DWM Project Manager III (OLIO - Technical Services)

City of Atlanta • Atlanta, GA

5h

About The Position

The Project Manager III (Technical Services) is responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating, usually through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems. Duties at this level include but are not limited to; directing all monitoring and control of project activities to assure quality control measures are adhered; participating in the conceptual development of a construction project; overseeing personnel actions and decisions; and managing schedules and budgets.

Requirements

• Knowledge of principles and practices of project management including scope development and trading, organization planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management and conflict management.
• Knowledge of: business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods and coordination of people and resources; principles and processes for providing customer and personal services, including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services and evaluation of customer satisfaction; practical application of engineering science and technology, including applying principles, techniques, procedures and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services; relevant equipment, policies, procedures and strategies to promote effective local, state or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property and institutions.
• Skill in: time management of self and others; listening and communicating exceptionally to effectively convey information verbally and in writing; analytical skills with demonstrated talent for identifying, scrutinizing, improving and streamlining complex work processes; motivating, developing and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job; using logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Ability to: manage time and workload effectively which includes planning, organizing and prioritizing a variety of tasks, assignments, projects and reports, working with attention to details; use good judgment and common sense when making decisions and solving problems; network with civic, community and other special interest groups; maintain confidentiality; work effectively with different social and economic groups in community meetings and guide the community design process and acceptance; negotiate development and consultant contracts; read and understand architectural, structural and civil engineering
• Bachelor’s degree of civil engineering, biology or chemistry, construction administration or related field.
• Seven (7) years of related experience including 2 years of supervisory experience.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (or demonstrate capability to obtain within 6 months)
• Valid Georgia Driver’s license

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree or civil engineering, biology or chemistry, construction administration, or related field and 8 years' of experience in water distribution, water treatment, wastewater treatment, water resources, green infrastructure or related field, including 3 years of supervisory experience.
• Water Distribution Operator license

Responsibilities

• Directs all execution of activities so that project related tasks are synchronized minimizing lags and enhancing cohesion of deliverables of the product’s quality.
• Oversees personnel actions and decisions; manages conflict resolution and team-building activities; performs team and individual performance evaluations and reporting.
• Evaluates and establishes departmental performance metrics and validates data accuracy.
• Manages the schedule for the review of eight departmental performance measures and data.
• Identifies appropriate business units within each department to understand business operations through process interviews and site visits.
• Conducts necessary benchmarking of departmental performance measures.
• Collaborates with departmental business units to create metrics based on interviews and benchmarks.
• Creates presentations that document performance metrics and rationale for measures to be presented to departmental leadership.
• Collects and validates data for each current departmental metric by evaluating calculations methodology and master reporting sheet.
• Creates presentations that documents performance metric errors.
• Reviews contractors’ daily journals for comparison to inspectors’ daily journals for accuracy and congruency to avoid any conflicts when contractors are preparing applications for payment to the City for delivered work.
• Reviews, monitors, and evaluates operational activities at the Neighborhood Centers and recommends actions to ensure optimal utilization of the City’s resources.
• Supervises staff and encourages staff development.
• Plans out projects by creating a comprehensive set of plans that will enable the project team to deliver the project objectives.
• Monitors and controls project efforts by reviewing project work results and comparing them to planned results.
• Identifies variances to work products and directs actions as required.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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