Senior Engineering Project Manager #2401-230400-01
- Date Opened
- Wednesday, March 13, 2024 8:00 AM
- Close Date
- Wednesday, April 10, 2024 11:59 AM
- Section
- Charlotte Department of Transportation
- Salary
- $82,755- $103,443
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Overview
The City of Charlotte is the largest municipality in North Carolina and the 15th largest city in the United States, with a total population of more than 897,000 citizens. A major commerce center, Charlotte hosts several of the nation’s largest banks and technology companies.
Also known as the Queen City, Charlotte is home to the Carolina Panthers, the Charlotte Hornets and the NASCAR Hall of Fame. We work hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone – a truly remarkable place to live, work, learn and play. Join us in helping to keep our City thriving, ensuring upward mobility and advancement in the workplace.
Summary
Major Duties and Responsibilities
- Works closely with General Services project managers to oversee budget, schedule, and design of high profile, complex projects sponsored by CDOT.
- Reviews plans and prepares comments to ensure all projects are consistent with City adopted policies and guidelines.
- Provides advanced technical engineering expertise, including innovate new design concepts and standards that address the needs of vehicles, pedestrians, bicycles, and transit users and conduct analyses to support project planning and design.
- Manages and mentors other engineering staff within the Design Section.
- Leads project managers in the Design Section with various project tasks, including plan review and comments, presentations, data collection, managing design databases, and documentation.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Ability to manage the details of projects that are complex both in funding and engineering.
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of civil and transportation engineering and design, traffic flow and congestion, and safety analysis methods.
- Ability to adapt both local and state analysis and design criteria to a variety of geometric and traffic control improvement plans, including applying the Charlotte Streets Map and following the guiding principles of the Charlotte Strategic Mobility Plan, the Unified Development Ordinance, and other relevant City policies.
- Ability to negotiate, build consensus and establish and maintain strong working relationships with a variety of groups to include City staff, consultants, outside agencies such as the NCDOT, and the public.
- Experience or ability to mentor the work of others.
- Ability to facilitate meetings and provide leadership for staff, committees, and citizen groups.
- Ability to provide engineering expertise and assist many internal and external customers as well as demonstrate strong organizational skills to effectively manage multiple assignments.
Preferred Qualification
- Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) in North Carolina, or ability to obtain within 1 year.
- Experience supervising and/or mentoring junior-level staff.
- Proficient in transportation engineering-related computer software, such as AutoCAD, Synchro, ArcGIS, or other relevant software applications.
Minimum Qualifications
Conditions of Employment
The City’s Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes, but is not limited to: reference checks, social security verification, education verification, criminal conviction record check, and, if applicable, a credit history check, sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.
Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidate’s written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report, motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.
Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process, candidates may be asked to take a skills test, and/or participate in other assessments.
The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
How To Apply
Apply online.
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Benefits
The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to all employees.
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The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.
In Conclusion