Technical Project Manager I

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:

• Analyzes and reports on advanced and highly complex program funding change scenarios and their impact to individual project schedules.
   
• 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.
   
• Coordinates project activities with other state agencies, governmental jurisdictions, or private sector partners and contractors and assures coordination and approvals through Federal Highway Administration or U.S. Department of Transportation.
   
• 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.
   
• 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.
   

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: 5 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:

• Industry guidelines, specifications and codes in the production and use of technical plans for the development and delivery of products and services.
   
• Leading, assigning, reviewing, and monitoring the work of others
   

Physical Requirements

• Sedentary work: Lift up to 10 lbs at a time and occasionally carry files/small tools
   
• 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/or 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.