reporting to the Mayor, Common Council, Utilities Committee, and the City of Stoughton Leadership Team. Participates in required Utilities Committee and Common Council meetings. Prepares monthly meeting agendas and notices, status reports, and other scheduled and unscheduled presentations and reports.
Represents Stoughton Utilities in participation and communications with industry partners, including WPPI Energy and Municipal Electric Utilities of Wisconsin (MEUW), lobbying organizations, regulatory agencies, legal representation, and elected officials. Serves as Director on the WPPI Energy Board of Directors.
Receives and resolves high-level inquiries and complaints, including those from elected officials and the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, and implements resulting corrective action and/or policy revisions.
Complies with all Stoughton Utilities safety programs, guidelines, and regulations set by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and the National Electric Safety Code.
Respond to planned and unplanned customer engagement opportunities and significant event response, including but not limited to large-scale outages, severe weather events, and drinking water or sanitary sewer emergencies.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities
While the following tasks are necessary for the work of the unit, they are not an essential part of the purpose of this position and may also be performed by other unit members.

Greet and direct visitors. Answer, direct, and route telephone calls and messages.
Attends and assists with utility-sponsored public events, prepares public educational materials and participates in outreach efforts, and conducts system demonstrations and tours.
Assists all other Stoughton Utilities divisions as required.

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or business administration, or related field, with preference for State of Wisconsin licensure for Professional Engineer. A track record of successful management and supervisory experience is required. A minimum of 15 years of utility leadership experience is preferred.
Must have or obtain, within one year, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Grade 1 Waterworks Operator Certification with subclasses G and D, or such certification designated as Operator in Training.
Must have or obtain, within one year, Wisconsin DNR Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Certification – Basic, or such certification designated as Operator in Training.
Previous economic development experience preferred but not required.
Knowledge of computer software used in the utility environment, including experience with utility system automation, asset management, and mapping platforms. Advanced user of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
A valid motor vehicle operator’s license is required.

Language Ability and Interpersonal Communication Skills

Ability to perform complex data analysis, including the ability to audit, deduce, assess, conclude, appraise, analyze, and interpret an extensive variety of technical information and governmental regulations. Requires discretion in determining and referencing such to established criteria to define consequences and develop alternatives.
Ability to provide first-line supervision. Ability to create consensus and collaboration, and train others. Ability to advise and provide interpretation regarding the application of policies, procedures, and standards to specific situations.
Ability to classify, compute, and tabulate data and information, following a prescribed plan requiring the exercise of significant individual judgment. Ability to compare, count, differentiate, measure, and sort information, as well as assemble, copy, record, and transcribe data and information.
Ability to utilize a wide variety of advisory data and information such as civil engineering plans; engineering studies and reports; construction specifications; bid documents and tabulations; utility statistical reports, demand and consumption reports, and wholesale billing statements; financial reports and statements; budgets; city and utility policies and procedures; guidelines; non-routine correspondence; Public Service Commission of Wisconsin rules, regulations, and tariffs; Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources rules and regulations; State of Wisconsin legal statutes; and safety rules and manuals.
Ability to explain, demonstrate, and clarify to others within established policies, procedures, and standards, as well as the ability to respond to complex requests where established policies and procedures may not exist.
Ability to record and deliver information, explain procedures, give and follow instructions, use and interpret civil, environmental, and electrical engineering and accounting terminology.
Ability to communicate in writing and orally with customers, department and all levels of City personnel, construction consultants and contractors, engineering and legal consultants, financial auditors, regulatory agencies, elected and appointed government officials, and the general public. Ability to prepare letters, statements, notices, memos, narrative and statistical reports, and other correspondence using prescribed formats according to accepted rules of punctuation, grammar, and style.

Supervisory Skills

Ability to assign, supervise, review, develop, assess, and implement recommendations to improve the work of others.
Ability to make recommendations regarding the selection, training, discipline, advancement, and discharge of employees.
Ability to prepare meaningful performance reviews and participate in the delivery of such reviews.

Mathematical Ability

Ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; calculate percentages, fractions, and decimals; interpret and develop detailed descriptive statistical reports; and the ability to perform mathematical operations with algebra, geometry, and descriptive statistics.
Ability to design and produce graphical representations of complex financial data.

Judgment and Situational Reasoning Ability

Ability to carry out directives with direct supervision. Ability to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to problem resolution.
Ability to apply principles of influence systems such as managing, supervising, leading, teaching, directing, planning, coordinating, disciplining, coaching, and controlling.
Ability to use functional reasoning and apply rational judgment in performing diversified work activities.
Ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness, and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against measurable or judgmental criteria, and involving the direction, control and planning of an entire program or multiple programs.

Physical and Mental Abilities Required to Perform Essential Position Functions

Ability to operate equipment and machinery requiring monitoring multiple conditions and making multiple, complex, and rapid adjustments, such as motor vehicles.
Ability to operate office equipment and machinery requiring simple but continuous adjustments, such as computer terminal, calculator, photocopier, telephone, and other items used in performing essential functions.
Ability to coordinate eyes, hands, feet, and limbs in performing semi-skilled movements such as typing.
Ability to exert very moderate physical effort in sedentary to light work, typically involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling, lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling.

Environmental Adaptability

Ability to work effectively in an office environment and in public meetings under safe and comfortable conditions, as well as in the field under uncomfortable and potentially unsafe conditions that require exposure to environmental factors such as temperature variations, high winds, rain and snow, odors, noise, vibrations, wetness, machinery, and vehicular traffic. This exposure may cause discomfort and presents a risk of injury or death.

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