Project Manager II - Civil Engineering

Ucitymo; University City (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ucitymo is seeking a Project Manager II to lead complex Public Works and Parks projects, planning, organizing, directing, and supervising work. This onsite, full-time professional role combines construction, engineering, and administrative duties to ensure contractor compliance with rights‑of‑way regulations.

The position requires coordinating surveys, reviewing plans, and facilitating permits while overseeing field inspections and progress tracking. Evening/weekend work may be required.

Qualifications

• Experience planning, organizing, directing, and supervising Public Works and Parks operations and projects.
• Ability to review plans and specifications against applicable standards and regulations.
• Coordination with utility companies and contractors; easement preparation and review.

Responsibilities

• Performs inspections of contract projects including public improvements such as streets, parks, and utilities.
• Reviews utility and permit applications for public rights‑of‑way and ensures compliance.
• Reviews drawings and specifications for construction work against standards and trade practices.
• Maintains construction records, prepares improvement permits, and tracks progress.
• Prepares monthly payment estimates and monitors contract performance.

Skills

Contract management

Public works knowledge

Regulatory compliance

Team leadership

Tools

GIS

Job description

Title: Project Manager II FLSA Status: Exempt Status: Onsite, Full-time

JOB PURPOSE:

The Project Manager II performs complex administrative and professional work in planning, organizing, directing, and supervising Public Works and Parks operations, projects, and programs. This is a professional position that encompasses construction/project management and engineering skills in both the field and office. It includes preparing and reviewing plans, enforcing plans, and ensuring that contractors adhere to the specifications governing work done in the public rights-of-way or public properties. Work also involves responsibility for inspecting construction work in progress and ascertaining whether it meets specific standards and providing corrective action when deemed necessary. Manages utility company and contractors' permitted work including field inspections, report writing, tracking results, and ensuring compliance with governing regulation. Work may also involve assisting in the preparation of surveys, easements and rights-of-way permits. Performs highly specialized analytical, administrative and report writing activities for the Assistant Director of Public Works. Work involves performing research, investigation, and/or evaluation of various activities or projects in the Engineering Division of the department. Work assignments are received from the Assistant Director of Public Works in terms of broad objectives and work is reviewed through discussion, review, inspections, and research. May serve as the Assistant Director's liaison to other division's, departments and/or outside agencies, when needed. Some evening and weekend work is required.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Performs inspections of Public Works and Parks contract projects which may include public improvement projects such as subdivisions, drives, sidewalks, curbs, streets, trails, parking lots, parks, sanitary sewers, streetlights, traffic signals, signs, etc.
• Reviews and issues utility and permit work applications for public rights-of-way.
• Reviews drawings and specifications for construction work against all applicable standards, regulations, and trade practices.
• Oversees field surveys, prepares quantities, conducts preliminary specifications for in-house projects, and reviews plans, and specifications prepared by others.
• Maintains construction-related records, files, and drawings; prepares and updates improvement permits; performs traffic counts and updates database.
• Prepares monthly payment estimates of contracts, may prepare annual asphalt overlay, slurry seal and striping contracts.
• Reviews projects with property owners; assist the Assistant Director with writing and negotiating of easements, and in the reviewing and recording of easements .
• Provides technical assistance to the Maintenance Supervisors and city crews relative to construction; aids related to the construction of improvements
• Receives and processes citizen complaints and requests field investigations; reviews complaints with citizens and ensures resolution.
• Prepares various contracts, easement forms, and routine correspondence; maintains maps and plans.
• Relied upon for knowledge of utility construction means and methods, easements and property use rights, labor-materials and regulations for work and constructability reviews of any improvement project.
• Inspects work performed by private contractors and utility companies; checks for proper adherence to plans and specifications; checks lines and grades from surveyor's stakes; keeps records of progress; makes inspections of concrete and asphalt work/facilities.
• Monitors and stops construction operations where serious violations of contract specifications are occurring; informs superiors of such violations, and tracks and ensures compliance.
• Secures samples of materials to be tested.
• Organizes and supervises routine surveys, field and office studies, and inventories.

Utilizes Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for this purpose.

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