DEPARTMENT INFORMATION:

This position is open to Colorado residents and non-residents applicants.

This position is covered by the Partnership Agreement between the State of Colorado and Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions (COWins).

New employees to the State will be paid biweekly. There are 26 biweekly pay periods in a year.

ABOUT CDOT Do you want to make a difference in Coloradans' lives? Do you have a passion for helping people and keeping them safe? At the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), you'll have the opportunity to do just that. The work our people do contributes to keeping Coloradans and visitors safe and provides freedom, connection, and experience through travel. Please visit our careers page to learn about CDOT and how we are making Colorado a great place to live, work and play, now and for the future! Also, check out our excellent benefits package!

CDOT FOR ALL CDOT's strength is our people, and our commitment to our people is to shape, support, and sustain the employee experience, and ultimately, create a supportive workplace where everyone, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, education, disability, socio-economic status, or any other identity, has the opportunity to thrive.

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The eligible list created from this announcement may be used to fill one or more positions.

DESCRIPTION OF JOB:

About the Work Unit

This Local Agency Project Manager, classified as Project Manager I, is part of the Traffic and Safety team within the Colorado Department of Transportation's Region 5 office in Durango, CO. The local agency team exists to review and perform compliance assistance and oversight with the delivery of CDOT local agency projects that are federally and/or state funded. These projects are awarded to counties, cities, towns, and Indian Tribes within CDOT Region 5. The local agency team ushers these projects through the funding applications stage all the way to final project construction. The team is largely involved in tracking, reviewing, and aiding local agencies through the planning, funding, design, and construction of their projects.

The Region 5 Local Agency unit currently includes a Project Engineer II and an Engineer in Training III. Together the unit works with 50 plus agencies on 50 projects/grants. This is a new position for the unit to grow the team.

About the Position

As the Local Agency Project Manager, you will provide engineering design oversight and construction project management oversight for local agency projects while overseeing federal and state funding compliance.

Your duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

Perform design project management for pre-construction projects, shepherding local agency projects through the project delivery process as laid out in the CDOT Local Agency Manual with oversight from a Professional Engineer. Conduct milestone meetings and collaborate with regional CDOT specialty units and maintenance to obtain clearances, review plan set and specification accuracy, consistency, and compliance with the CDOT Local Agency project delivery. Assist local agencies with consultant selection. Review construction plans and specifications, ensuring they abide by federal and state requirements. Distribute plans and specifications for review to specialty units and collect internal comments for distribution. Manage 30% and 90% Plan review meetings and other project meetings as needed. Coordinate with the local agency and Construction Manager for project transition from design to construction, coordinate pre-construction meetings, highlighting project nuances a d areas of concern regarding construction. Manage multiple projects and adhere to deadlines and local agencies' time sensitive requests. Participate in the statewide Local Agency Round Table group and task force efforts. Serve as the subject matter expert on the funding source Safe Routes to School and share that information with the local agencies. Represent the CDOT during construction project oversight processes by inspecting procedures, documentation of methods and work done, construction activities, review of materials test results, completion of project diaries and coordination of inspectors and testers with work activities. Review submittals, materials, workmanship, and finished product. Reject these when not in compliance. Ensure contract compliance and funding requirements are fulfilled. Review and process reimbursement requests. Close out projects by reviewing final compliance and release of final reimbursement and archive all documentation following state requirements. Assist with reviewing Option Letters and Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA)