Capital Projects Manager

City of El Paso • Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Under general direction, as a key staff executive, coordinate citywide execution of budgeted Capital Improvements Program (CIP) projects to ensure adherence to implementation and processing schedules. This is an unclassified contract position.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree or higher in business or public administration, engineering, architecture or related field.
• Five (5) years professional, managerial or administrative experience dealing with preparation and fiscal oversight of operating budgets or project management capital improvement and acquisition projects.
• Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent from another state.
• Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall project management of approved capital improvement projects to include verification of funding for project scope changes or bid cost estimates.
• Collaborate with City financial and funding organizations to develop, modify and implement fiscal procedures.
• Review project proposals or plans to determine time requirements and allotment of available monies to various project phases.
• Schedule multi-year releases of funds in accordance with capital projects priorities, including oversight of journalizing charges to and balancing of financial accounts.
• Participate in negotiation of terms and administer grants and inter-agency agreements related to project funding.
• Maintain citywide database of capital projects and related information and monitor availability and expenditures of allocated revenues, grants and other funds.
• Review work progress for adherence to funding and completion requirements, and report deviations for remedial administrative action.
• Prepare activity reports and design website to provide status updates of approved capital projects.
• Coordinate with City departments to monitor capital projects progress in all phases of development, including scope, design, bid and construction.
• Attend meetings and make presentations to public officials and community groups to facilitate understanding of capital projects progress.
• Assist in development of Program and Implementation Plans.
• Participate in creation of monitoring schedule for all cycles within the CIP, including design, bid and construction.
• Maintain facilities inventory that includes original construction date or latest major rehabilitation, condition, capacity and estimated value.
• Conduct benchmarking assessment to establish basis for facility condition evaluation or performance over time.
• Perform needs assessment in accordance with prescribed technical standards, and create and monitor a replacement schedule.
• Develop and document program policies and procedures to determine priorities.
• Analyze and provide recommendation alternatives to support need for new or substantially expanded facilities.
• Analyze and prepare reports on program and project performance.
• Provide support for planned initiation of approved projects such as researching availability of capital improvement funding sources and facility values.
• Act for supervisor on day-to-day interdepartmental personnel and other general administrative matters, and establish, direct and control designated functions, as delegated.
• Serve on or chair committees and task forces to evaluate status and progress of current operations and services, recommend new or changes in long and short range plans, and identify and forecast needs for human, financial and physical resources.
• Meet with representatives, effectively defining, publishing and enforcing policies, methods and standards.
• Ensure internal and external complaints and suggestions are processed expeditiously and satisfactorily.
• Draft resolutions and other official documents.
• Ensure mutual compliance with performance terms and conditions of contracts and grants.
• Assist in property acquisition related to capital projects.
• Supervise assigned staff, including scheduling, assigning, instructing, guiding, checking work, appraising performance, providing training, enforcing rules, counseling, motivating, maintaining harmony, interviewing applicants, and recommending hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay or other employee status changes.
• Enforce safety rules and regulations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager