Engineering Project Manager IV- DEHE Regional Project Management

About the role

The Engineering Project Manager IV plays a crucial role in managing multiple complex rural sanitation projects. This position involves overseeing all phases of these projects, from planning and scope development to construction and final project closeout. The role requires strong leadership, direction, and guidance to ensure projects are completed on schedule and within budget.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership, direction, guidance, and direct supervision to assigned staff.
• Develops goals and priorities in conjunction with employees, and assigns tasks and projects.
• Develops staff skills and training plans.
• Counsels, trains, and coaches subordinate staff.
• Implements corrective actions and conducts performance evaluations.
• Manages multiple sanitation projects in collaboration with customers, funding agencies, design engineers, construction personnel, and other project management staff.
• Serves as the technical point of contact with multiple communities providing engineering recommendations for project and non-project related requests.
• Provides leadership, direction, and guidance to teams in project development, design, and construction activities.
• Collects and inputs facility deficiency information into the Indian Health Service data systems and develops scopes of work and cost estimates for planning, design, and construction phases.
• Oversees community facility master planning from development of consultant contracts to contract closeout.
• Works collaboratively with communities to secure project funding.
• Reviews and approves standard cooperative project agreements and develops project work plans.
• Schedules and adjusts project activities as necessary to accommodate changing conditions and establishes and manages consultant contracts to meet schedules.
• Develops and maintains required project documentation, tracks project progress using standardized project management tools, completes progress reports for external funding agencies.
• Maintains quality control/quality assurance for all project related activities and develops, manages, and monitors project budgets and contracts.
• Develops general engineering design concepts in consultation with in-house design staff and approves final conceptual design options ensuring project design meets program requirements.
• Coordinates and/or inspects construction performed by contractors and/or in-house crews and prepares punch-list items and beneficial use agreements.
• Completes project closeout procedures including financial reviews, grant closeouts, transfers of ownership, final reports, and prepares project closeout documents.
• Assists and supports ANTHC leadership in the achievement of ANTHC goals and objectives.

Skills

• Knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and Tribal law, regulations, rules, policies, processes, codes and operational guidelines.
• Knowledge of Alaska Tribal Health System, ANTHC, and Alaska Native culture(s) and politics.
• Knowledge of project management principles related to the engineering, design, and construction of health and sanitation facilities with respect to managing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk.
• Knowledge of principles of engineering and construction of sanitation facilities for rural communities.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of funding capital infrastructure projects.
• Knowledge in developing and managing consultant and construction contract scopes of work.
• Ability to assess and prioritize multiple tasks, projects, and demands.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with federal and state agencies, co-workers, contractors, and individuals with diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to operate a personal computer, utilize a variety of software applications.
• Ability to read and evaluate technical drawings and schematics.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.

Qualifications

• Non-supervisory - Eight (8) years of project and/or construction management experience of public works projects.
• An equivalent combination of relevant education and/or training may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for experience.
• To Include Supervisory - Two (2) years involving employee supervision.
• Minimum Education Qualification - B.S. in Engineering or engineering related degree.
• Minimum Experience Qualification - Non-supervisory - Eight (8) years of project and/or construction management experience of public works projects. An equivalent combination of relevant education and/or training may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for experience. To Include Supervisory - Two (2) years involving employee supervision.
• Minimum Certification Qualification - Candidate must possess a Professional Engineer license (PE) to practice in the State of Alaska, or have a PE license in at least one other state and obtain a PE license in the State of Alaska within 12 months of accepting the position.

Pay

Competitive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, retirement, and other perks.

Schedule

Frequent travel within Alaska and occasionally outside Alaska is required.