Project Manager Engineer 2 Graduate

Minnesota DOT; Roseville (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is recruiting a project manager to oversee projects from Minor to Moderate scale, ensuring quality and timely delivery. You will organize a project management team, provide leadership, and coordinate with stakeholders to manage communications, risk, scope changes, disputes, and the financial aspects of the work.

The successful candidate will handle multiple concurrent projects, demonstrate strong verbal and written communication, and have FE exam pass

Qualifications

• ABET-accredited civil engineering degree with 2 years post-grad civil engineering work.
• Master’s degree in Civil Engineering with 1 year post-grad civil engineering work.
• Passing score on the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam.
• Human relations skills to work with the public, officials and other governmental organizations.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management for Minor to Moderate projects.
• Lead project management team and ensure product quality.
• Coordinate internal and external communications for the project.
• Identify, manage and mitigate project risks.
• Manage project scope changes, disputes and the financial aspects.

Skills

Project management

Verbal & written comms

Public engagement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (ABET accredited)

Master’s degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

This position exists to provide project management responsibilities for projects or tasks ranging from Minor Projects to Moderate Projects for the Metropolitan District. The responsibilities of this position include the management of the quality of the products produced, organization of a project management team and providing leadership for the team to ensure the completion of the products or tasks, managing the communications specific to the project or task; including both internal communications and external communications, managing the risk associated with each project and coordination with the project team to minimize risk and/or manage the risk, management of the scope of the project and the process to change the scope, manage the process to resolve disputes, and manage the financial aspects of the projects or tasks. This position will be responsible for multiple projects at one time.

Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from an ABET accredited college or university AND two years post-graduation civil engineering work.

OR

• A Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited college/university or equivalent AND one year post-graduation civil engineering work.

AND

• A passing score on the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam
• Human Relations skills that demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively and effectively with the public, businesses, elected officials and other governmental organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing sufficient to give direction, facilitate meetings, make public presentations, presentations and answer project specific and policy questions and to write letters and other documentation.