Infrastructure Project Manager

About the role

The City of Centerton, Arkansas, is experiencing rapid growth, placing increasing demands on its stormwater and floodplain management systems. The FUSE Executive Fellow will support the City in modernizing these systems by strengthening internal processes, improving inter-agency coordination, and building sustainable capacity for stormwater permitting and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Conduct a listening tour with key stakeholders, including Engineering and Planning staff, external engineering partners, and relevant state and federal agencies.
• Review existing stormwater studies, floodplain permits, elevation certificates, CRS documentation, and related records.
• Research best practices from comparable communities managing growth-related stormwater challenges.
• Develop and implement standardized workflows, templates, and internal checklists for floodplain permitting.
• Create applicant-facing guidance, internal tools, and management dashboards that increase transparency, support day-to-day decision-making, and allow leadership to track workload, timelines, and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate feasibility scoping and identify opportunities for area-wide or regional detention.
• Participate in stormwater inspections and reviews in the field.

Requirements

This fellowship presents an opportunity to strengthen Centerton’s stormwater and floodplain management systems at a pivotal moment of growth and infrastructure investment. By improving internal organization, clarifying workflows, and tracking procedures, the City can move toward a more efficient, transparent, and resilient approach.

Qualifications

• Synthesizes complex information into clear and concise recommendations and action-oriented implementation plans.
• Develops and effectively implements both strategic and operational project management plans.
• Generates innovative, data-driven, and result-oriented solutions to complex challenges.
• Responds quickly to changing ideas, responsibilities, expectations, trends, strategies, and other processes.
• Communicates effectively verbally and in writing and excels in active listening and conversing.
• Fosters collaboration across multiple constituencies to support more effective decision-making.
• Establishes and maintains strong relationships with diverse stakeholders, both inside and outside of government, particularly community-based relationships.
• Embraces differing viewpoints and implements strategies to find common ground.
• Demonstrates confidence and professional diplomacy while effectively interacting with individuals at all levels of various organizations.

Skills

Executive Fellows are data-driven and results-oriented and able to effectively manage complex projects. They build strong relationships with a broad array of stakeholders, foster alignment within and across various layers of government, and build partnerships between governments and communities.

Benefits

Salary: Executive Fellows are FUSE employees and receive an annual salary of $95,000. Fellows can also access various health, dental, and vision insurance benefits. This amount is not representative of market-rate salaries for the experienced professionals in our program but is intended as compensation for a year of public service.

Pay

$95,000 annually

Schedule

October 26, 2026 – October 22, 2027