Class Summary
The Senior Project Manager performs and facilitates project management duties and ensures adherence to standard operation procedures, best practices and division guidelines for studies and projects. Oversees compliance with applicable codes, regulations and processes and standards. Manages assigned project budget and schedules and serves as a liaison to department to develop projects scopes and budgets to meet long and short-term goals. Prepares components of CIP annual programs updates including, direct liaison with departments for project development, refinement of needed project scopes and costs for inclusion in annual CIP program. Manages complex projects and systems, work processes and compliance. Monitors project completion status and approves project deliverables. Procures and manages contractors and consultants as well as facilitates Right-of-Way acquisition processes.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Prepares project updates to the CIP annual program updates for assigned project area;
- Manages projects beginning including planning, scoping, design and construction completion;
- Provides communication of project related information with local and other government officials, management, staff, contractors and general public;
- Supports right-of-way acquisition including ordering title reports, legal descriptions, appraisals and negotiations of fair market value with property owner and documentation of the process;
- Managing construction projects from design through project completion;
- Developing design and construction project scope of work and administering and participating in the consultant selection process;
- Reviewing the project budget, processing expenditure requests and contract amendments, approving payments and confirming funding availability.
- Other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS & SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Project Management
- 5 years of Design or Construction Management
- 3 years of Project/Contract Management
- 1 year of Right-of-Way acquisition
- 2 years of Municipal experience preferred
- Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge and abilities necessary to perform the work.
Licensing/Certifications:
- Professional Engineers License and/or Project Management Certifications
- Water or Wastewater Operators Certification preferred, but not required
- Valid AZ Driver's License
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
KNOWLEDGE OF:
- Project management principles and practices to include knowledge of procurement per State statutes; scheduling, cost estimating and risk management;
- Land acquisition and contract administration;
- Design or construction knowledge of standard municipal services or infrastructure; i.e. wastewater, storm water, streets and traffic control systems; parks and recreation facilities, municipal building;
- Applicable Federal, state and local laws, codes, regulations and/or
SKILL IN:
- Interpreting and applying applicable laws, codes, regulations and standards;
- Performing advanced mathematical calculations;
- Design analysis and technical review;
- Managing engineering projects;
- Administering contracts;
- Administering project budgets;
- Providing customer service;
- Utilizing a computer and relevant software applications;
- Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.