Technical Project Manager Ii Jobs in Texas (NOW HIRING)

Technical Project Manager I
Manages advanced engineering, architectural, or construction projects, providing leadership in planning, oversight and compliance with state and federal regulations.  Oversees projects objectives, ensures quality assurance/quality control, and maintains project integrity.  Work requires extensive contact with agency management, governmental officials and private entities. Employees at this level are virtually self -supervising and assume direct accountability for the work product.

Technical Project Manger II
Manages advanced engineering, architectural, or construction projects, providing leadership in planning, oversight, and compliance
with state and federal regulations. Oversees project objectives, ensures quality assurance/quality control, and maintains project
integrity. Work requires extensive contact with agency management, governmental officials and private entities. Serves as a lead
worker. Employees at this level are virtually self-supervising and assume direct accountability for the work product.

Essential Duties For a Technical Project Manager I:
- Conducts project reviews and coordinates inspections with various inspectors and other district/division project
managers.
- Consults with Project Engineers, resident project representatives and contractors' superintendents on work progress and
construction problems; reviews equipment utilization data and time/cost estimates.
- Directs, develops, implements, and evaluates project budgets, schedules, work plans, resources requirements, and cost
estimates and projections.
- Identifies potential project impediments, risks, and issues; and designs strategies to mitigate or avoid them.
- Monitors and manages project cost and quality to ensure project is completed within budget and to ensure deliverables are
acceptable and fulfill the terms of the project contract or specifications.
- Oversees project assignments, determines work requirements to complete project plans and coordinates scheduling to
accommodate projects already underway.
- Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Additional Duties for a Project Manager II:
- Reviews and analyzes project performance and objectives to determine opportunities for improvement across personnel,
processes, and technology.
- Evaluates project challenges and formulates solutions to achieve objectives related to productivity, quality, and client
satisfaction.
- Serves as a lead worker by advising, training, and coaching employees to increase job efficiency; acting as a resource
for complex questions; presenting workflow and operational updates to the supervisor/manager; providing input on team members'
career conversations; and approving leave requests to ensure operations coverage.
- Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline. Relevant experience may be substituted for education on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications

Experience:

Technical Project Manager I: 5 YEARS construction project management; project management, process engineering and/or business process improvement methodologies. (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent).

Technical Project Manager II: 6 YEARS construction project management; project management, process engineering and/or business process improvement methodologies (Experience can be satisfied by fulltime or prorated parttime equivalent)

Licenses and Certifications:

Valid driver's license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.

Safety Impact Certificate.

Substitution
Relevant work experience may be substituted for degree on a year per year basis OR related graduate level education may be
substituted for experience on a year per year basis.

Competencies For a Technical Project Manager I:

Extensive Knowledge of:
- Industry guidelines, specifications and codes in the production and use of technical plans for the development and
delivery of products and services
- Applicable plans, specifications and estimates preparation, review, processing and compliance requirements
- Applicable project development (planning, environmental, right of way, design, letting, construction, and project closeout) document preparation, review, processing and compliance requirements
- Project Delivery Process
- Project Management best practices

Considerable Knowledge of:
- Project scheduling and coordination activities

Proficient Skill in:
- Leading, assigning, reviewing, and monitoring the work of others
- Using computers and applicable computer software

Additional Competencies For a Technical Project Manager II:

Expert Skill in:
- Leading, assigning, reviewing, and monitoring the work of others

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
- Sedentary work: Lift up to 10 lbs. at a time and occasionally carry files/small tools
- Light work: Lift up to 20 lbs. at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 10 lbs.
- Standing-prolonged periods of time
- Repetitive Motion-substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
- Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading

Conditions of Employment:
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• This job has been identified as physically demanding and will require a pre-employment physical. 
• Must pass a drug test prior to employment for safety impact positions. This is a Safety Impact position and will be subject to random drug testing.
  • Please note that the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation - 49 CFR Part 40, at 40.151(e) - does not authorize "medical marijuana" under a state law to be a valid medical explanation for a positive drug test result for an employee in this position.