Project Manager I – Vertical Design/Construction – Department of Transportation & Infrastructure
About The Position
The City and County of Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) is hiring a Project Manager I for its Interagency Missions team. The team delivers vertical and horizontal design and construction projects for City agencies, managing project teams and the process of planning, procurement, design, and construction. Projects range from capital and deferred maintenance work to new buildings, including master planning, space planning, facility renovations, and building-system renovations. The Project Manager will support project delivery for customer agencies across the City. This includes facilitating the procurement and management of design teams, overseeing bidding, and managing contractors. The role leads stakeholder groups collaboratively and accountably, and is responsible for coordinating project scopes, schedules, budgets, contracts, reporting, permits, and regulatory compliance. The position follows a hybrid workplace model, with three days in the office at or near the Webb Municipal Building in Denver. On off-site days, employees must work within Colorado. The City offers competitive pay and benefits for full-time employees. The position is classified as unlimited.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Engineering, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or a related field.
- At least two years of professional project management experience in the related occupational group, including coordinating, administering, and monitoring projects.
- Three or more years of professional project experience in commercial, institutional, and/or municipal or governmental work as an owner’s representative, construction project engineer or manager, design project manager or job captain, or complex project controls manager is identified as ideal experience.
- Ability to communicate amenably with project teams in a challenging and diverse environment.
- Ability to follow strict and ethical policies and procedures that guide municipal project delivery work.
- Experience developing spreadsheets and analyzing data based on project trends.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, and willingness to learn City project-management software.
- A year of appropriate experience may substitute for each required year of post-high-school education; additional appropriate education may substitute for minimum experience requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Three or more years of professional project experience in commercial, institutional, and/or municipal or governmental work in one of the listed project roles.
- Experience communicating amenably with project teams in a challenging and diverse environment.
- Experience developing spreadsheets and analyzing data based on project trends.
Responsibilities
- Create, analyze, and maintain project schedules and budgets in association with defined scopes of work, including cash flow analyses to optimize project delivery timing.
- Understand and manage contractual obligations for agreements supporting professional and construction services.
- Monitor contractors’ work and progress to ensure adherence to overall project schedules.
- Understand alternatives in contracting, procurement, and project delivery methods.
- Define and measure project performance.
- Use technical writing and presentation skills to demonstrate trends within the market, agency, work type, and contract.
- Prepare and communicate project status reports for key stakeholders, update them on project activities, and identify project risks and mitigation strategies.
- Monitor budgets for project planning, design, regulatory, and construction phases to keep deliverables on time, on target, and on budget.
- Interact with utility companies, City agencies and departments, and other governmental agencies to obtain permits and clearances and ensure regulatory compliance.
- Use Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, and learn new City project-management software as needed.
- Apply emotional intelligence in the work environment.
- Identify and implement innovations to improve project and team performance and efficiency.
- Facilitate procurement and management of design teams, oversee bidding, and manage contractors delivering work for City customer agencies.
- Lead stakeholder groups collaboratively and accountably.
Benefits
- Guaranteed lifelong monthly pension after vesting following five years of service.
- 457B Retirement Plan.
- 140 hours of PTO earned within the first year.
- 12 paid holidays, one personal holiday, one wellness day, and one volunteer day per year.
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans effective within one month of the start date.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
