Senior Manager - Stormwater Division
Sarasota County Government 1001 Sarasota Center Boulevard, Sarasota, FL, USA
- Location: 1001 Sarasota Center Boulevard, Sarasota, FL, USA
- Categories: Utilities
- Job Type: Full Time
- Posted: Feb 24, 2026
Job Description:
Senior Manager - Stormwater Division
Description
About the Position
Key Responsibilities as a Senior Manager – Division Leadership:
- Provide executive leadership, management, and oversight of the Floodplain Management, Water Quality, and Engineering units within the Stormwater Environmental Utility Division.
- Oversee compliance programs including the Community Rating System (CRS) and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).
- Ensure development and existing land uses meet or exceed local, state, and federal stormwater regulations through development review and compliance oversight.
- Oversee watershed management planning and implementation.
- Direct annual operating budget development, stormwater assessment fees, and Capital Improvement Projects (CIP).
- Collaborate with Finance to forecast funding, manage grants, and conduct cost and productivity analyses to ensure responsible use of funds.
- Maintain expertise in stormwater ordinances, including revenue collection, allocation, and allowable expenditures.
- Coordinate issue resolution and strategic initiatives across Stormwater divisions and County leadership.
- Keep leadership informed of operational and engineering impacts and emerging issues.
- Support strategic planning, succession planning, and fosters a culture of accountability, innovation, teamwork, and professional development.
Key Responsibilities on behalf of the Stormwater Director:
- Attend regular Director’s Leadership meetings on behalf of the Stormwater Director.
- Assist Stormwater Director in negotiation of contracts and agreements.
- Manage consistent practice of procurement and contract management related activities.
- Support efforts and meets all timelines for APWA Accreditation.
- Ensure adherence to applicable local, state, and federal laws, regulations, policies adherence to the SEU Ordinance.
- Make presentations to citizen groups and the general public on behalf of the Stormwater Director in a clear and professional manner.
- Serve as second in charge spokesperson for stormwater related activities, advocating the County’s mission, vision, and values.
- Liaison for local, state agencies, Stormwater Environmental Utility Advisory Committee, engineering consultants, and contractors, and municipalities.