Project Manager

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Company: City of Fort Collins
Location: Fort Collins, CO 80525

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REQUISITION #: req2283

DEPARTMENT: Transfort / Parking Services

LOCATION: TRANSIT CENTER – MASON

BENEFIT CATEGORY: Classified (Non-CBU) View Classifications & Benefits
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-Time Regular

ANNUAL SALARY RANGE: $53,856.00 – 89,760.00 (Salaries are paid biweekly)
SELECTION PROCESS: Application deadline is 3:00 p.m. MT on 1/6/2020.

You will receive an email acknowledgment when you have successfully submitted an application. Your completed application will be forwarded to the hiring manager. You will be notified if you are selected for further testing or interviews. Please keep your contact information up-to-date. The status of your application will be updated in your applicant profile. Post-offer background check required.

Located against the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and home to Colorado State University (CSU), the City of Fort Collins offers a diverse culture, educated and engaged citizens, outdoor recreation, bicycles, breweries, historic charm, and a thriving economy. Throughout the year, live music and entertainment, as well as great local dining, can be found throughout the historic downtown area. Fort Collins offers the convenience of a small town with all the amenities of a larger city.

The City’s long list of acknowledgements includes:

  • Outstanding Achievement in Local Government Innovation Award: Alliance for Innovation-April 2018
  • No 14 Best Place to Live: Livability.com-March 2018
  • C40 Cities, Cities4Action Winner: Bloomberg Philanthropy-Dec 2017
  • The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award-November 2017
  • 5th Best Performing City: Milken Institute-Jan 2017
  • No. 1 Stable and Growing Housing Market: Realtor.com-Jun 2017
  • No. 1 City in America for Cycling: PeopleForBikes-May 2018
  • 11th Happiest City in America: Yahoo! Finance – March 2017
  • Top 100 Best Cities to Start a Family: LendEDU – Feb 2017
  • No. 9 Top 150 Cities for Millennials Report: Millennial Personal Finance – Feb 2017
  • Peak Award for Performance Excellence: Rocky Mountain Performance Excellence-2014
Why Work For the City of Fort Collins?

  • Medical, dental, vision (for self, spouse, children) – eligible on the 1st of the month following date of hire
  • Paid vacation, paid holidays, and sick days
  • Retirement + company matching – after 6 month probation period and immediate vesting

  • Flexible spending: Medical expenses FSA, dependent FSA or both


  • Employee Assistance Program: counselling, legal, financial assistance

  • Life insurance, short-term and long term disability


  • Wellness program, workout facilities


  • Employee/family Onsite Health Clinic



– Personal & professional learning opportunities including supervisory and leadership development; plus career mobility

  • Collaborative work environment
SUMMARY
This position will work in the City of Fort Collins Transfort & Parking Services Department, Planning, Development & Transportation Service Area within Fort Collins to manage multiple projects within the department. This position requires strong organizational, collaboration and analytical skills to ensure successful project outcomes by working with multiple departments, vendors, Project Managers and Transfort & Parking Services leadership team. This position will manage multiple projects at a time varying from major/capital projects, minor projects, and contract administration, while ensuring they follow consistent processes, sustain budget parameters, and provide desired outcomes.


ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES The following duties and responsibilities are illustrative of the primary functions of this position and are not intended to be all inclusive.
  • Identify and develop project management methodology, best practices and standards.
  • Proactively identify and highlight business issue concerns and opportunities and develop recommended business decisions based on broad knowledge of best practices and data-supported analysis. Lead implementation of solutions.
  • Collaborate to ensure ongoing development and implementation of the evaluation process and identified results.
  • Manage program project schedule, periodic reporting and progress monitoring.
  • Provide guidance and help build consensus for evaluation related decision-making.
  • Analyze and synthesize data to drive decision-making.
  • Connect Project Managers to standard processes and Lean process improvement methodology.
  • Collaborate with multiple departments and outside sources for successful project implementation.
  • Support new and existing projects through the project management lifecycle, and through the duration of the project.
  • Develop approval process for new/existing projects.
  • After evaluation, present findings to Capital Project Team for approval.
  • Oversee the development, quality, and reliability of multiple data management systems.
  • Provide templates and participate in all phases of project management including, but not limited to: scope, purchasing, project plan, coordination plan, stakeholder involvement, communication plan, risk analysis, quarterly reports, close out or evaluation.
  • Publish and disseminate findings in various formats, targeting specific audiences.
  • Communicate efforts and outcomes to all stakeholder groups.
  • Assist with Council communications and Budget For Outcomes offers.
  • Complete portfolio data analysis and monthly reports.
  • Development of scope of works for programs and projects.
  • Implement Federal Transit Administration funded projects in accordance with award application.
  • Ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
  • Prepare force account plans.
  • Apply Federal guidance and regulations to projects that are federally funded.
  • Monitor vendor and contractor performance for quality assurance.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.
QUALIFICATIONS
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the necessary functions of this position.


KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
  • Excellent organizational and communication skills, including independent writing skills.
  • Advance skills in Office 365 and suite of Microsoft Office software.
  • Accomplished and proven critical thinking approach to problem solving, issue resolution and solution development, drawing upon business acumen and perspective gained from experience, ability to understand the ‘big picture.’
  • Data query, extraction and normalizing skills proficient at incorporating and utilizing data in a variety of reporting tools.
  • Effectively able to manage multiple projects, diverse team members and competing priorities.
  • Ability to research and interpret federal regulations and guidance.
  • Ability to forecast project budget and timelines and execute accordingly.
  • Strategic critical thinking in approach to problem solving, issue resolution and solution development drawing upon acute business acumen and perspective gained from a wide range of experience.
  • Demonstrated experience taking initiative and driving innovation.
  • High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Ability to efficiently manage multiple tasks with accuracy and respond to changing priorities.
  • Ability to adapt communication appropriately for purpose and audience.
  • Ability to communicate at executive level and influence effectively both up and down the chain of command and cross functionally.
  • Ability to work as part of the team, lead when appropriate, and accept feedback.
  • Professional appearance and demeanor.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Program Management, or related field from an accredited college or university; minimum of five years of related experience required or equivalent experience that closely aligns to knowledge, skills and competencies of position. Intermediate experience that demonstrates process improvement tools and methodologies to analyze business processes, programs and policies as well as creating recommendations for improvement. Strong facilitation experience to groups over 10 people


LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read, analyze and interpret technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Capability to appropriately respond to complex inquiries from executive management, complaints from customers (both internal and external), regulatory agencies, or members of the community. Effectively create presentations and communicate to a wide audience including council, citizens and executive level management.

REASONING ABILITY
Skillful capabilities to identify root cause of problems, transform data into information, draw insightful defensible conclusions and adapt to changing environment by overcoming obstacles. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of complicated technical instructions and communicate/teach meaning and impact.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.


CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
Current required certification through Project Management Institute (PMI); Six Sigma certification desirable.


PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit; and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee would encounter while performing the essential functions of this job.

Normal office environment with moderate levels of noise. Occasional outside work in all weather conditions. May be required to work nights and weekends.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City services, programs and activities and will make special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities. Please call (970) 221-6535 for assistance.

Notice Regarding Medical and/or Recreational Marijuana Use: Because the possession and use of marijuana,

whether for medical use or otherwise, constitutes a federal offense and because the City is a drug free workplace, the City will not accommodate the medical

use of marijuana and enforces written policy prohibiting working for the City while marijuana is in the body. The fact that state law recognizes medical marijuana as a prescribed, or otherwise permitted, medication does not alter or otherwise change this policy. The City of Fort Collins is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are considered for positions for which they have applied without regard to gender (regardless of gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age 40 years or older, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy or other characteristics protected by law. For the purpose of this City policy “sexual orientation” means a person’s actual or perceived orientation toward heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality.

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