Salary: Depends on Qualifications
Location : Houston, TX
Job Type: Regular Full-time
Job Number: 17229
Department: Flood Control District
Opening Date: 09/17/2026
Closing Date: 10/17/2026 11:59 PM Central

Position Description
Job Summary:
The District is seeking qualified candidates for the Asset Management Assistant Director position, which will be responsible for providing overall leadership and guidance for the planning, coordination, and program management functions of the asset management division, which supports, establishes, and plans maintenance and property management activities for the District.

Essential Functions & Duties:Division Leadership & Administration
• Directs and administers division activities through subordinate technically focused department managers.
• May initiate or authorize employee hiring, promotion, discharge, or transfer.
• Workers are designated according to functions, activities, or the type of division managed.
Operational Oversight & Resource Management
• Gives work directions, resolves problems, coordinates program activities, schedules, and manages resources to ensure adequate allocation of resources for maintenance activity execution.
• Monitors planned maintenance activity needs across multiple fiscal years, analyzes costs, and coordinates the budget for long-range planned activities.

Technical Review & Reporting
• Reviews and analyzes technical data and reports, records, and directives, and coordinates with district staff required for maintenance program planning, ensuring consistent administration practices and the reporting of work in progress, key performance indicators, and problems encountered.
• Prepares reports and records on division activities for management and KPI reporting.
Property, Right of Way & Maintenance Support
• Coordinates all infrastructure right-of-way acquisition needs for all right-of-way acquisitions related to maintenance activities for access, channel ownership program support, maintenance project design support, asset management program support, and all other maintenance needs.
• Assigns or delegates responsibility for specified work or functional activities associated with property management, encroachment, developer coordination, inspection, agreement, and call center service requests, and disseminates guidelines to department managers, ensuring consistent application.

Stakeholder Coordination & Collaboration
• Coordinates division activities with internal division and district stakeholders, as well as external stakeholders, to ensure efficiency, economy, and increased infrastructure resiliency and sustainable operational practices.
• Coordinates division objectives to develop and implement sustainable infrastructure and plan best practices with the sustainability manager to promote greater resilience.
Additional Responsibilities and Support
• Assume additional responsibilities as required, adapting to the District's evolving demands, responsibilities, needs, and objectives.

Requirements
Education and Experience:

• Requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university in civil engineering, construction management, architecture, business and analytics, or a similar technical-focused curriculum.
• Requires a minimum of ten years of progressively responsible, verifiable experience in managing program and project delivery programs, and/or public works field operations related to hydrology, storm water management, and/or urban development.
• Requires experience working with government agencies and their governing bodies.
• Requires significant managerial experience over large groups of professional, technical, field, and administrative employees.
• Requires experience in change management and program scaling for expanded services.

Licensure and Certification:
- Valid Class C Texas Driver's License (Required)
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Requires excellent diagnostic and troubleshooting skills to solve work problems, advise on technical questions, and/or difficult work solutions.
• Requires excellent analytical skills in applying guidelines, policies, and precedents and in adapting standard methods to fit facts and conditions.
• Requires excellent communication skills, including presentation, grammar, and writing skills.
• Requires solid knowledge/understanding of Federal, State, and local rules, regulations, and standards related to engineering and construction management and ability to read, comprehend, interpret, and communicate details and changes, as needed.
• Ability to work independently with limited or no supervision, with long periods of relative autonomy and general review.
• Ability to make independent judgments that have a significant impact on employees and/or the organization.
• Utilize good time management skills and effectively prioritize, identify, and solve problems, and be successful in a time- and deadline-driven environment.

NOTE: Qualifying education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation but ONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. "See Resume" will not be accepted for qualifications.

Preferences

Experience:

• Experience with land management and sustainable vegetation management practices preferred.

Licensure and Certification:

• Professional Engineer (PE) registration in the State of Texas (preferred)

General Information

Physical Demands & Environmental Exposure:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:

• Frequent driving of a vehicle with automatic controls, occasional ascending/descending stairs, and prolonged sitting for extended periods of time.
• Occasional walking up and down steep slopes of ditches or on rough and uneven surfaces or ground such as sloping terrain, plowed or furrowed areas, or construction sites.
• Occasional stooping, bending, reaching, lifting, and carrying of times up to 15 pounds.
• Occasional sorting, filing, shelving, and handling of files, documents, books, file drawers, and related materials and equipment for clerical operations.
• Work is generally performed indoors in a normal office environment with acceptable lighting, temperature, air conditioning, and noise levels.
• When at field locations, may be exposed to significant levels of heat, cold, moisture, air pollution, wind and dust, wildlife, and flying/walking insects.
• When at field locations, may be exposed to vibration and/or noise in excess of 85 decibels.

Employment may be contingent on passing a drug screen and meeting other standards. Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.

HARRIS COUNTY EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Harris County offers a highly competitive benefits program, featuring a comprehensive group health plan and defined benefit retirement plan.
The following benefits are offered only to Harris County employees in regular (full-time) positions:
Health & Wellness Benefits

• Medical Coverage
• Dental Coverage
• Vision Coverage
• Wellness Plan
• Life Insurance
• Long-Term Disability (LTD) Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Ten (10) days of vacation leave per year (accrual rate increases after 5 years of service)
• Eleven (11) County-observed holidays
• One (1) floating holiday per year
• Paid Parental Leave*
• Sick Leave

Retirement Savings Benefit

• 457 Deferred Compensation Plan

The following benefits are available to Harris County employees in full-time and select part-time positions:

• Professional learning & development opportunities
• Retirement pension (TCDRS defined benefit plan)
• Flexible work schedule*
• METRO RideSponsor Program*

* Participation may vary by County department. The employee benefits plans of Harris County are extended to all eligible participants across various departments with the exception of the Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department, for which the cited Health & Wellness Benefits are administered through the State of Texas.
In accordance with the Harris County Personnel Regulations, group health and related benefits are subject to amendment or discontinuance at any time. Harris County Commissioners Court reserves the right to make benefit modifications on the County's behalf as needed.
For plan details, visit the Harris County Benefits & Wellness website:
01

Which of the following best describes your highest level of education completed as it relates to this position?Qualifying information must be documented in the Education section of your application.

• High School or GED diploma
• Associate Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree or higher
• None of the above

02

If you selected a college degree in response to the previous question, which of the following best describes your major?

• Civil Engineering
• Construction Management
• Architecture
• Business
• Analytics
• Other related field
• Unrelated field
• N/A; No degree

03

Please describe your educational background (i.e. diploma, degree, certifications, etc.) including the level of education completed, area of study, and completed major and minor programs.
04

Which of the following best describes your verifiable experience in managing program and project delivery programs, and/or public works field operations related to hydrology, storm water management, and/or urban development.?(To be considered, qualifying experience must be documented in your application's employment history)

• Less than ten (10) years
• Ten (10) or more years of experience
• I do not have this experience

05

Please provide details about your progressively responsible, verifiable experience in managing program and project delivery programs and/or public works field operations related to hydrology, stormwater management, and/or urban development.Do not use "Please see Resume" or "See Resume"(To be considered, qualifying experience must be documented in your application's employment history)Please include your (a) role(s), (b) types of organizations, (c) scope of duties and responsibilitiesIf you do not have this experience, please type "None" in the space provided.
06

Do you have experience working with government agencies and their governing bodies?(To be considered, qualifying experience must be documented in your application's employment history)

• Yes
• No

07

Please provide details about your verifiable experience working with government agencies and their governing bodies.Do not use "Please see Resume" or "See Resume"(To be considered, qualifying experience must be documented in your application's employment history)Please include your (a) role(s), (b) types of organizations, (c) scope of duties and responsibilitiesIf you do not have this experience, please type "None" in the space provided.
08

Which of the following Do you have verifiable significant experience in?

• Experience in change management and program scaling for expanded services.
• Significant managerial experience over large groups of professional, technical, field, and administrative employees.
• Experience with land management and sustainable vegetation management practices
• I do not have any of this experience

09

If you made a selection in regards to the previous question(s), please describe your verifiable experience. NOTE: Please DO NOT use "See Resume" as we do not use resumes for qualifications.(Type N/A if not applicable)
10

Do you currently hold a Professional Engineer (PE) registration in the State of Texas?

• Yes
• No

11

For this position, a valid Class C Texas Driver's License is necessary. Please choose the option that best describes your situation:(Please be sure to include all related details in the Certificates and Licenses section of your application.)

• Yes, I currently hold a valid Class C Texas Driver's License.
• No, I do not currently have a valid Class C driver's license.
• No, I do not currently have a valid Class C driver's license. I