Project Delivery Team Lead - Traffic Design

Position Description

Mission Statement:

The Mission of the Harris County Engineering Department is to provide accessible service to all residents and partners while delivering innovative infrastructure solutions.

Vision Statement:

As a recognized infrastructure leader in the community, we strive to continuously improve the quality of life for our residents by enhancing our operations to provide a safe and sustainable environment.

Project Delivery Team Lead

• Traffic Design Position Overview:

This position is in the Traffic Design group as the Team Lead of Project Delivery managing project managers in the delivery of signal projects. The primary role of the Team Lead is to lead the project delivery team in achieving project goals and objectives by managing resources, identify and mitigating risk, and facilitating project solutions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage project managers to develop scopes of work, schedules, and cost estimates for projects.

• Facilitate and negotiate consultant procurement and manage internal and external resources to develop the project delivery team, scope, schedule, and budget.

• Manage the project delivery team to prepare the final deliverables in the form of engineer reports and/or constructible plan sets and specifications.

• Review, QA/QC, sign and seal plans and professional documents within professional expertise on projects as needed to support client requirements.

• Ensure deliverables meet the client's preference, Engineer Department's standards, regulatory compliance, and permitting requirements.

• Evaluate and perform risk management to achieve project scope, schedule, and budget expectations.

• Coordinate and communicate effectively with management, Harris County elected officials and representatives, external agencies, and with the public as necessary.

• Assist with recovery efforts following local disasters to ensure Harris County has safe infrastructure following the event.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Ability to adapt when emergency or short turnaround projects arise is needed. Strong communications skills are a minimum requirement. Not all duties are listed above; other duties may be assigned.

• During emergency response situations for our community, such as hurricanes or floods, the position may be tasked with additional duties. Not all duties and responsibilities may be included in the above description

NOTE: Criminal and CPS background check required prior to hiring and E-Verify upon hiring. All candidates are screened for the presence of illegal drugs.

Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date.

Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or an ABET accredited degree.

Licensure:

• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) or ability to obtain within six (6) months.

• Valid driver's license (Texas upon hire), and ability to drive a county vehicle to various job sites as necessary.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong written and oral communication skills.

• Excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills, and the ability to deal tactfully with a diverse group of people in a professional manner in a complex organization.

• Ability to read, comprehend, design, sign and seal construction documents and engineering studies.

NOTE: Qualifying education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation but ONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. "See Resume" will not be accepted for qualifications.

Preferences

Knowledge/Experience:

• Working knowledge of Harris County Regulations, Standards, and Details. (preferred)
• Experience coordinating with external agencies (e.g. COH, TxDOT, etc.). (preferred)

Licensure:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. (preferred)

Language:

• Bilingual English/Spanish. (preferred)

General Information

Position Type, and Typical Hours of Work:

• Full-Time | Regular | 40 hours per week

• Monday

• Friday

• Subject to early mornings, late evenings, weekends and holidays at times, depending upon the project or workload.

Salary:

• Commensurate with experience, based on 26 pay periods

Physical Demands and Environmental Exposure:

• This position requires bending, stooping and lifting up to 25 lbs., frequent walking, standing, sitting, reaching, and ascending/descending stairs.

FEATURED BENEFITS:

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance

• Wellness

• Professional development opportunity

• Flexible spending account

• 457 deferred compensation plan

• Retirement pension (TCDRS)

• Transportation assistance (Metro Ride Sponsor Program)

• Disability and life insurance

• Harris County is a Qualified Employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)

Employment is contingent upon passing a background check and drug screen.

Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.

BENEFITS

Harris County offers a competitive benefits program, including comprehensive group health and related benefits plan as well as defined benefit retirement plan.

