Project Manager, Project & Program Management

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

TENTATIVE EXAMINATION DATE: To be determined.

The City of Stockton's is seeking to fill a vacancy for the position of Project Manager I in the Fire Department. Under general direction, plans, organizes, and administers Public Works, Municipal Utilities, or other City projects of various levels of complexity; may lead and coordinate activities of Capital Improvement Program (CIP) project teams; leads and coordinates the work of assigned professional and support staff who are acting as project team members;

performs related duties as assigned.

The incumbent for the Project Manager I position will work a City of Stockton 9/80 schedule: 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Fridays, with alternating Fridays off. Occasional evening and weekend work is required.

Prior to appointment, eligible candidates will be required to submit to and successfully pass a background investigation, which will include fingerprinting.

Project Manager I is the entry level class of the series, in which incumbents perform the more routine day to day administration duties while learning specific City and departmental procedures and techniques related to project management. As experience is gained, assignments become more diversified and complex and are performed under more general supervision.

Project Manager I:
Possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in engineering, business or public administration, or a closely related field; AND one (1) year of project leadership experience in government or engineering-related projects.

OR

Possession of an Associate of Arts degree or completion of sixty (60) semester units or equivalent quarter hours from an accredited college or university with major course work in pre-engineering, business or public administration, or closely related field; AND three (3) years of project leadership experience in government or engineering-related projects.

• Specified positions may require possession of a valid California Class C Driver License.

• Developing project administration, monitoring, and evaluation techniques;
• Principles, practices, and techniques of project administration, including monitoring and evaluation;
• Administrative principles and practices, including goals and objectives development, work planning, and employee supervision;
• Business and engineering computer use applications;
• Basic budgetary principles and practices;
• Basic supervisory principles and practices;
• Team leadership and facilitation principles and techniques;
• Principles and practices of contract administration and project management and evaluation;
• Applicable codes, regulations, and standards relating to City contract administration;
• Safety practices pertaining to the work;
• Construction materials, methods, and equipment.

• Planning, organizing, assigning, reviewing, and directing the work of project team members;
• Organizing work, setting priorities, establishing goals and objectives, and exercising sound independent judgment within established guidelines;
• Establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with those…