Highway Project Manager, Rpe

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Positions available in Carson City and Las Vegas within the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) Project Management Division. Under administrative direction, incumbent manages and delivers major, complex, and regionally significant highway projects using traditional and innovative project delivery methods; performs professional engineering work in coordinating, planning, directing, and managing activities as a Highway Project Manager for NDOT. This includes responsibility for the scope, budget, quality, and timely completion of multi-year transportation projects;

oversees activities between consultants and contractors; coordinates activities between various functional divisions within NDOT, other State and federal agencies, and local transportation officials; resolves extensive planning, environmental, right-of-way, design, construction, and maintenance issues associated with the highway projects as well as intensive coordination and communication with federal officials to ensure appropriate use of federal funds.

Current licensure as a Registered Professional Engineer and demonstrated supervisory or responsible project charge experience in designing, constructing or coordinating major highway or transportation projects.

Engineering functions at this level require analysis involving the application of advanced principles and abstract concepts in the development of unique solutions to difficult problems that impact the administration and management of major, broad organizational services and long and short-range goals. Duties require decisions that have direct and significant impact on project progress and resources. Communication with executives, officials and regulatory representatives is also required for the purpose of negotiating solutions to major issues involving the influence of policy and procedure changes.

Work is performed independently within the framework of department policies and all applicable laws, regulations and statutory requirements; project management includes determining work priorities, standards, techniques and guidelines; when standards and techniques are not adequate or applicable, judgment and ingenuity must be exercised. Incumbents coordinate activities between consultants, contractors, various functional divisions within NDOT, other State and federal agencies, and local transportation officials, and resolve extensive environmental, right-of-way, hydraulic, safety, and construction materials issues associated with the largest highway projects as well as intensive coordination and communication with federal officials to ensure appropriate use of federal funds.

Representative duties: Prepare the project scope of work and approve changes when necessary including the project description and all design requirements; meet with federal and local officials and participate in public hearings to ensure the project scope meets all necessary requirements; ensure the project is properly programmed into the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP); continually identify major right-of-way and design options and bring them to senior management for timely decisions;

prepare and submit necessary design exceptions to the Federal Highway Administration. Consult with various NDOT divisions to develop a realistic project schedule; consider schedules for each aspect of the project including initial studies, environmental studies, and right-of-way acquisition; ensure the project schedule is maintained and problems are resolved expeditiously; conduct periodic meetings involving various participants to review project status and identify issues to avoid project delays, and alert senior management to issues which may cause unanticipated delays;

consider the availability of agency construction inspectors and need for consultant inspection. Develop and periodically review the project budget and, if necessary, justify and make changes as appropriate; work with the department's program development and financial management sections to ensure funding is available in the appropriate category for the applicable fiscal year and that no funding is lost; review past projects to develop accurate cost estimating factors;

review all major design elements in order to identify more cost effective options; ensure the "Engineer's Estimate" is properly prepared and that all other cost elements are accurately estimated and included within the project budget; work with the Legal Division to negotiate and execute funding and other agreements with other agencies and private developers; and prepare discretionary funding requests for submission to the federal government.

Direct and manage projects during the pre-construction phase by coordinating the efforts of all functional engineering divisions and…