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The City of San Antonio's mission is to deliver quality City services and commit to achieve San Antonio's vision of prosperity for our diverse, vibrant, and historic community.

Our approximately 12,000 employees are critical in the delivery of quality services to the residents of the City of San Antonio. The commitment our employees demonstrate to their jobs and to the advancement of the City's goals is the key to our success in mission accomplishment.

The City of San Antonio has identified four core values - Teamwork, Professionalism, Integrity, and Innovation - to efficiently and effectively inspire, motivate, lead, develop and empower employees in order to serve the public economically, ethically, equitably, and continuously improve and promote the high performance of government.

To ensure commitment to these values and to further integrate them with our organizational mission and vision, it is imperative that we seek these behaviors in the people we hire.

Under general direction, is responsible for managing the activities for the delivery of one or more capital improvement projects, including planning, budget development, scheduling, coordination with and management of design consultants, procurement processes, contract administration project closeout and warranty observation. Working conditions are primarily in an office environment, but will also include periodic field work to observe construction activities. May exercise functional supervision over assigned staff.

Work Location
City Tower - 100 W. Houston, San Antonio, TX 78205

Work Hours
7:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday

Submit applications online at:
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/sanantoniotx/jobs/5374424

Essential Job Functions

• Manages the design, development, and implementation of projects to include, but not limited to gathering and defining the project requirements; obtains staffing requirements; and forms projected teams.
• Develops methods, procedures, and quality objectives including metrics for assessing progress; utilizes established project standards, procedures, and quality objectives.
• Conducts project kickoff meetings; communicates individual roles and project expectations; ensures all project team members have the tools and training required to perform effectively.
• Develops detailed project plans and schedules.
• Provides work direction and leadership to assigned projects, including scheduling, assignment of work, and review of project efforts.
• Monitors project milestones and critical dates to identify potential risk to project schedule; identifies ways to resolve schedule issues; keeps management current on any changes.
• Assesses variances from the project plans; gathers metrics, and develops and implements changes as necessary to ensure that the project remains within specified scope and is within time, cost, and quality objectives.
• Conducts formal quality assurance reviews with stakeholder(s) during and upon project completion to confirm acceptance and satisfaction.
• Provides the team with constructive feedback as it pertains to project performance.
• Interviews, selects, supervises, develops,and if necessary, counsels personnel according to established COSA policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Develops and maintains a productive working relationship with project stakeholder(s), project team members, and vendors.
• Performs related duties and fulfills responsibilities as required.

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university.
• Two (2) years of project management experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture or Construction Management or experience or education in a related field.
• Texas Architect License.
• PMP Certification.
• Knowledge of architectural and building facility planning, design and construction.
• Experience in professional service and construction contracts (i.e., architectural, engineering and building).
• Exceptional communication skills necessary to inform management and project stakeholders on project status.
• Experience developing, managing, and monitoring building facility project budgets, project design and construction schedules.
• Ability to read and interpret architectural and engineering technical specifications and drawings.
• Experience managing construction project budget estimates and spreadsheets.
• Experience reviewing and evaluating construction contractor schedules, pay applications, daily reports, requests for information (RFI’s), Architects Supplemental Instructions (ASI’s), construction change proposals, change orders, submittals, shop drawings, and other construction administration communications.
• Experience establishing priorities and goals for project teams.
• Ability to visit job sites and review Contractor job progress.
• Experience resolving construction related conflicts and disputes.
• Experience preparing budget input data.
• Ability to prepare council items (i.e., proposal acceptance, service contracts, additional fees, Architect/Engineer agreements, construction contract award, field alterations, and additional construction funds.
• Ability to initiate interest statement packages for architects, engineers and construction contractors, monitoring Architect/Engineer/Contractor contract schedules and maintaining master lists.
• Ability to initiate and revisit project cost data reports and approve payments to consultants and contractors, etc.
   

Applicant Information

• Unless otherwise stated, applicants are permitted to substitute two years of related full-time experience for one year of higher education or one year of related higher education for two years of experience in order to meet the minimum requirements of the job. One year of full-time experience is defined as 30 or more hours worked per week for 12 months. One year of higher education is defined as 30 credit hours completed at an accredited college or university.

For more information and to submit your application, visit the City of San Antonio's website at:  https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/sanantoniotx/jobs/5374424