Utilities Director

City of Grand Junction • Grand Junction, CO

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About The Position

The Utilities Director leads the City of Grand Junction’s Utilities Department and serves as a member of the City’s Executive Leadership Team, reporting to the Deputy City Manager. This role provides strategic and operational leadership for water and wastewater services, environmental compliance, laboratory services, asset management, and utility billing.
The Utilities Director is responsible for ensuring safe, reliable utility service delivery, strong financial stewardship of enterprise funds, and effective support to the community and internal customers. The successful candidate will bring demonstrated experience in a regulated municipal utilities environment and a balance of operational credibility, financial acumen, and executive-level leadership.
The City is seeking a strategic, steady, and people-centered leader who is visible, approachable, and trusted. This leader will communicate clearly, build alignment around priorities, and reinforce consistent expectations while working effectively with elected officials, boards, regulatory agencies, and regional partners. The Utilities Director must be able to navigate complex stakeholder environments and sensitive issues with professionalism, sound judgment, and accountability.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in a regulated municipal utilities environment
• Balance of operational credibility, financial acumen, and executive-level leadership.
• Strategic, steady, and people-centered leader who is visible, approachable, and trusted.

Responsibilities

• Leads the City of Grand Junction’s Utilities Department
• Serves as a member of the City’s Executive Leadership Team
• Provides strategic and operational leadership for water and wastewater services, environmental compliance, laboratory services, asset management, and utility billing.
• Ensuring safe, reliable utility service delivery
• Strong financial stewardship of enterprise funds
• Effective support to the community and internal customers.
• Communicate clearly
• Build alignment around priorities
• Reinforce consistent expectations
• Working effectively with elected officials, boards, regulatory agencies, and regional partners.
• Navigate complex stakeholder environments and sensitive issues with professionalism, sound judgment, and accountability.

Benefits

• 32 days of paid annual leave to be used for holiday, personal, and/or sick days
• Health insurance options
• Choice of FPPA Defined Benefit Pension (for sworn fire) or Empower 401a with a 9% City match
• City employee health clinic
• City employee child care center
• Wellness programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• Take-home City vehicle for eligible positions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed