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City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management · 3 weeks ago

DWM Project Manager II - (OLIO - Technical Services)

Atlanta, GA, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$73K/yr - $98K/yr

5+ years exp

The City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management is seeking a Project Manager II to oversee and manage capital infrastructure projects related to water and wastewater systems. The role involves planning, directing, and coordinating project activities, ensuring compliance with regulations, and managing project budgets and schedules.

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Responsibilities

Oversees designs, plans, and manages the scheduling of capital infrastructure projects; develops scope of work and cost estimates for projects while maintaining compliance with state and local regulations

Manages water and wastewater projects for the City

Oversees engineering surveys and studies, evaluation, and analysis of capital infrastructure projects to include reports, cost analysis, budget availability, and feasibility

Mitigates potential risks by incorporating clear and verifiable safety and quality requirements and procedures and enforcing the contract requirements for work plans, accurate specifications, and safety

Attends and reports on cost, project status meetings, prepares bi-monthly, monthly & quarterly program and project cost reports

Formats and maintains bi-monthly project and award status reports utilized by the CIP Program Director to determine existing and future project funding

Makes purchasing or resource allocation recommendations within organization guidelines

Selects from multiple procedures and methods to accomplish tasks

Maintains managerial authority over a group of professional employees and/or a group of professional, technical, or administrative employees with multiple intermediate supervisors and/or team leaders

Prepare and manage a comprehensive project management plan that will enable the project team to deliver the project objectives Develops and monitors project budgets, cost projections, and schedules; performs earned value analysis

Oversees personnel actions and decisions; manages conflict resolution and team-building activities pertaining to managed projects

Reviews daily project journals for comparison to internal daily journals for accuracy and congruency

Plan, develop, and maintain strategic techniques to successfully implement and track processes, procedures, and other performance measures necessary to meet the needs of managed projects and department objectives

Coordinate and communicate with internal and external stakeholders

Coordinate and participate in value engineering and constructability reviews for assigned projects

Analyze design plans and specifications and prepare detailed take-offs for all assigned projects

Organize and assist to site visits, initial and final walkthroughs for all assigned projects

Organize and lead project progress meetings for all assigned projects

Participate in development of bid solicitation documentation

Review, analyze and approve (as necessary) any project-related construction submittals, requests for information, and applications for payment submitted contractors

Monitors and controls project efforts by reviewing project work results and comparing them to planned results

Identifies variances to work products and directs actions as required

Maintains records and logs, updates field notes, drawings, and other documentation as necessary on a daily basis

Prepares as-built documents and necessary to memorialize constructed infrastructure work

May utilize specialized equipment to collect data and diagnose issues pertaining to water distribution system and/or sewer collection and conveyance system infrastructure

May mentor and/or supervise junior-level staff members and assist in staff development

May inspect, maintain, and operate water mains and associated appurtenances and/or sewer conveyance systems and appurtenances

Tracks KPIs and performance benchmarks for monthly and quarterly reporting from various departments

Conducts quality assurance/quality control checks for metrics, metric assessments & recommendations to departments

May perform other duties as assigned

Qualification

Water Distribution SystemsWastewater Collection SystemsProject ManagementOracleBudget ManagementTeam BuildingAnalytical SkillsConflict ResolutionEffective CommunicationInterpersonal SkillsTime Management

Required

Bachelor's Degree in engineering, construction management, project management, and/or architectural or engineering-related field

Five (5) years of related experience and at least two (2) years of managerial and supervisory experience

Valid Georgia driver's license

Ability to obtain a Water Distribution and/or Wastewater Collection Operator license issued by the State of Georgia within one year

Knowledge of principles and practices of project management including scope development and tracking, organization planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and conflict management

Knowledge of surveying, engineering, and construction methods

Knowledge of planning, engineering design, and project management

Skill in Oracle, Discoverer, Excel, and other technical software to create well-structured documents, reports, spreadsheets, presentations, proposals, and other documents

Skill in preparing effective and strong oral and written communication

Skill in reading, interpreting, and producing legal documents such as legal descriptions of property

Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships at all organizational levels and with the public

Ability to demonstrate tact and diplomacy when dealing with difficult or sensitive situations

Ability to work effectively as part of a team to ensure team and business goals are met effectively and efficiently

Ability to work independently when required, working effectively without supervision

Knowledge of water distribution and wastewater collection systems, and other environmental infrastructure systems

Skills in time management of self and others; excellent listening and communication skills to effectively convey information verbally and in writing; analytical skills with demonstrated talent for identifying, analyzing, and streamlining complex work processes; ability to resolve conflict motivating, developing and directing people as they work

Ability to use logic, reasoning, and good judgement to make decisions, evaluate potential solutions and create reasonable approaches to solve problems and/or reach conclusions

Proficient in managing multiple small, large, complex projects

Ability to manage time and workload effectively which includes planning, organizing, and prioritizing a variety of tasks

Ability to work under pressure to effectively manage risk and drive results on projects in a timely fashion

Ability to work well with others and comfortably adapt to changes in a fast-paced work environment with a strong work ethic

Ability to communicate diplomatically and effectively in both verbal and written and resolve conflict

Preferred

Bachelor's Degree in engineering, construction management, project management, and/or architectural or engineering-related field with 10 years of project management or construction management experience related to Water Distribution and/or Wastewater Collection systems construction

Managed similar projects with a value greater than $10 million

EIT, PE, PMP and/or CCM Licenses