Technical Project Manager I or II: South Travis Area Office (Austin District)

This position manages advanced engineering, architectural, or construction projects, providing leadership in planning, oversight and compliance with state and federal regulations.  Oversees projects objectives, ensures quality assurance/quality control, and maintains project integrity.  Work requires extensive contact with agency management, governmental officials and private entities. Employees at this level are virtually self -supervising and assume direct accountability for the work product.

Essential Duties:

The essential duties for Technical Project Manager I and II job include: 

• Compiles and distributes project information, status reports, and project budget expenditures.
• Creates documentation procedures to capture and deal with changes in original project plan
• Directs, develops, implements, and evaluates project budgets, schedules, work plans, resources requirements, and cost estimates and projections.
• Ensures compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards for assigned projects.
• 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.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned. This position requires driving a state vehicle.

Additional duties for a Technical Project Manager II include:

• Reviews and analyzes project performance and objectives to determine opportunities for improvement across personnel, processes, and technology.
• Evaluates and assesses business process improvement initiatives performed by others.
• Oversees project assignments, determines work requirements to complete project plans and coordinates scheduling to accommodate projects already underway.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline. Relevant experience may be substituted for education on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications

Experience: 

Technical Project Manager I: 5 YEARS construction project management; project management, process engineering and business process improvement methodologies. (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent).

Technical Project Manager II: 6 YEARS 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).

Licenses and Certifications:

• Valid driver’s license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.
• May require certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP), Six Sigma Black Belt or one or more change management disciplines.

Competencies:

The competencies for Technical Project Manager I and II include:

• Local, state, and federal laws and regulations relevant to the administration of the project undertaken
• Project Delivery Process
• Project Management best practices

Additional competencies for Technical Project Manager II include: 

• Project scheduling and coordination activities
• Using computers and applicable computer software
• Identify project risks and gaps
• Evaluate process performance

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Light work: Lift up to 20 lbs at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 10 lbs
• Standing-prolonged periods of time
• Repetitive Motion-substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and fingers
• Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading

Conditions of Employment:
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• This job has been identified as physically demanding and will require a pre-employment physical. 
• 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.
  • Please note that the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation – 49 CFR Part 40, at 40.151(e) – does not authorize “medical marijuana” under a state law to be a valid medical explanation for a positive drug test result for an employee in this position.