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Who We Are

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 including transportation planning design and construction; major projects maintenance of streets bridges and storm and sanitary sewers; residential trash recycling and compost collection; and oversight and regulation of use of the public rightofway including onstreet parking. We employ a culture of safety throughout the department to strengthen workplace health and organizational performance. For more information please visit 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.
• DOTIs 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.

Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) Interagency Missions team (IA) is responsible for the project delivery of vertical and horizontal design and construction within the City. IA manages the project team (user agencies/owner architect contractor) and the overall process required to successfully plan procure design and construct projects. IA provides project management services to numerous City agencies and departments to ensure their project needs are met. Projects managed by this team range from capital/deferred maintenance to groundup new buildings.

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 $100000 $130000. We also offer generous benefits for fulltime employees which include but is not limited to:

• A guaranteed lifelong 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

The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed at a job site several days a week and offsite as needed. In this position you can expect to report to Republic Plaza building 3 days in office/ 2 days remote. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their offsite days.

What Youll Do

The IA team is seeking a Project Manager II (Senior Project Manager) with vertical design construction and planning experience to focus on project delivery for our Customer Agencies which include Denver Parks and Recreation Denver Arts and Venues Denver Public Libraries Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Denver Safety Department Denver Division of Real Estate Housing Stability Climate Action Sustainability & Resiliency and more. Potential project types may include master planning space planning design and construction of new buildings interior and exterior renovations at existing facilities and building system renovations at existing buildings etc.

As a project manager for the IA team you will facilitate the procurement and management of design teams oversee bidding and manage contractors to implement work for our Customer Agencies throughout the successful candidate will lead stakeholder groups collaboratively and with accountability. Job duties and responsibilities of this position include but are not limited to the following:

• Manage potentially highprofile projects with unique budget schedule and political considerations.
• Create analyze and maintain project schedules and budgets in association with defined scopes of work in order to create cash flow analyses for optimizing the timing of project delivery.
• Understand and manage the contractual obligations of all parties involved in the agreements for contracts that support the delivery of professional and construction services for Interagency.
• Understand alternatives in contracting procurement and project delivery methods as well as have the skill/experience to lead projects under these alternate deliver methods.
• Monitor the progress of Contractors work to ensure projects adhere to overall project schedules.
• Define and measure project performance.
• Utilize technical writing and presentation skills to demonstrate trends within the market agency work type contract etc.
• Prepare and communicate project status reports for key stakeholders and provide updates on project activities and identify project risks & mitigation strategies.
• Monitor the budget for project planning design regulatory and/or construction phases and ensures project deliverables stay ontime ontarget and onbudget.
• Interact with utility companies City agencies/departments and other governmental agencies to obtain necessary permits and clearances and to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Skilled in Microsoft Office particularly Excel and PowerPoint and open to learn new City software for Project Management.
• Understand and apply emotional intelligence to your work environment.
• Knowledge share lessons learned with the Interagency team and act as a mentor to your fellow team members.
• Identify and implement innovations to improve project and team performance and efficiency.
  

What Youll Bring

Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience skills and characteristics:

• Fire 5 or more years of professional project management experience in commercial institutional and/or municipal/governmental work as an owners representative construction project manager or as a design project manager
• Experience managing complex alternative delivery contracts/projects with high dollar values and with minimal guidance or oversight
• Experience communicating amenably with project teams in a challenging and diverse environment
• A passion for mentoring peers through positive interpersonal interactions
• Ability to follow strict and ethical policies and procedures that guide municipal project delivery work

Required Minimum Qualifications:

• Education requirement: Bachelors Degree in Project Management Engineering Architecture Landscape Architecture or a related field.
• Experience Requirement: Three 3 years of professional project management experience in the related occupational group including planning managing and scheduling projects and preparing and reviewing contract documents.
• Education/Experience Equivalency: One 1 year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of posthigh school education.
• Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements.
• License/Certifications: Requires a valid Drivers License at the time of application.
• Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment.

Application Deadline

This position is expected to stay open until April 21 2025. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than April 20 2025 at 11:59 PM to ensure consideration.

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