Transportation Project Manager

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Occasionally directs helpers, assistants, seasonal employees, interns, volunteers or temporary employees and may temporarily act in a higher capacity.

Manages and directs complex projects by assigning work, forecasting timelines and project parameters, reviewing and approving plans and documents, planning for and executing extensive traditional and non-traditional public engagement strategies, devising solutions to problems, deploying resources, ensuring projects are completed effectively and efficiently within budget and alloted timeframes, studying and approving agreements, disbursing payments, conducting and attending meetings with associated parties.

Prepares forecasts of needed funds, assists in the development and implementation of budgets, monitors project budgets, authorizes expenditures and budget allocations, reviews budget documents and prepares reports and communications.

Collaborates with intra- and inter-departmental personnel, develops project goals and objectives, evaluates project success and regulatory compliance, and makes presentations. Performs administrative duties by preparing and reviewing reports and correspondence, performing safety audits and inspections, reviewing policies and procedures, providing advice, researching and analyzing information such as cost-benefit studies, developing and maintaining databases, and responding to and forwarding inquiries.

TYPICAL JOB DUTES:

• Manage the planning, scope, design, construction of assigned multi-modal projects with an emphasis on bicycle, pedestrian and transit facilities.
• Oversee the design of green infrastructure elements in the projects.
• Actively plan, prioritize, schedule and monitor all related work and deliverables.
• Exercise an understanding of principles and practices of multi-modal infrastructure design and construction with an emphasis on bicycle, pedestrian and transit facilities.
• Plan for and execute extensive traditional and non-traditional public engagement strategies with a focus on equitable engagement opprotunites to inform project designs includign but not limited to:  in-person and virtual open houses, neighborhood associate meetings, bond oversight commission meetings, business and stakeholder outreach, on-site biking and walking design tours, online interactive map development, online survey tools, pilot installations with temporary materials, and tabling at community events.
• Use tact and diplomacy with stakeholders to refine the final scope and design details of infrastructure projects.
• Work closely with Procurement Office to develop solicitations for design and construction services.  Serve as the lead evaluating member for related solicitations.
• Holds primary financial responsibility for the project budget and wil regularly review the project costs against the budget and accurately forecast project costs, change orders and billings to the conclusion of the project.
• Prepare clear, concise and accurate documentation.
• Make sound independent decisions within established guidelines, evaluate alternatives and make sound recommendations to ensure best outcomes.
• Communicate clearly and effectively, orally and in writing and develop reports and presentations of complex, highly detailed project management data in a manner to communicate key information to various audiences.
• Prepare and provide regular updates to stakeholder groups, oversight commission, and leadership teams as required.  Escalate immediate awareness on issues that have the potential to impact the budget, time line or project deilverables.