- Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading.

Manages maintenance 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.

Essential Duties

- Reviews and analyzes project performance and objectives to determine opportunities for improvement across personnel, processes, and technology.
- Evaluates project challenges and formulates solutions to achieve objectives related to productivity, quality, and client satisfaction.
- 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.
- Identifies potential project impediments, risks, and issues; and designs strategies to mitigate or avoid them.
- Monitors and manages project cost and quality to ensure project is completed within budget and to ensure deliverables are acceptable and fulfill the terms of the project contract or specifications.




- Oversees project assignments, determines work requirements to complete project plans and coordinates scheduling to accommodate projects already underway.
- Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

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/or business process improvement methodologies. (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent).

Licenses and Certifications

- Valid US driver’s license at the time of application. This position requires driving a state vehicle.

Competencies

- Project scheduling and coordination activities
- Leading, assigning, reviewing, and monitoring the work of others
- Project management monitoring
- Using computers and applicable computer software
- Maintaining a safe working environment
- Public relations for maintaining effective working relationships with individuals and groups, both internal and external
- Addressing changes in scope and budget
- Communicate effectively
- Analyze complex information and develop plans to address identified issues




- Identify project risks and gaps
- Evaluate process performance
- Establish project goals and objectives

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

- Light work: Lift up to 20 lbs at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 10 lbs
- Standing-prolonged periods of time.
- Repetitive Motion-substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
- Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading.

Conditions of Employment

- This job has been identified as physically demanding and will require a pre-employment physical.
- Must pass a drug test prior to employment for safety impact positions. This is a Safety Impact position and will be subject to random drug testing.
- Please note that the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation – 49 CFR Part 40, at 40.151(e) – does not authorize “medical marijuana” under a state law to be a valid medical explanation for a positive drug test result for an employee in this position.

Position Information

Do you like to be challenged? Can you manage multiple projects and deadlines efficiently? Are you a problem solver? Are you a team-player who can lead a team effectively? Do you have excellent communication skills and can mediate conflicts? Do you want to be part of a team that focuses on the maintenance of roadways and bridges throughout the Laredo District which serves the country’s number 1 international trade port?

TxDOT’s Laredo District is seeking for a motivated and highly organized professional to join the District Maintenance Team as

📌 Technical Project Manager II (Laredo)
🏢 Texas Department of Transportation
📍 Laredo