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City of Dallas · 21 hours ago

Senior Project Coordinator - Dallas Water Utilites (Civil Service)

Dallas, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$70K/yr - $88K/yr

5+ years exp

City of Dallas is committed to helping you thrive while you help our city flourish. The Senior Project Coordinator manages and coordinates the bond program and agenda items for department and assigned projects, ensuring effective planning for capital improvements.

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Responsibilities

Prepares, coordinates, and reviews the department’s City Council Agenda items; creates the agenda items in Register for the department and reviews and approves the agenda items in Register for the Administrative Specialists within the department

Maintains and keeps a complete and continuously updated inventory of capital needs and cost estimates to facilitate planning and ensure prompt response to inquiries; coordinates the development of proposed capital improvement programs to achieve a City Council-approved program to submit for voter approval

Provides research on previous agenda items as required; prepares internal reports, analyzes goals vs. objectives, and identifies areas where duplication of effort is evident and provides suggested solutions to streamline the agenda process

Manages and coordinates the Open Records requests that are distributed by the City’s Public Information Office; coordinates the responses within various departments

Coordinates and facilitates special projects as assigned by the Director, Assistant Director, or other leadership

Manages the departmental projects supporting the renovation of various facilities for various departments

Coordinates the annual, monthly, and daily requests for access to the City’s network, serves as custodian for the department’s access to Advantage, Tririga, Register, etc.; and identifies areas and recommends to upper management where activities can be streamlined

Communicates with other Project Coordinators within the City of Dallas, contractors, and Directors of various departments to discuss information required and items related to assigned projects; coordinates construction and rehabilitation projects, certifying that the work has been completed as presented in the proposals

Schedules and facilitates meetings with City departments, contractors, etc.; provides technical guidance as it pertains to Agenda, open records, the Advantage Management System; and prepares and contributes to the development review or revision of ordinances as they relate to the department

Identifies needed areas of change in policies and procedures and makes recommendations to improve said operations

Performs any and all other work as needed or assigned

Qualification

Capital improvement planningContract administrationProject managementBudget preparationData organizationEffective communicationRelationship building

Required

Bachelor's degree in a business, public administration, engineering, architecture, or construction management field

Five (5) years of budget preparation/monitoring, contract preparation/monitoring, monitoring of performance measures, and/or process improvement

Two (2) years of supervisory/project management responsibilities

Valid Driver's License with a good driving record

Knowledge of planning, design, and financing of capital improvement projects

Knowledge of contract administration

Knowledge of the fundamental elements of project design and construction

Knowledge of project coordination, management, and facilitation

Ability to organize data into reports and presentations

Ability to plan, initiate, and execute capital improvement programs

Ability to work with statistical and budgetary matters

Ability to support, manage, and administer bond and related programs

Communicating effectively verbally and in writing

Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships

Preferred

Experience in legislative affairs including the tracking and review of legislation and bills, tracking of funding opportunities and preparation of funding applications from state and/or federal agencies, and working with advocacy groups and/or legislative representatives is preferred