PROJECT MANAGER I (DOT)

State of careers Rhode Island

14h • Onsite

About The Position

Within the Department of Transportation, the Project Manager I (DOT) is responsible for the oversight and delivery of assigned projects from initiation to closeout, ensuring they remain within scope, on schedule, on budget, and meet the highest quality standards. This role involves coordinating various project aspects such as design, permitting, real estate, public outreach, procurement, federal approval, construction, quality control, and final closeout. The Project Manager I will also coordinate with other state government agencies to ensure their professional and operational needs are met, and will manage and direct consulting and/or engineering firms and construction contractors to ensure their work aligns with the Department's requirements and program needs. Key tasks include preparing project descriptions and budget estimates, coordinating Requests for Proposals for design professionals and construction contractors, and managing engineering scope, design, constructability, contract time, schedule, and budget adjustments throughout the project lifecycle. The role also involves developing contract documents, addressing potential project-related issues, monitoring construction activities for compliance with design, budget, schedule, and quality standards, and maintaining project budget data. The Project Manager I acts as the primary state contact for field activities, ensuring contractor compliance with safety rules, regulations, and permit requirements. Regular project updates, coordination of changes, processing vendor payments, tracking schedules, managing unresolved issues, and ensuring documentation and close-out procedures are completed are also critical aspects of this position.

Requirements

• A thorough knowledge of construction project management principles.
• A thorough knowledge of planning, location, investigation, design, land acquisition, construction, maintenance, or traffic service of highways, bridges, or other public works facilities.
• A thorough knowledge of capital planning activities.
• A thorough knowledge of the principles, methods, and procedures for construction contracting, construction sequencing, construction safety and cost accounting.
• A thorough knowledge of state procurement methods for engineering and constructions services and the evaluation of vendor’s qualifications.
• The ability to utilize a computer and common applications used in construction contracting and management including CAD, Word, Excel and Scheduling Software.
• The ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• The ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships.
• Graduation from a college of recognized standing with a degree in Public or Business Administration, Finance, Architecture, Engineering or a closely related field.
• Considerable employment in a responsible capacity in the field of capital asset management, or transportation engineering, managing large and complex construction projects involving the planning, execution, and closure of assigned projects; or considerable employment in the public or private sector involving supervisory experience in construction or construction management.
• Any combination of education and experience that shall be substantially equivalent to the above education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the oversight and delivery of assigned projects from initiation to closeout within scope, on schedule, on budget and to the highest quality.
• Be responsible for coordinating design, permitting, real estate, public outreach, procurement, federal approval, construction, quality and final closeout.
• Coordinate such projects with other state government agencies to ensure their professional and operational needs are met.
• Manage and direct consulting and/or engineering firms and construction contractors to ensure that their work meets the Departments’ requirements and program needs.
• Prepare project descriptions and estimates for the development of the projects’ budget based on the identified needs of the project.
• Coordinate Requests for Proposals for design professionals and construction contractors.
• Manage engineering scope and design, constructability, contract time and schedule, budget adjustments, time extensions and resolution of problems or questions that arise throughout design and construction project’s life.
• Develop, in cooperation with design professionals, contract documents for construction projects.
• Ensure that all potential project-related issues are addressed and to ensure each member of the project team knows their role in resolving those issues.
• Monitor all construction-related activities on assigned projects to ensure they are constructed in accordance with design, budget, schedule, accounting requirements, and is completed to specified quality standards.
• Provide data to maintain a project budget including all expenditures/payments and change orders.
• Act as the primary state contact for all projects field activities; to ensure that contractors comply with rules, regulations and procedures for project safety.
• Assure that contractors obtain and maintain all required permits, governmental approvals, authorizations, and sign-off necessary for the construction and operation of the project.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual, or as directed, updates for assigned projects.
• Coordinate any changes recommended by the design team or contractor.
• Ensure all requests for payment under vendor agreements are properly processed.
• Review and provide updates on a monthly basis, or as directed, project schedules including percent work complete and percent of budget expended.
• Track the shop drawing review process.
• Prepare and update a list of unresolved issues or items that may impede project progress.
• Assure that design professionals and contractors relay digital copies of all documents which relate to project construction including routine photos of the project progress.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date files of all project related meetings.
• Coordinate design and construction professionals in the preparation of project close-out documentation including as-builts, bonds and warrantees, etc.
• Collect and review regular project cost updates and all final project information.
• Monitor the punch lists for completion, warrantee work, project close out, etc.

Benefits

• Information regarding the benefits available to State of Rhode Island employees, please visit the Office of Employee Benefits' website at http://www.employeebenefits.ri.gov/.
• Direct deposit for all employees (required for new hires after September 30, 2014).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees