Technical Project Manager II (Traffic Operations)

Texas Department of Transportation • El Paso, TX

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About The Position

Technical Project Manager II
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.

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 at the time of application. This position requires driving a state vehicle.
• Extensive knowledge of: Project Management best practices.
• Considerable knowledge of: Project scheduling and coordination activities.
• Considerable knowledge of: Systems and procedures used to evaluate a third-party vendor's performance.
• Expert skill in: Leading, assigning, reviewing, and monitoring the work of others.
• Expert skill in: Public relations for maintaining effective working relationships with individuals and groups, both internal and external.
• Expert skill in: Applying engineering principles, practices, and methods in job responsibilities.
• Evaluate process performance.
• Establish project goals and objectives.
• Follow applicable safety standards, practices and procedures.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• May require certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP), Six Sigma Black Belt or one or more change management disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and analyzes project performance and objectives to determine opportunities for improvement across personnel, processes, and technology.
• 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.
• Compiles and distributes project information, status reports, and project budget expenditures.
• Conducts project reviews and coordinates inspections with various inspectors and other district/division project managers.
• Directs, develops, implements, and evaluates project budgets, schedules, work plans, resources requirements, and cost estimates and projections.
• 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.
• Oversees and monitors the inspections of construction methods, workmanship and maintenance procedures to ensure contractors build, install, maintain and repair traffic control/data collection related equipment or facilities in accordance with plans, specifications and contract requirements.
• 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