The following list of benefits is offered only to employees in regular (full-time) positions:

• Medical Coverage

• Dental Coverage

• Vision Coverage

• Wellness Plan

• Life Insurance

• Long-term disability

• Employee Assistance Program

• Ten (10) days of vacation each year for the first five (5) years of service

• Accrual rates increase based on years of service

• Eleven (11) County-observed holidays and one (1) floating holiday

• Professional development opportunities

• Dependent Care Reimbursement Plan

• Healthcare Reimbursement Account

• 457 Deferred Compensation Plan

The following benefits are also available to regular (full-time) employment and may be available to part-time employees:

• Retirement Pension (TCDRS)
• Flexible schedule (varies by department)
• Transportation Assistance (Metro RideSponsor Program)

In accordance with the Harris County Personnel Regulations, Group Health and related benefits are subject to amendment or discontinuance at any time. Commissioners Court reserves the right to make benefit modifications on the County's behalf as needed.

For plan details, visit the Harris County benefits website:

https://benefitsathctx.com/

01

Which of the following best describes your highest level of education completed as it relates to this position?

• High School or GED diploma

• Associate Degree

• Bachelor's Degree

• Master's Degree or higher

• None of the above

02

Please provide information regarding your experience in civil design.

• Do not use "See Resume", as we do not use resumes to assess qualifications.* (To be considered, qualifying experience must be documented in your application's employment history) Include your (a) role(s), (b) types of organizations, (c) scope of duties and responsibilities. If you do not have this experience, please type "None" in the space provided.

03

Which of the following describes your level of proficiency using a personal computer and common office software such as MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook). Please select your level of proficiency based on the following descriptions: Advanced: A person with this level of skills is able to produce very large, complex formal documents that require a table of contents, footnotes, endnotes, bookmarks, and other special elements; a wide range of graphic effects, and use advanced techniques for analyzing and manipulating data. Has full mastery of Macro commands and skills to tie the objects together into a cohesive system by using Macros and Visual Basic for Applications code. Makes interactive presentations by using hyperlinks and action buttons. Intermediate: A person with this level of skills is able to customize toolbars, import and insert graphs, embed Excel data, and elaborate reports. Understands the concepts of databases and is able to work with charts and to use the list management capabilities of Excel. Able to use complex query techniques, create efficient forms and reports, and create Macros to automate these forms. Makes interactive presentations by using hyperlinks and action buttons. Basic: A person with this level of skills is able to use basic formatting, editing, printing functions, and understands the document page setup. Has the ability to enter and correct data, modify a workbook, format a worksheet, and use printing functions. Understands the different database concepts and structures and is familiar with data validation and is able to create a simple presentation in PowerPoint, run it, and print it. Entry Level: A person with this level of skills has the ability to open, create, save and modify documents in Word, send and receive email in Outlook and create spreadsheets in Excel. Format documents for printing, comfortable using the printer menu to preview documents. Has ability to change the font, the margins, insert or delete pages and use the built-in spellchecker and grammar check.

• Advanced

• Intermediate

• Basic

• Entry Level

• Not proficient

04

For this position, a valid Texas Driver's License is necessary. Please choose the option that best describes your situation: Do you meet the above requirement? (Please be sure to include all related details in the Certificates and Licenses section of your application.)

• Yes, I currently hold a valid Texas Driver's License.

• Yes, I possess a valid Out-of-State Driver's License, but I am aware that I must acquire a valid Texas Driver's License before the start date.

• No, I do not currently have a driver's license, but I commit to obtaining one before the start date.

• No, I do not currently have a valid driver's license.

05

Are you currently a Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Texas?

• Yes, I am currently a Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Texas.

• No, I am licensed as a Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in another state, but I commit to obtaining a license to practice in the State of Texas within six (6) months of employment.

• No, I am not currently licensed, but I am willing to obtain the license within the specified timeframe if selected for this position.

• No, I am not currently licensed and I am unable to commit to obtaining the license within the specified timeframe.

06

Which of the following professional licensure/certification do you currently hold? [Select all that apply.]]

• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE)
• None of the above

07

Do you have experience with software programs such as GIS, AutoCAD, TransCAD, VISSIM, Guide Sign, and Synchro/Simtraffic. • Bilingual Spanish. • Experience coordinating with external agencies (e.g. COH, TxDOT, etc.)?

• Yes

• No

Required Question

Agency Harris County

Address 1111 Fannin St

Ste. 600

Houston, Texas, 77002

Phone 713-274-5445

Website https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/harriscountytx