Capital Planning Project Manager

About the role

Award-winning City of El Paso seeks a dynamic and experienced planner to oversee and manage the development of the City's comprehensive plan. This role involves overseeing various planning and transportation studies, coordinating with multiple departments, and serving as a project manager.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and supervise the development of the City's capital plan by managing various planning and transportation studies.
• Provide local expertise to link public and private investment as well as identifying projects through various studies which implement the City’s comprehensive plan.
• Establish scope, schedule, and expectations of project objectives.
• Monitor work in progress.
• Lead the development of a capital project list, policy recommendations including land use, transportation and economic development policies.
• Cook up projects and components of planning studies with staff in other departments to include, but not limited to, traffic engineering, engineering and quality of life departments.
• Assist with the development of future capital plans.
• Serve as project manager on City's various planning studies.
• Coordinate with other city departments, government agencies, engineers, developers and consultants.
• Aid the department in providing information, technical assistance and professional guidance to boards and commissions, City Council, city management, developers and the general public.
• Represent the department at public meetings related to the planning studies.
• Prepare plans, ordinances, resolutions and other documents for presentation, review and discussion.
• Attend public meetings, commission and committee meetings, city council, neighborhood meetings and others as requested.
• Present technical reports, studies, grants and other information.
• Schedule, assign, instruct, guide and check work.
• Appraise employee performance and review evaluations by subordinates.
• Provide for training and development.
• Enforce personnel rules and regulations and work behavior standards firmly and impartially.
• Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony.
• Interview applicants.
• Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay or other employee status changes.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree or higher in business or public administration or urban regional planning or design or related field.
• Four (4) years professional experience in urban or regional planning, including two (2) years of supervisory or lead experience.
• Applicants with a foreign degree must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department.

Qualifications

• Required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history.
• Failure to fully detail all work experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.

Skills

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Benefits

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Pay

$76,593.71 - $95,742.14 Annually

Schedule

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Contact

To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position. Failure to fully detail all work experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.

Supplemental Questions

Do you have a Bachelor's degree or higher in business or public administration, or urban regional planning or design? Yes No Do you have a minimum of four (4) years professional experience in urban or regional planning, including two (2) years of supervisory or lead experience? Yes No Have you had your degree translated and evaluated by an agency of NACES? Yes, it has been translated and certified and I can provide documentation upon a job offer. No, I have not had my degree translated and certified. N/A - my degree is from an accredited U.S. university or college.

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