About Our Job

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI), through its employees, enhances the quality of life in Denver by efficiently delivering effective, high-quality, safe, and equitable public infrastructure and services.

For more information, please visit the DOTI website

DOTI’s Commitment to Equity: 

DOTI is committed to providing attention and resources to the areas, assets and people of the city with the greatest need.  Through equitable contracting, equitable investments, and equitable workforce development.

DOTI’s culture revolves around four key principles: (1) Invest in Our People, (2) Operate with Discipline, (3) Use Data to Drive Decisions, and (4) Deliver Results.

What We Offer

The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The salary range for this position is $75,000- $90,000. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
• 457B Retirement Plan
• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 11 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday and 1 volunteer day per year
• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

Location

This position balances the responsibilities of public service with the benefits of a flexible work environment. Employees work where needed, at a city site and/or in the field several days a week and current telecommute remotely options at a designated workplace within the State of Colorado the remaining days.

What You’ll Do

Performs entry level professional project management work on projects from inception to completion by managing smaller scale routine projects or assisting project managers on large, more complex projects.   

Staff Project Manager Engineering is distinguished from a Project Manager Engineering which performs professional level project management work on projects from inception to completion by managing departmental projects which includes organizing, administering, and monitoring one or more projects. 

Staff Project Manager Engineering is distinguished from a Project Manager II Engineering that performs advanced professional level project management work on complex, multifaceted projects from inception to completion including the management of projects that have city-wide impact and requires a global, strategic understanding of city agencies and city policies, standards, and systems. 

Project Management Definition: Project management is a carefully planned and organized effort to accomplish a specific one-time effort/endeavor and undertaken to achieve a particular aim. Project management includes developing a project plan, defining project goals and objectives, specifying tasks, determining how goals will be achieved and what resources are needed, and associating budgets and timelines for completion. It also includes implementing the project plan along with careful controls to stay on the “critical path” that is to ensure the plan is being managed according to the plan. Project management usually follows major phases including project planning, implementation, evaluation, and support/maintenance.  

Matrix Management: is defined as a style of management where an individual reports to a supervisor and a team leader, one functional and one operational. This is a common practice for project management where an employee reports to her/his assigned supervisor and reports to a team leader/project manager on operational project issues. The employee’s supervisor still has overall responsibility for performing the elements of supervision including performance evaluation and approving leave time and the team leader is responsible for performing the elements of lead work while the employee is assigned to a specific project. 

Performs entry level project management work by managing, coordinating, and directing development, redevelopment, and capital improvement projects for a department including project oversight with city departments, affected community and business organizations, and/or other stakeholders. 

Reviews projects for code and standards compliance, monitors the progress and quality of a project, and resolves problems and project barriers by identifying strategies and approaches to overcome barriers. 

Learns the processes, practices, and applications of design and construction project management and the principles, standards, requirements, and guidelines for plans review. 

Trains in the formulation of budgets for projects including planning, design, regulatory, and construction phases.  

Plans and implements smaller sc