Capital Projects Manager

Montgomery County Pennsylvania; Norristown (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Montgomery County Pennsylvania seeks a Project Manager to lead capital construction initiatives across facilities, parks, roads, and IT. You will apply best practice project management for schedules, costs, procurement, and consultant management, ensuring alignment with County policies.

Independent judgment is essential for guiding complex projects. You will analyze ideas, develop clear plans, track progress, and coordinate with stakeholders, including engineers, architects, and contractors,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or graduate degree in engineering, architecture, construction project management, geology or related discipline.
• Experience managing large-scale public construction/infrastructure projects with budget accountability (min five years preferred).
• Project management certifications (e.g., PMP).
• Understanding of government operations, budgeting, and regulatory considerations.

Responsibilities

• Accept and analyze County initiative ideas; communicate full project execution plans to stakeholders.
• Develop cohesive project plans using County standards and best PM practices.
• Participate in RFP/Bid processes to secure consultants and contractors; review bid documents.

Skills

Project management

Schedule management

Budget control

Communication

Contract management

Problem solving

Education

Engineering degree

PMI/ PMP certification

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

Newforma

Bluebeam

Revit

InDesign

Photoshop

Illustrator

Job description

Reporting to the Roads and Bridges (‘R&B”) Administrator the Project Manager (‘PM”) assumes direct project management responsibilities as delegated for County capital construction projects across a variety of disciplines and departments, including facilities, parks, trails, historic sites, roads and bridges, technology, and infrastructure. The ideal Project Manager possesses experience and education that can bolster the County’s engineering and / or architecture expertise, enabling more informed review of projects, problems, and strategy. The Project Manager position is ultimately responsible for the facilitation and realization of County initiatives through implementation and application of best practice project management principles, including schedule, cost, procurement, reporting, and consultant manager in adherence with County and project parameters. Independent judgement is critical, as is the ability to assimilate guidance and direction from management while maintaining organized long-term understanding over the whole project.

• Accept, analyze, and revise County initiative ideas and notions and accurately communicate plans for full project execution to stakeholders, incorporating County policies and procedures.
• Assimilate best project management principles and expertise with County standards to produce cohesive and clear project plans.
• Participate, bringing to bear pertinent expertise, in RFP / Bid process to secure needed consultants and contractors:
  • Review RFPs, evaluate proposals, review and approve bid documents.
• Track individual project schedules, creating and maintaining schedule documents through systems identified by R&B and State and local regulatory agencies:
  • Understand detailed issues and considerations dictating schedule establishment and changes, able to creatively (in collaboration with, and with direction from R&B Administrator problem-solve scheduling issues.
• Work with fluency with various software platforms for scheduling, communication, and construction workflow management.
• Review project design packages, bringing to bear expertise to influence design and programming plans, closely tracking design evolution and contractor and engineering consultant work.
• Coordinate, with R&B Administrator, stakeholder reports on regular intervals regarding project status.
• Closely monitor contractor – County workflow, including design and construction decisions, change order processing, contract amendments:
  • Assist R&B Administrator in analyzing contractor change requests and making recommendations to County leadership.
• Schedule stakeholder, County, contractor meetings for projects.
• Catalog project documents, including drawings, specifications, meeting minutes, design correspondence.
• Directly track construction project progress, issues, circumstances, i.e. “in the trailer” awareness.
• Assist with analysis of bridge, IT, construction, and acquisition projects that expend County capital dollars, bringing. informed (i.e. engineering, architecture, planning) expertise to bear on examining project ideas.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Flexible combination of the following:
  • Bachelor’s or graduate degree in engineering (mechanical, civil, electrical, e.g.), architecture, construction project management, geology or a related discipline;
  • Experience directly managing large-scale public construction and / or infrastructure projects, including budget accountability (minimum five years preferred);
  • Project management certification(s) (e,g. PMP Certification).
• Understanding of government operations, including financial (accounting, budget, and transparency) principles and best practices, and regulatory logistics and considerations.
• Experience with contract, contractor management and regulatory compliance with PADEP, PennDOT District 6 and DVRPC etc.
• Experience as facilitator of complicated projects or initiatives, with preference for work on construction projects.
• Technology fluency across multiple platforms, including but not limited to MS Office, scheduling platforms such as MS Project or Primavera, construction information platforms such as Newforma, Bluebeam, Revit, and graphic information programs such as Adobe in Design, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
• Creative problem-solving capability, informed by experience with construction issues and unforeseen circumstances.
• Expert communication (written and verbal) skills.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; and talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands or arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and depth perception.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.