Senior Street Projects Manager

The Transportation Department - Maintenance Division provides services and oversight for streets, sidewalks, right of way operations, infrastructure inspections & services, stormwater maintenance, asphalt & concrete maintenance, special operations, downtown operations, snow and ice removal, storm cleanup and other function areas as assigned.
The position of Senior Street Projects Manager will be staffed to the Street Maintenance Division of Transportation Maintenance Department and will provide senior level project management and technical expertise for the Transportation Department and its various divisions along with providing technical guidance and expertise to other City departments in matters concerning transportation maintenance, construction, and asset management. This position is the seventh level in a ten-level Engineering Series devoted to providing paraprofessional engineering support, inspection, and professional civil engineering for a variety of public works and transportation functions and projects.
The Senior Streets Project Manager will provide advanced journey level professional engineering and construction management work and is considered a subject matter expert with the highest level of knowledge, providing consultation to other engineering staff and to management. As assigned, incumbents will serve as a supervisor, assigning work and monitoring work completion and will supervise professional, paraprofessional and/or support staff including conducting performance evaluations, coordinating training, implementing hiring, discipline, and terminations procedures. This position will work on and/or supervise a variety of pavement maintenance, sidewalk maintenance, or right of way maintenance focused projects that improve or replace a variety of City owned, transportation focused assets.
The incumbent should be familiar with asset-based data systems such as Cityworks, ArcGIS, and Agile Assets or other similar technical software along with data visualization tools such as PowerBi.

• Provide advanced engineering work, development plan reviews, and coordination and oversight of project design and construction; monitor adherence of projects and processes with policies, procedures, applicable code, specifications, regulations, and standards. Will serve as unit supervisor assigning work and monitoring work completion and will supervise staff including performance evaluations, coordinating training, and implementing hiring, discipline, and termination procedures.
• Provide project management and coordination of stakeholders and resources which may include consultant selection process, project scoping, contract negotiation, design oversight, schedule monitoring, budget development and funding administration, and project closeout.
• Oversee and administer construction projects including bid and contract administration, construction oversight, coordination of permitting, document reviews, and facilitation of progress meetings.
• Serve as technical resource and liaison for engineering/transportation department and contractors, consultants, developers, community groups, commission, agencies, City departments, private entities, and other stakeholders; Respond to inquiries, requests, and complaints; perform research, provide consultation; identify and resolve issues.
• Attend, conduct, and deliver presentations at various meetings; perform public outreach; prepare agendas, reports, cost estimates, computations, specifications, schedules, engineering drawings and other related documentation and communications materials.
• Coordinate with division GIS staff, business systems staff, management, in development of project schedules, budgets, contracts, specifications and scopes of work.
• Supervise lower-level engineering and project inspections staff to include training, evaluations, and all personnel actions.
• Serve in on-call capacity when needed for Department Emergency operations to include, but not limited to, snow and ice response, storm response, other special events.

Education and Experience
Bachelor's degree in engineering or directly related field and five years of professional engineering and/or construction/project management experience in area of assignment.
OR
An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above, unless otherwise subject to any other requirements set forth in law or regulation.
Licensing/Certifications

• Valid North Carolina Class C Driver's License with a satisfactory driving record or the ability to obtain within 60 days of hire

Knowledge Of:

• Supervisory principles, practices, and techniques.
• Practices and methods of coaching and leading the work of others.
• Techniques and methods for organizing, prioritizing, assigning, and monitoring work.
• Principles and practices of civil engineering.
• Project management principles and practices.
• Principles and practices of program administration and management
• Best practices, trends, and emerging technologies
• Principles and methods of qualitative and quantitative research
• Principles and applications of critical thinking and analysis.
• Principles and practices of budget development and administration
• Principles and practices of group facilitation and building consensus.
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, regulations.
• Customer service principles.
• Specialized equipment relevant to area of assignment.
• Modern Office Technology

Skill In:

• Supervising and evaluating staff performance
• Training and coaching staff.
• Coordinating deadlines, prioritizing work demands and assigning/monitoring work performed.
• Providing project management, organization, and logistics.
• Managing project or program finances
• Providing consultation and serving as a program liaison and subject matter expert.
• Monitoring compliance with applicable plans, standards, regulations, and contracts.
• Troubleshooting equipment and operational issues
• Identifying engineering related deficiencies and recommending solutions.
• Researching industry trends, solutions, and best practices
• Researching technical issues and articulating recommendations.
• Exercising political acumen, tact, and diplomacy
• Monitoring, evaluating, and assessing engineering projects and functional operations.

Employment Type: Full-Time