Construction Project Manager II

General Description and Classification Standards

Manages the construction of capital infrastructure projects for the City of Atlanta’s Department of Enterprise Assets Management Facilities. Facility construction includes various types of facilities but are not limited to the following: public safety facilities, office renovation, neighborhood centers, etc. Provides overall project management through oversight of project plan development and implementation. Facilitates projects through all phases to include planning, design, implementation, and closeout.

Manages projects and all activities, operations, and resources necessary to carry out and ensure that projects are completed on time, within budget, and in accordance with project requirements. Evaluates contractor/consultant bids and contracts and prepares the selection process for selecting contractors/consultants. Enforces contract provisions and resolves budgetary, technical and scheduling issues. Makes on‑site inspections of projects to ensure project work and equipment is properly installed and performing as intended from the construction drawings and the project timeline is proceeding as projected.

Maintains project status reports for senior staff briefings.

Supervision Received

No direct supervisory responsibilities;
The direction received is very general and focuses on results and is typically collaborative. Makes decisions on technical issues, diagnoses, or procedures in collaboration with supervisors or managers.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

These are typical responsibilities for this position and should not be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. May perform other duties as assigned.

• Coordinates design, plans, and the scheduling of capital infrastructure projects; assists in the development of scopes of work, reviews cost estimates for projects while maintaining compliance with state, and local regulations. Performs constructability reviews as required. Manages capital improvements projects or any other assignments given for the City. Directs project field inspection and field engineering staff, ensuring that project deadlines are met.
• Works closely with the Capital Improvement Project Team and other City of Atlanta Departments.
• Establishes project goals based on what the project will accomplish according to the internal and external client’s expectations.
• Develops and implements a project management plan that includes the project scope and budget, project team organization, roles and responsibilities, lines of communication, correspondence, procedures, project schedule and deliverables, quality control/quality assurance procedures, use of DEAM guide specifications, drawing standards, and involving team members in the development and endorsement of the work plan.
• Establishes and maintains partnering or a formal management process in which all parties to a project voluntarily agree at the outset to adopt a cooperative, team‑based approach to project development and problem resolution to eliminate -- or at least reduce -- conflicts, litigation, and claims.
• Manages resources by effectively monitoring project schedule and expenditures to ensure that budget and schedule objectives are achieved.
• Ensures quality so that project objectives and requirements are achieved by developing a quality management plan outlining the quality processes that should be followed throughout the project.
• Monitors and verifies delivery of services and costs to ensure that the User’s project desired objectives and requirements are met on budget and on schedule.
• Represents the City of Atlanta as the owner's representative Field Project Engineer for DEAM project construction. Responds to emails and phone calls from internal and external customers concerning project related issues.
• Investigates and considers alternative approaches and concepts during project planning phase to ensure development of the most appropriate solutions. May manage the development of feasibility and environmental impact studies, preliminary engineering, and conceptual designs for major capital investments.
• Mitigates potential risks by incorporating transparent and verifiable safety and…