Mario Morales

Oversee LADWP's professional recruitment efforts, including gender and diversity equity outreach, Engineering Associate and Utility Accountant recruitment, and department-wide internship programs. Coordinate participation in virtual and on-site college job fairs, diversity conferences, information sessions, and on-campus interviews. Collaborate with the City of Los Angeles Personnel Department to interpret Civil Service Rules, facilitate campus recruitment, and establish candidate eligible lists. Support outreach and recruitment efforts of LADWP's Professional and Employee Resource Groups; Participate in recruitment-related Joint Labor Management Committees. Partner with the Corporate Strategy and Communications Division to create and expand marketing and outreach materials. Develop and administer the Recruitment Services Professional budgets. Plan, coordinate, and oversee staffing and personnel-related activities, including administration of Interview Selection Packages. Analyze data and track a variety of key performance indicators to meet organizational hiring goals. Recommend and implement process improvements to optimize recruitment operations.

Lead Recruiter for LADWP's Professional Recruitment and Student Engineer Programs (SEP). Serve as HR Representative on JLM Committees for both Engineering Recruitment and SEP. Lead Coordinator for all department participation in college job fairs and information sessions, regional and national diversity conferences for Engineers and Utility Accounting. Responsible for coordinating on-campus interviews and reviewing interview packages including conditional job offers (CJO). Work directly with Water and Power executive staff and Personnel Department to establish and refresh eligible lists for Engineering Associate and Utility Accountant. Serve as Budget Coordinator for professional recruitment, including budget preparation and monitoring of recruitment expenditures to provide variance analysis and justifications as needed.

Supervise various groups within Airport Police, including the Security Badging Unit, consisting of 25 full-time employees. Manage high-volume public counter, including an online appointment system. Manage Fingerprint-based Criminal History Record Checks (CHRC) process. Manage security access approval and issuance of all LAX security credentials, based on company operational needs. Maintain various databases containing confidential and security-sensitive information and develop monthly and ad-hoc statistical reports for management. Manage the internal audit process for quality control and mandatory TSA audits for airport compliance. Interpret federal security directives and implement new airport security badging procedures to reflect changing federal security requirements. Serve as Interview Coordinator, Training Coordinator, and Floor Warden for the section. Responsible for section budget, including budget development, analysis, and justifications for all budget items and purchase requests.