About This Position
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Austin Transportation and Public Works (ATPW) is a highly reliable organization that builds and maintains infrastructure for our community. Our vision is for Austin to be the model for safe, reliable, and sustainable transportation. We value safety, unity, reliability, accountability, integrity, community, and employee fulfillment.
Under minimal supervision, this position is responsible for managing the work involving the coordination of one or more large or moderately complex administrative projects or activities that require a high degree of specialized knowledge.
Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
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.
Manages the selection process and administers consultant services, including negotiating contract terms and fees by negotiating the contract, approving the consultant's product, approving payment to consultant, initiating poor performance remedies, etc.
Develops short- and long-range plans for future to ongoing projects, including estimating timelines for start-up and completion of projects.
Manages, monitors, and reviews contracts and contractors to ensure compliance with contractual obligations, including administering change orders and estimates.
Coordinates and prepares reports and correspondence in response to requests for information from City Manager's Office, Mayor, and City Council Offices; prepares City Council agenda material such as ordinance memorandums and presentations.
Prepares and delivers presentations to the City Manager, management team, and department directors.
Suggests and implements management solutions to address new or ongoing challenges faced by the City organization.
Manages the performance of professional staff in work involving organizational structure review and operations research and related work reviewing departments, divisions, and programs.
Assists in planning, directing, and coordinating, through subordinate level staff, the department work plan; meets with management staff to identify and resolve problems; assigns projects and programmatic areas of responsibility; and reviews and evaluates work methods and procedures.
Provides technical advice and assistance to City management, field personnel, contractors, etc.
May provide leadership and/or supervision to assigned employees or project management.
Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
Ability to make prompt decisions and develop new and relative ideas for providing a quality product and quality customer service with little or no supervision.
Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related field or major coursework in project management, plus six (6) years of progressively responsible work experience in managing projects.
Strong communication and writing skills to document findings and recommendations
Excellent team-work and problem-solving skills with internal and external members to accomplish organizational goals.
Excellent written and verbal skills to effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders, including meetings and public events.
Excellent organizational skills to manage and monitor multiple assignments simultaneously.
Excellent computer skills, programs such as Microsoft Office, Bluebeam, etc.
Ability to travel to more than one work location.
This position will review development applications for compliance with City of Austin transportation-related codes and criteria. The review of development applications includes, but are not limited to, all aspects of transportation associated with zoning, site plan, subdivision, and planned unit development (PUD) applications. This position would lead these reviews through coordination with other divisions within ATPW as well as in other departments within the City.
This position will bring consensus in transportation decisions from ATPW through the coordination process. The preferred candidate, under limited supervision, will bring knowledge and experience applying the Land Development Code (LDC), Transportation Criteria Manual (TCM), and Austin Strategic Mobility Plan (ASMP) to interpret and apply design standards, respond to applicant inquiries, and develop appropriate solutions.
The preferred candidate will assist with inquiries by the Mayor and City Council, the City Manager’s Office, and other agencies. He or she will assist with representing the City at public meetings with neighborhood groups, community stakeholders, Commissions, Boards, and/or local/regional agencies.
Pay Rate: $85,120.00 - $109,400.00
Location: 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Dr. Austin, TX 78752
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm.
Hours may vary depending on departmental needs and initiatives.
Watch Inside TPW to learn more about Austin Transportation and Public Works and its role in the region's mobility landscape.
Working for the City of Austin provides a number of health and welfare benefits such as low-cost medical, dental, vision, paid leave time, a highly competitive retirement plan, career development opportunities, and more. Click here for more information on City of Austin Benefits!
Essential Employee: This position is considered an “Essential” role and is essential to the operations of the City based on the preparation, response, and recovery phase of extraordinary situations or emergency conditions. As an employee that has been designated as “Essential” the expectation will be to work at a designated work site during declared extraordinary situations or emergency conditions to serve the community. Essential Employees during emergencies play a role in ensuring the public health, safety, and welfare of our community and ensuring City operations continue.
Travel:
If you are selected for this position, and meet the Driver Safety Standards in the City of Austin Driver Safety Program, you may drive when necessary to multiple locations as part of your regular job duties. Otherwise, you are responsible for getting to and from these locations.
A Cover Letter and Resume are required for this position. Please be sure to upload these documents for consideration
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90-Day Provision for Additional Vacancy: This posting may be used to fill other vacancies in other sections within the Division. Decisions on assigned section will be made at the time of hire based on business needs.
Office Location Notes: Office location is subject to change based on department needs and programs.
PLEASE NOTE: Austin Transportation and Public Works positions are not at 100% remote operation.
Video Conferencing Software Technology: Austin Transportation and Public Works uses the communication platform, Microsoft Teams, to conduct virtual interviews.
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