Capital Projects Manager

The City of El Paso Texas; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 72,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of El Paso Texas is seeking a seasoned program manager to coordinate citywide execution of the Capital Improvements Program (CIP) projects and ensure adherence to implementation and funding schedules.

Responsibilities include overseeing CIP project delivery, verifying available funding for scope changes, coordinating with city financial offices, preparing status reports, and presenting progress to public officials and community groups.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in business or public administration, engineering, architecture or related field, plus five years professional, managerial or administrative experience dealing with budget preparation and fiscal oversight.
• Texas Class 'C' Driver's License or equivalent from another state.
• Coordinate citywide execution of CIP projects to ensure adherence to implementation and processing schedules.
• Provide overall project management of approved CIP projects, verify funding for changes or bid estimates.
• Maintain citywide database of capital projects and monitor revenues, grants and expenditures.
• Attend meetings and present to public officials and community groups regarding CIP progress.

Responsibilities

• Oversee CIP project delivery and funding alignment across departments.
• Review proposals to determine time and funding requirements for each project phase.
• Schedule multi-year fund releases in line with CIP priorities.
• Negotiate terms and administer grants and inter-agency funding.
• Coordinate with City departments to monitor progress through scope, design, bid and construction.
• Prepare activity reports and facilitate public briefings on project status.

Skills

Budget oversight

Capital projects management

Public sector experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in business or public administration, engineering, architecture or related field

Job description

MOS Code: 2161 (Navy)

Education and Experience: A Bachelor's degree or higher in business or public administration, engineering, architecture or related field, plus five (5) years professional, managerial or administrative experience dealing with preparation and fiscal oversight of operating budgets or project management capital improvement and acquisition projects.

Requirements

Licenses and Certificates: Texas Class \"C\" Driver's License or equivalent from another state.

General Purpose

Under general direction, as a key staff executive, coordinate citywide execution of budgeted Capital Improvements Program (CIP) projects to ensure adherence to implementation and processing schedules.

Typical Duties

Provide overall project management of approved capital improvement projects to include verification of available funding for project scope changes or bid cost estimates. Involves: Collaborate with City financial and funding organizations to develop, modify and implement fiscal procedures that conform to accepted policies and standards. Review project proposals or plans to determine time requirements and allotment of available monies to various project phases. Schedule multi-year releases of funds in accordance with capital projects priorities, including oversight of journalizing charges to and balancing of financial accounts. Participate in negotiation of terms and administer grants and inter-agency agreements related to project funding. Maintain citywide database of capital projects and related information and monitor availability and expenditures of allocated revenues, grants and other funds. Review work progress for adherence to funding and completion requirements, and report deviations for remedial administrative action. Prepare activity reports and design website to provide status updates of approved capital projects, as required. Coordinate with City departments as necessary to monitor capital projects progress in all phases of development, to include scope, design, bid and construction. Attend meetings and make presentations to public officials and community groups to facilitate understanding of capital projects progress.

Assist in development of Program and Implementation Plans

Involves: Participate in creation of monitoring schedule for all cycles within the CIP, including design, bid and construction. Maintain facilities inventory that includes original construction date or latest major rehabilitation, condition, capacity and estimated value. Conduct benchmarking assessment to establish basis for facility condition evaluation or performance over time. Perform needs assessment in accordance with prescribed technical standards, and create and monitor a replacement schedule. Develop and document program policies and procedures to determine priorities. Analyze and provide recommendation alternatives to support need for new or substantially expanded facilities. Analyze and prepare reports on program and project performance. Provide support for planned initiation of approved projects such as researching availability of capital improvement funding sources and facility values.

Act for supervisor on day-to-day interdepartmental personnel and other general administrative matters, and establish, direct and control designated functions, as delegated.

Involves: Serve on or chair committees and task forces to evaluate status and progress of current operations and services, recommend new or changes in long and short range plans, and identify and forecast needs for human, financial and physical resources. Meet with representatives, effectively defining, publishing and enforcing policies, methods and standards. Ensure internal and external complaints and suggestions are processed expeditiously and satisfactorily. Draft resolutions and other official documents. Ensure mutual compliance with performance terms and conditions of contracts and grants. Assist in property acquisition related to capital projects.

Supervise assigned staff

Involves: Schedule, assign, instruct in, guide and check work. Appraise employee performance and review evaluations by subordinates. Provide for training and development; enforce personnel rules and regulations, and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony. Interview applicants. Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay or other employee status changes. Enforce safety rules and regulations.

General Information

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Contract Type

This is an unclassified contract position.

Note: Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information.

A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.

To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.

Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.