Project Manager II- CIP

Posting Open Until Filled

Salary:  Commensurate with experience

Here at the City of Atlanta, we are passionate about building and improving our community. Our Police Officers, Fire Fighters, and Building Inspectors keep our Citizens safe. Our Public Works Staff keep our City clean and help to maintain, build, and improve our City’s infrastructure. Our City planners help envision and shape future City growth. Our Parks & Recreation professionals enhance our quality of life. Our Engineers help to keep our drinking water clean, the largest airport in the world (by passenger volume) operating, and our buildings maintained.   Along with the host of Finance, Procurement, and Human Resources professionals whose support is vital, we are the City of Atlanta!   If you’re seeking a meaningful role where you can make a real difference improving and growing our City, we welcome you to explore the job opportunities we have to offer.

The Department of Watershed Management is a regional public water and wastewater utility serving 1.2 million people each day.  The Department’s core services include treatment and distribution of safe drinking water; collection and treatment of wastewater to a high standard; management of watersheds within the City of Atlanta; and customer care and billing services for 164,000 accounts.  The Department’s vision of being a leader in innovation, service and value is supported by eight strategic priorities including: Service Delivery, Infrastructure Reliability, Workforce Development, Operational Efficiency, Financial Resilience, Compliance, Smart Utility Transformation; and Safety, Security and Emergency Management. 

General Summary

The Project Manager II(CIP) is responsible for planning, directing and coordinating, usually through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities and systems. Duties at this level include but are not limited to: participating in the conceptual development of a construction project; overseeing personnel actions and decisions; and managing schedules and budgets. This position requires an experienced, professional capable of carrying out most assignments typical of the profession with limited guidance or review. This level would be considered a promotional level and attainable by any incumbents in a work group who demonstrate the necessary knowledge, ability, and performance.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities   These are typical responsibilities for this position and should not be construed as exclusive or all inclusive.  May perform other duties as assigned.

• Oversees personnel actions and decisions; manages conflict resolution and team-building activities; performs team and individual performance evaluations and reporting. Tracks and reviews departmental performance measures.
• Oversees designs, plans and manages the scheduling of capital infrastructure projects; develops scope of work and cost estimates for projects while maintaining compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.
• Oversees engineering surveys and studies; evaluation and analysis of capital infrastructure projects including reports, costa analysis, budget availability and feasibility studies.
• Manages water distribution, wastewater collection, water treatment facilities, wastewater treatment facilities or watershed protection type projects for the City. 
• Makes decisions on technical issues, diagnoses or procedures in collaboration with supervisors and functional managers.
• Reviews contractors’ daily journals for comparison to inspectors' daily journals for accuracy and congruency to avoid any conflicts when contractors are preparing applications for payment to the City for delivered work. 
• Supervises staff and encourages staff development.
• Plans out projects by creating a comprehensive set of plans that will enable the project team to deliver the project objectives. 
• 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.
• Applies organizational policies. Selects from multiple procedures and methods to accomplish tasks.
• Establishes work methods, timetables, performance standards, etc.
• Typically has formal project management and/or skills development responsibilities. 
• Manages progress meetings to review status of ongoing projects and coordinates with the Public Information Manager, Safety Officer, Project Controls/Schedule Manager, Permit Coordinator and Land Acquisition team to review work in progress and data deliverables to

ensure the project is within budget and on time.

• Directs project field inspection and eng