Project Manager - Closeout; Term Limited

Overview

Salary range is $78K to $155K with a midpoint of $108K. New hires typically receive between minimum and midpoint; however, we may go slightly higher based on experience, internal equity and market.

Sound Transit benefits include a comprehensive package with a wide range of offerings:

• Health Benefits: two medical plan options, a dental plan, and a vision plan—all at no cost for employee coverage; comprehensive benefits for employees and eligible dependents, including a spouse or domestic partner.
• Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Retirement Plans: 401a with 10% employee contribution and a 12% match; 457b up to IRS maximum (employee contribution).
• Paid Time Off: 25 days of PTO annually with increases at 4, 8, and 12 years of service; director level accrues additional days; 12 paid holidays; up to 2 paid floating holidays and up to 2 paid volunteer days per year.
• Parental Leave: 12 weeks for new parents.
• Pet Insurance.
• ORCA Card: All full-time employees receive an ORCA card at no cost.
• Tuition Reimbursement: up to $5,000 annually for approved tuition expenses.
• Compensation Practices: competitive salaries based on market rates and internal equity; includes work-life balance, professional development, and recognition.

This is a term-limited position with an anticipated end date at 5 years of service.

Under general direction, manages, administers, and leads capital projects and actual design and construction in assigned area of responsibility within the Capital Delivery Department; ensures projects are constructed within time and budget constraints and in full compliance with ST, local, state, and federal policies, procedures, rules, and regulations; organizes and leads project teams through project initiation and implementation; develops and manages project-specific scopes, schedules, and budgets;

interfaces and works cooperatively with other Agency departments to implement and support Agency-wide programs and to obtain consensus and approvals related to project or task; ensures payments to contractors are proper and timely and change management of costs is proper and well documented; manages consultants and Washington State Department of Transportation teams involved with contract administration; provides for proper staffing of assigned projects;

represents the Agency on a local and regional level to inform and educate the public on current and future regional transit projects.

The following duties are representative of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.

• Leads, coordinates, schedules, assigns, and inspects the daily work activities of assigned staff, consultants, and contractors.
• Procures design and construction management consultants; coordinates and tracks consultant scope of work; verifies submittals including monthly reporting; monitors schedules; participates in feasibility studies and environmental analyses; facilitates environmental documentation; negotiates and manages scope, quality, schedule, costs, risk, personnel, consultants/contractors for design, construction, and signage; manages budgets and schedules; ensures adherence to codes and design practices; negotiates and approves change orders;
  
  forecasts future work; manages expenditures of project budgets and grants; presents contracts and amendments for consideration.
• Manages the design team budget and resources; maintains key milestones; performs quality control for design; distributes plans for review; monitors consultant work for scope adherence.
• Reviews design plans, environmental documentation, transportation studies, sign location plans, and other design documentation required to permit development; reviews estimates for technical quality and adherence to codes; analyzes and solves complex technical problems; addresses comments from interested parties with the design team.
• Coordinates and mediates competing goals with operations, local cities, and the surrounding community; coordinates with a wide group of users and operators to…