Park Development Project Manager – Parks & Recreation

Job Description: Salt Lake County…A career with a purpose in the community you love! Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

What it is like to work here:
At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community. To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

Surround yourself with:
Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live to work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community. Community is more than a place… It’s our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work life balance:
Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck. A career with Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks. We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year.

Additional Benefits include:

• Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with 10% contribution
• Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option—Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees
• Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
• 100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
• Plus:
  Onsite medical clinic, hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities.

Background Check Information:
Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant must pass a required background check through fingerprinting and enrollment in the continuous RAP Back (Record of Arrest and Prosecution Back) program in accordance with current County Human Resources policy requirements.

Manages the design and construction of multiple large and small capital projects. Performs county-wide master-planning of recreation systems for parks, recreation facilities, regional trails, open-space, and golf courses. Master-plans and designs individual parks, regional trails, open-space, and recreation facilities.

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, or other closely related field, plus six (6) years of related experience, OR an equivalent combination of related education and experience. Supervisory Experience is preferred. A valid Driver’s License issued by the State of Utah may be required to operate a vehicle.

• Manages the design and construction of multiple large and small capital projects including parks, trails, recreation centers, golf courses, and swimming pools.
• Prepares accurate cost estimates for park and recreation projects.
• Performs thorough site analysis of park land to be developed.
• Organizes and conducts public meetings to obtain citizen input for capital improvement projects.
• Obtains jurisdictional approvals from city, County, State, and Federal agencies for permitting of construction.
• Coordinates the contractor bidding process and issues orders for the contractor to begin construction work and to cease work.
• Inspects construction work in progress; approves construction quality and contractor payment requests.
• Approves construction work for final acceptance, project closeout, and final payment.
• Establishes, monitors, and controls project budgets.
• Represents the county in meetings with the public;
  Federal, State, and City agencies; and with other County Divisions and Departments.
• Performs irrigation installation inspections. Keep Senior Project Manager informed of project progress.

• Design and construction principles and methods
• Short and long-range planning processes and techniques
• Park and…