Director of Project Management; TBC) Ames Story

Director of the Project Management Bureau

Iowa DOT Transportation Development Division Deputy Director of Project Development

Confidential, At-Will

Ames, Iowa

This position is a confidential, at-will position that serves as the Director of the Project Management Bureau in the Transportation Development Division. This position reports to the Deputy Director of Project Development in the Transportation Development Division and is a member of the Transportation Development Division’s management team, which formulates division policy, long-range plans, and plays a critical role in developing and managing the portfolio of highway projects that makes up the State of Iowa’s 5-year Transportation Improvement Program.

• Increased transparency and accountability for meeting project schedules, budgets, and quality standards.
• Provide better information and decision-making processes related to the resources needed to deliver quality projects on time and within budget.
• Manage and coordinate the highway program project prioritization process, which involves an engineering and economic evaluation and analysis of a large pool of potential projects for further development and programming.
• Establish better controls and mechanisms for reporting project cost, schedule, and quality.
• Provide a more comprehensive and risk-based approach to management of large, complex projects, some of which are in excess of several hundred million dollars.
• Improve existing processes for developing and managing small to medium-sized projects with varying levels of complexity.
• Provide data, tools, insight and recommendations that will help upper management create clarity and consistency in prioritizing and managing a portfolio of projects for programming and development.

As the Director of the Project Management Bureau, this position is responsible for providing overall leadership of transportation project management activities. This involves establishing long-range program objectives for project management and evaluating the performance in meeting those objectives.

This position is responsible for direct supervision and management of approximately 12 full-time positions in the Project Management Bureau, several of which are advanced engineering positions. This also includes wide-ranging, close and complex collaboration and coordination with Division Directors, District Engineers and Bureau Directors across the Department.

This position oversees the Department’s software to schedule, fund, and track projects from planning through construction letting.

Finally, this position serves as the Department’s primary representative on the ACEC / Iowa DOT / FHWA Partnering Council, addressing all concerns and disagreements between the Department and the consultant firms that aid in delivering our program.

Overnight travel will be occasionally required.

Monday through Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (may be flexed)

• Must possess and maintain a license as a Professional Engineer in the State of Iowa.

• Competitive pay and benefits package including health, dental, flexible spending, and life insurance
• Insurance benefits start the first month following 30 days of employment and costs can be reviewed here.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Paid time off effective immediately - biweekly vacation, separate sick leave, accruals rollover on a yearly basis, and 9 paid holidays per year.
• Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS) Retirement Package with employer match
• Optional 401A plan with employer contributions.
• Employee Discount Programs from a variety of vendors (vision, cellular, fitness, recreation, season passes, travel, counseling; legal,…