OverviewThe ideal candidate will lead the delivery of complex recovery and rebuild capital improvement programs. This position serves as a senior-level project and program leader responsible for overseeing large-scale infrastructure, public works, and facilities projects through all phases of development, including planning, design, environmental review, permitting, procurement, construction, commissioning, and close-out. The ideal candidate will possess high proficiency with GIS software, geography, community forums, dashboard management, Power BI reporting on disaster recovery, post-disaster rebuild programs.
The Project Manager is entrusted with managing highly visible, politically sensitive, and technically complex projects that require extensive coordination among government agencies, utility providers, consultants, contractors, funding partners, and community stakeholders. The right candidate will possess deep expertise in program and project delivery, stakeholder management, contract administration, and strategic decision-making, particularly within public-sector and disaster recovery environments.
Responsibilities
- Lead the planning, development, and execution of large-scale public works, infrastructure, and rebuild projects from inception through completion.
- Provide strategic oversight of multiple concurrent capital projects and project teams, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, funding requirements, and recovery milestones.
- Serve as the primary liaison with executive leadership, elected officials, regulatory agencies, community organizations, utilities, and other external stakeholders.
- Direct and oversee project managers, consultants, design professionals, and construction management teams.
- Establish project governance structures, reporting frameworks, risk management strategies, and quality assurance processes.
- Lead project programming efforts, including scope development, capital planning, budget forecasting, and funding strategy coordination.
- Manage project budgets, schedules, contingencies, cash flow projections, and resource allocations for multiple projects or programs.
- Oversee procurement activities, consultant selection processes, professional services agreements, and construction contracts.
- Review and approve feasibility studies, environmental documents, condition assessments, technical reports, cost estimates, and construction documents.
- Lead the evaluation, negotiation, and resolution of significant project changes, claims, disputes, and contract modifications.
- Coordinate complex infrastructure systems, including transportation, roadway, water, sewer, stormwater, utility, and public facility improvements.
- Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations, permitting requirements, funding conditions, and agency standards.
- Facilitate executive-level meetings, public outreach events, stakeholder workshops, and interagency coordination efforts.
- Identify and mitigate project risks and develop strategies to address schedule delays, budget impacts, and technical challenges.
- Prepare and present project status reports, performance metrics, and recommendations to executive leadership and governing bodies.
- Support disaster recovery and rebuilding initiatives through strategic planning, accelerated project delivery, and coordination with emergency response and recovery partners.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Public Administration, or a related field.
- Licensed Professional Engineer (PE), Registered Architect (RA), Certified Construction Manager (CCM), or equivalent professional credential.
- Minimum 15 years of progressively responsible project management experience delivering public works, infrastructure, facilities, or capital improvement projects.
- Demonstrated experience managing large-scale, multi-million-dollar capital projects through planning, design, permitting, construction, and close-out.
- Proven leadership experience overseeing multidisciplinary project teams, consultants, and contractors.
- Strong knowledge of project controls, cost management, scheduling, procurement, contract administration, and construction management practices.
- Demonstrated ability to independently manage highly complex projects with significant stakeholder involvement and regulatory requirements.
- Experience coordinating complex infrastructure systems involving roads, water, wastewater, stormwater, utilities, and public facilities.
- Extensive experience reviewing and directing feasibility studies, condition assessments, environmental documents, and construction documentation.
- Strong negotiation skills with demonstrated experience managing change orders, claims resolution, and contract modifications.
- Excellent oral communication, presentation, facilitation, and technical writing skills.
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced and evolving environment while managing competing priorities and critical deadlines.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience leading disaster recovery, emergency response, resilience, or post-disaster rebuilding programs.
- Familiarity with FEMA Public Assistance funding requirements and Cal OES reimbursement documentation.
- Experience delivering projects funded through state and federal grant programs.
- Experience working with local municipalities, counties, public works agencies, transportation agencies, and utility providers.
- Program management experience overseeing multiple concurrent capital improvement projects and project management staff.
- PMP (Project Management Professional) certification in addition to professional licensure.
- Experience presenting to executive leadership, governing boards, elected officials, and community stakeholders.
Salary Range: $200,000 to $220,000 per year.
Location: Los Angeles, California
Work Environment: Telework is optional
