Infrastructure Project Coordinator — Budgets & Compliance

City of Austin; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 94,582,000 - 118,055,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid leave time

Retirement plan

Career development opportunities

Hybrid work

Job summary

City of Austin seeks a Project Coordinator to support the Infrastructure Services group. You will coordinate engineering and support activities for multiple projects, and communicate with internal and external customers.

You will assist in budget development and monitoring, processing pay applications, and tracking assigned project budgets. The role requires developing and reviewing contracts, ensuring regulatory compliance, and applying process improvements.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of engineering and architectural design principles, practices, procedures, and estimating techniques.
• Knowledge of project accounting, architectural, and construction methods and the principles of project management.
• Knowledge of laws, rules, regulations, and codes associated with project assignment.
• Knowledge of budget policies and principles.
• Knowledge of contract management principles, methods, and practices.

Responsibilities

• Communicates project and/or program information to internal and external customers.
• Assists in the development and monitoring of project and/or program budgets by completing assignments that may include processing a pay application or monitoring and updating the assigned project budget.
• Assists in the development of short- and long-range plans on projects or works on routine projects whereby techniques used are well known and present no unusual engineering problems.
• Assists in the development and implementation of operating policies and procedures by providing input as a team member of an established process improvement team.
• Ensures compliance with City and other regulatory agency requirements and policies by verifying that regulatory/permitting processes have been identified and permits or approvals acquired for assigned project.
• Coordinates development/reviews construction or engineering related contracts, contract documents, and Developer Agreements by reviewing preparing and processing project change orders to projects if change orders are appropriate and in compliance or applying technical quality control review.
• Coordinates and evaluates plans, criteria, schedules, etc. for a variety of projects, Programs, and plans or a division and/or section activities.
• Assists in the resolution of conflicts and difficult situations by providing supporting documentation, policies and procedures.
• Develops, maintains, and improves City of Austin design and construction standards.
• Provides technical advice and assistance.

Skills

Engineering basics

Project coordination

Budget monitoring

Regulatory knowledge

Communication

Contract management

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor1s degree in related field

Tools

MS Office

Budget software

Job description

City of Austin seeks a Project Coordinator to support the Infrastructure Services group. You will coordinate engineering and support activities for multiple projects, and communicate with internal and external customers.

You will assist in budget development and monitoring, processing pay applications, and tracking assigned project budgets. The role requires developing and reviewing contracts, ensuring regulatory compliance, and applying process improvements.