Civil Engineering Project Manager II, Roadway Construction - Grand Junction

Overview

Grand Junction, CO 81501

Colorado Department of Transportation

Civil Engineering Project Manager II, Roadway Construction - Grand Junction

Salary Range: Civil Engineering Project Manager II - $90,686 - $102,527/annually

Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.

One position will be filled at the Civil Engineering Project Manager II level.

New employees to the State will be paid biweekly. There are 26 biweekly pay periods in a year.

Work Unit The Civil Engineering Project Manager works in the Colorado Department of Transportation's (CDOT's) Grand Junction Engineering residency. The purpose of the Engineering unit is to plan, design, and administer assigned construction projects, from planning through project development, advertisement, and construction to completion.

This position serves as Construction Manager/Project Engineer delegated by the Chief Engineer to act as a fully authorized representative in direct charge of the construction for assigned projects. It manages projects from start to finish and supervises a project team including CDOT/consultant assistant project engineers, inspectors and testers. The role has oversight of all related contractors, subcontractors and consultants and resolves changes to plans, schedules, programs, contracts, criteria, and specifications by consultants/contractors.

The Civil Engineering Project Manager II functions as the Construction Manager/Project Engineer on complex projects and participates in preconstruction activities, plan reviews, and advising designers on constructability and contract administration. This position is supervised by a Licensed Professional Engineer.

Your duties and responsibilities will include:

• Project Engineer/Assistant Project Engineer - Contract Administration
• Assists with or plans, organizes and conducts engineering projects requiring the application of professional engineering processes, theories, laws, principles, conceptual models, and techniques related to highway engineering.
• Prepares contract documents such as task orders and formal agreements, authorization payments for consultant billings, maintaining accurate summaries and staying within contract budgets.
• Oversees the work of contractors, reviewing the work for compliance with plans, specifications, and procedures.
• Verifies that the contractor’s equipment, materials, workmanship, and products are in conformance with the contract plans and specifications by performing detailed inspections and maintaining proper documentation.
• Checks and compiles documentation that reports quantities of work performed and assuring the contractual acceptability of the work.
• Prepares and approves payments for contractors.
• Uses software such as Site Manager, PMWeb, LCP Tracker, B2G, Bluebeam, Word, Excel, Project, and SAP.

• Construction Management
• Serves as Construction Manager delegated by the Chief Engineer to act as a fully authorized representative in direct charge of the construction for assigned projects.
• Manages construction projects from start to finish.
• Monitors schedules, project expenditures, and materials and produces daily documentation.
• Manages a project team consisting of CDOT/consultant’s assistant project engineers, inspectors, testers and is responsible for resolving all changes from plans, schedules, programs, contracts, criteria, specifications by consultants/contractors.
• Monitors contractor compliance with equal employment opportunity laws, safety regulations, state/local/federal ordinances, etc. to ensure conformance.
• Reviews the requirements, needs, and limitations for projects, and then plans the processes needed to accomplish the project management including:
  • Applying the plans, specifications, and M & S Standards to inspect the work progress by contractors to assure conformance.
  • Documenting and approving progress and final contract payments due for work completed and accepted by reviewing pay documentation prepared by staff.
  • Recommending appropriate changes in the contract to minimize potential costs and delays and to compose contract change orders using appropriate methods for cost and schedule evaluations.

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