Lab Lead (Technical Project Manager II): District Laboratory (Austin District)

Texas Department of Transportation•Austin, TX

About The Position

This position manages advanced engineering, architectural, or construction projects, providing leadership in planning, oversight and compliance with state and federal regulations. Oversees project objectives, ensures quality assurance/quality control, and maintains project integrity. Work requires extensive contact with agency management, governmental officials and private entities. Serves as a lead worker. Employees at this level are virtually self -supervising and assume direct accountability for the work product.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline. Relevant experience may be substituted for education on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications
Experience: 6 YEARS of experience in construction project management; project management, process engineering and business process improvement methodologies. (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent).
Licenses and Certifications: Valid driver’s license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.
Industry guidelines, specifications and codes in the production and use of technical plans for the development and delivery of products and services
Applicable plans, specifications and estimates preparation, review, processing and compliance requirements
Project scheduling and coordination activities
Systems and procedures used to evaluate a third-party vendor's performance
Leading, assigning, reviewing, and monitoring the work of others
Using computers and applicable computer software
Public relations for maintaining effective working relationships with individuals and groups, both internal and external
Evaluate process performance
Follow applicable safety standards, practices and procedures

Responsibilities

Evaluates project challenges and formulates solutions to achieve objectives related to productivity, quality, and client satisfaction.
Evaluates and assesses business process improvement initiatives performed by others.
Serves as a lead worker by advising, training, and coaching employees to increase job efficiency; acting as a resource for complex questions; presenting workflow and operational updates to the supervisor/manager; providing input on team members’ career conversations; and approving leave requests to ensure operations coverage.
Compiles and distributes project information, status reports, and project budget expenditures
Conducts project reviews and coordinates inspections with various inspectors and other district/division project managers.
Creates documentation procedures to capture and deal with changes in original project plan.
Identifies potential project impediments, risks, and issues; and designs strategies to mitigate or avoid them.
Oversees project assignments, determines work requirements to complete project plans and coordinates scheduling to accommodate projects already underway
Oversees and monitors the inspections of construction methods, workmanship and maintenance procedures to ensure contractors build, install, maintain and repair traffic control/data collection related equipment or facilities in accordance with plans, specifications and contract requirements.
Performs other job responsibilities as assigned. This position requires driving a state vehicle.