Roadway Design Project Manager - Atlanta, TX

Texas Department of Transportation • Atlanta, TX

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About The Position

Manages advanced engineering, architectural, or construction projects, providing leadership in planning, oversight and compliance with state and federal regulations. Oversees project objectives, ensures quality assurance/quality control, and maintains project integrity. Work requires extensive contact with agency management, governmental officials and private entities. Serves as a lead worker. Employees at this level are virtually self -supervising and assume direct accountability for the work product.
Essential Duties:
Evaluates project challenges and formulates solutions to achieve objectives related to productivity, quality, and client satisfaction.
Serves as a lead worker by advising, training, and coaching employees to increase job efficiency; acting as a resource for complex questions; presenting workflow and operational updates to the supervisor/manager; providing input on team members’ career conversations; and approving leave requests to ensure operations coverage.
Conducts project reviews and coordinates inspections with various inspectors and other district/division project managers.
Identifies potential project impediments, risks, and issues; and designs strategies to mitigate or avoid them.
Monitors and manages project cost and quality to ensure project is completed within budget and to ensure deliverables are acceptable and fulfill the terms of the project contract or specifications.
Oversees project assignments, determines work requirements to complete project plans and coordinates scheduling to accommodate projects already underway.
Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline. Relevant experience may be substituted for education on a year per year basis.
• 6 years of experience in construction project management; project management, process engineering and/or business process improvement methodologies. (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent).
• Valid driver’s license.
• Knowledge of Critical Path Method for managing projects
• Knowledge of Applicable plans, specifications and estimates preparation, review, processing and compliance requirements
• Knowledge of Applicable project development (planning, environmental, right of way, design, letting, construction, and project close out) document preparation, review, processing and compliance requirements
• Knowledge of Project Delivery Process
• Knowledge of Project Management best practices
• Knowledge of Project management theories and practices applicable to highly complex projects
• Knowledge of Transportation funding programs
• Knowledge of Project scheduling and coordination activities
• Skill in Leading, assigning, reviewing, and monitoring the work of others
• Skill in Project management monitoring
• Skill in Using computers and applicable computer software
• Ability to Analyze complex information and develop plans to address identified issues
• Ability to Identify project risks and gaps
• Ability to Evaluate process performance
• Ability to Establish project goals and objectives
• Must pass a drug test prior to employment for safety impact positions.
• This is a Safety Impact position and will be subject to random drug testing.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates project challenges and formulates solutions to achieve objectives related to productivity, quality, and client satisfaction.
• Serves as a lead worker by advising, training, and coaching employees to increase job efficiency; acting as a resource for complex questions; presenting workflow and operational updates to the supervisor/manager; providing input on team members’ career conversations; and approving leave requests to ensure operations coverage.
• Conducts project reviews and coordinates inspections with various inspectors and other district/division project managers.
• Identifies potential project impediments, risks, and issues; and designs strategies to mitigate or avoid them.
• Monitors and manages project cost and quality to ensure project is completed within budget and to ensure deliverables are acceptable and fulfill the terms of the project contract or specifications.
• Oversees project assignments, determines work requirements to complete project plans and coordinates scheduling to accommodate projects already underway.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees