Department Manager (0548U) - Civil & Environmental Engineering

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) is a complex academic department within the College of Engineering. The Department is composed of 7 graduate programs: Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials; Construction Systems; Environmental Engineering; Transportation Engineering; Geosystems; Systems Engineering; and Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate.

In 2023, CEE was ranked first in the nation for both its undergraduate and graduate programs. The Department consists of 45 faculty, 400 graduate and 400 undergraduate students, and 21 staff plus numerous emeriti, lecturers, and visiting scholars.

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is undergoing a unique renaissance period as the skills and research of its faculty and students are being called upon as never before to address a variety of critical societal problems, such as improving the civil infrastructure, protecting resources, mitigating natural hazards, and creating efficient and sustainable functioning of engineered and natural systems in California, the US, and the world. CEE constantly evolves to meet those challenges, and as it evolves it requires its staff to demonstrate exceptional initiative, resourcefulness, flexibility, and professionalism.

This position involves managing or performing the administrative services or managing the full general operations of an academic or non-academic organization(s). Administrative services include activities in finance and human resources and may also include IT, facilities, or student services. General management includes long and short range strategic planning in determining the mission and directing all activities of multi-disciplinary departments through subordinate management staff.

The Department Manager independently exercises authority to solve supervisory and program problems, and is responsible for long and short-range strategic planning that will best serve the mission of the department and the University, as well as directing all activities of a complex multi-disciplinary department through subordinate management staff.