Capital Project Manager I

City of Portland•1120 SW 5th Ave, OR

5d•Onsite

About The Position

These positions, within the Capital Delivery Division, perform capital project management work and provide direction, support, coordination, and assistance on a variety of transportation capital projects under the supervision of a Capital Project Manager IV or Division Manager. The Capital Project Manager I position leads delivery of small- to moderate-sized capital projects. Capital Project Managers ensure that projects meet scope, schedule, budget, and public involvement expectations. The Capital Project Manager I position will also collaborate on large-sized capital projects with senior-level staff. The Capital Project Manager I position may also lead development of public involvement strategies, materials, and coordination for the division in place of managing some capital projects. The current vacancies are in the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). Other bureaus may use the eligible list development from this recruitment to fill future vacancies. The Capital Delivery Division (CDD) leads PBOT’s capital improvement program, overseeing more than $500m of transportation and public infrastructure projects in the city. CDD includes 18 Capital Project Managers and a division manager. The division is part of the Projects, Policy, and Planning group at PBOT.

Requirements

Knowledge of public involvement and communications principles, strategies, and best practices for government projects and/or programs as well as urban transportation infrastructure design and construction principles and terminology.
Experience with transportation or other public infrastructure such as policy, planning, design, engineering, construction, or capital project management.
Experience developing and implementing public involvement strategies for government projects and/or programs, including organizing and facilitating public meetings, and reaching underrepresented communities in culturally appropriate ways.
Ability to communicate clearly, persuasively, and with empathy, both verbally and in writing, including preparing skilled responses to community concerns, creating and editing web-based content, and developing materials for public engagement.
Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with competing demands and deadlines.
Experience effectively problem-solving and partnering with community members, community groups, internal/outside agencies, and/or contractors.

Nice To Haves

Experience in infrastructure planning and/or delivery, such as project management, infrastructure design, engineering, construction, transportation planning, transportation policy, environmental assessment, right-of-way, infrastructure finance, public involvement, communications, or other related work.

Responsibilities

Development and implementation of public involvement strategies for transportation capital projects
Collaborative project development
Affirming project scopes
Assembling internal and external design teams
Creating and tracking project budgets and schedules
Convening project team meetings
Review of project deliverables
Coordination with other PBOT work groups
Coordination with external bureaus and agencies
Issue resolution
Public and stakeholder involvement
Fostering project teams from all over PBOT and other city agencies and coordinating activities among team members.
Developing scopes, schedules, and budgets for capital projects.
Assisting on project development to ready transportation plans for engineering design.
Leading capital projects through all phases of designs and assisting with construction management during implementation.
Reporting to PBOT and City leadership on capital project progress and key milestones.
Developing public involvement plans and strategies for capital projects and in partnership with other project managers.
Creating and maintaining public involvement document templates.
Organizing and facilitating public meetings and events related to capital projects.
Coordinating with PBOT Communications, Equity and Inclusion, Transportation Planning, and cohort Public Works bureaus on capital project designs, public involvement and communications strategies and work products.
Creating and maintaining standards and guidelines for web-based public involvement including webpages, public surveys, electronic delivery of notices, and virtual open houses.
Keeping public involvement resources, templates, and training materials available and up to date in the PBOT Capital Project Delivery Manual.
Developing and maintaining relationships with community, neighborhood, and business groups for the purpose of effective public engagement.
Liaising on bureau- and city-wide public involvement improvement initiatives such as customer resource management (CRM) software.
Assisting project managers with public involvement tasks during high demand instances, such as responding to e-mails and phone calls, and making website edits.
Assisting PBOT Equity and Inclusion with Title VI (Civil Rights) Annual Accomplishment Reports and generally ensuring equitable and inclusive public involvement on capital projects.
Other duties as assigned.