Capital Projects Manager

Montgomery County PA; Norristown (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Montgomery County PA is seeking a Project Manager to oversee county capital construction projects across facilities, parks, trails, historic sites, roads and bridges, technology and infrastructure. The PM will apply best practice project management for schedule, cost, procurement, reporting, and consultant management with independent judgement and oversight by the R&B Administrator.

The ideal candidate brings engineering or architecture expertise, substantial public sector project management

Qualifications

• 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 MS Office, MS Project or Primavera, Newforma, Bluebeam, Revit, Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator.
• Creative problem-solving capability, informed by experience with construction issues and unforeseen circumstances.
• Expert communication (written and verbal) skills.

Responsibilities

• Accept, analyze, and revise County initiative ideas and communicate plans for full project execution to stakeholders.
• Assimilate best project management principles with County standards to produce cohesive project plans.
• Participate in RFP / Bid process to secure needed consultants and contractors, reviewing proposals and bid documents.
• Track project schedules and maintain schedule documents using approved systems.
• Work with scheduling platforms to manage timelines and changes.
• Review design packages to influence design evolution and monitor consultant work.
• Coordinate stakeholder reports on project status.
• Analyze contractor change requests and advise County leadership.
• Schedule meetings for projects and maintain project documentation.

Skills

Engineering degree

Public construction mgmt

PM certification

Government operations knowledge

Contract management

Tech fluency

Creative problem solving

Excellent communication

Education

Engineering or related degree

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Primavera

Newforma

Bluebeam

Revit

Adobe InDesign

Job description

Summary

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.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• 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.

Qualification Requirements

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.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

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.