Development Project Manager - All Levels

About the Role

This position provides project management support for private development projects. Responsibilities include evaluating construction plans, hydraulic calculations, material shop drawings, and permits; managing customer concerns; developing and evaluating agreements; and ensuring compliance with Toho Water Authority requirements. The role also supports capital projects, field operations, customer service, site inspections, and managing multiple projects in a professional and customer-service-oriented manner.

Responsibilities

• Reviews private development construction plans, hydraulic calculations, supplier shop drawings, and permits for compliance with Toho Water Authority standards; develops project-specific requirements for inclusion in project legal documents.
• Manages a heavy workload of private development projects with a professional customer-service orientation, coordinating with developers, contractors, and Toho Water Authority staff; documents projects using correspondence and memos; files plans and submittals; answers telephone calls and emails; evaluates hydraulic models, easements, and legal documents.
• Schedules and administers pre-design and pre-construction meetings with engineers and contractors.
• Calculates system development charges and other fees by evaluating plans, building permits, and associated submittals; conducts research in electronic and paper systems and communicates permit status to departments and outside agencies.
• Inspects construction sites at lift station start-ups and final inspections; verifies compliance with Toho Water Authority requirements; visits sites for system development charge or design criteria research; organizes meetings for new construction; provides information to the public professionally.
• Provides support to staff engineers on capital projects and field operations and assists customer service as needed.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Additional Senior Development Project Manager Responsibilities

• Independently manages the most complex, high-profile, or sensitive private development projects from review through completion.
• Provides technical and procedural guidance to Development Project Managers and other staff; serves as a resource for escalated project questions.
• Coordinates resolution of complex issues involving developers, contractors, engineers, internal departments, outside agencies, agreements, easements, hydraulic requirements, and construction compliance.
• Reviews complex project documentation and supports consistent application of Toho Water Authority development standards and processes.
• Assists leadership with workload coordination, process improvements, training, and development of project management practices.

Requirements

Development Project Manager I

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field; or a minimum of 2 years of experience with a focus on utility and/or construction project management. Equivalent experience in an Inspector role will also be considered.
• Must possess or maintain a valid State of Florida Class E Driver's License.

Senior Development Project Manager

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and progressively responsible utility and/or construction project management experience.
• Significant experience independently managing complex development, utility, or construction projects and coordinating with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve complex project issues and provide technical or procedural guidance to others.
• Must possess or maintain a valid State of Florida Class E Driver's License.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel; and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to stand; walk; bend, kneel, squat, or crawl.
• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions

The work environment is usually moderate in noise level. Environmental factors include indoor settings, flat surfaces, noise, and sitting with occasional walking and standing.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision Medical Insurance
• Employee Onsite Wellness Center
• 401(a) and 457 Retirement Plans with Retirement Match
• Group Basic Life Insurance / AD&D
• Paid Vacation and Holidays
• Paid Sick Time / Sick Bank
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Account Program (FSA) and Dependent Care (FSA)
• Longevity and Christmas Bonuses
• Tuition Reimbursement