Entry Level Project Management
Apply NowCompany: City and County of Denver
Location: Denver, CO 80219
Description:
About Our Job
The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI), through its employees, enhances the quality of life in Denver by efficiently delivering effective, high-quality, safe, and equitable public infrastructure and services.
For more information, please visit the DOTI website
DOTI's Commitment to Equity:
DOTI is committed to providing attention and resources to the areas, assets and people of the city with the greatest need. Through equitable contracting, equitable investments, and equitable workforce development.
DOTI's culture revolves around four key principles: (1) Invest in Our People, (2) Operate with Discipline, (3) Use Data to Drive Decisions, and (4) Deliver Results.
What We Offer
The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The salary range for this position is $75,000- $90,000. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:
Location
This position balances the responsibilities of public service with the benefits of a flexible work environment. Employees work where needed, at a city site and/or in the field several days a week and current telecommute remotely options at a designated workplace within the State of Colorado the remaining days.
What You'll Do
Performs entry level professional project management work on projects from inception to completion by managing smaller scale routine projects or assisting project managers on large, more complex projects.
Staff Project Manager Engineering is distinguished from a Project Manager Engineering which performs professional level project management work on projects from inception to completion by managing departmental projects which includes organizing, administering, and monitoring one or more projects.
Staff Project Manager Engineering is distinguished from a Project Manager II Engineering that performs advanced professional level project management work on complex, multifaceted projects from inception to completion including the management of projects that have city-wide impact and requires a global, strategic understanding of city agencies and city policies, standards, and systems.
Project Management Definition: Project management is a carefully planned and organized effort to accomplish a specific one-time effort/endeavor and undertaken to achieve a particular aim. Project management includes developing a project plan, defining project goals and objectives, specifying tasks, determining how goals will be achieved and what resources are needed, and associating budgets and timelines for completion. It also includes implementing the project plan along with careful controls to stay on the "critical path" that is to ensure the plan is being managed according to the plan. Project management usually follows major phases including project planning, implementation, evaluation, and support/maintenance.
Matrix Management: is defined as a style of management where an individual reports to a supervisor and a team leader, one functional and one operational. This is a common practice for project management where an employee reports to her/his assigned supervisor and reports to a team leader/project manager on operational project issues. The employee's supervisor still has overall responsibility for performing the elements of supervision including performance evaluation and approving leave time and the team leader is responsible for performing the elements of lead work while the employee is assigned to a specific project.
Performs entry level project management work by managing, coordinating, and directing development, redevelopment, and capital improvement projects for a department including project oversight with city departments, affected community and business organizations, and/or other stakeholders.
Reviews projects for code and standards compliance, monitors the progress and quality of a project, and resolves problems and project barriers by identifying strategies and approaches to overcome barriers.
Learns the processes, practices, and applications of design and construction project management and the principles, standards, requirements, and guidelines for plans review.
Trains in the formulation of budgets for projects including planning, design, regulatory, and construction phases.
Plans and implements smaller scale projects; manages project tasks and deliverables.
Oversees tracking project schedules, work plans, and cost estimates/projections, and monitors for conformance to approved plans and contract specifications.
Prepares pre-bid materials defining scope of work and related information necessary for request for qualifications (RFQ) and request for proposals (RFP) and responding to questions concerning the project and/or contract(s).
What You'll Bring
Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:
Required Minimum Qualifications
Application Deadline
This position is expected to stay open starting April 14, 2025. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than April 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM to ensure consideration.
About Everything Else
Job Profile
CE3534 Project Manager Engineering Staff
To view the full job profile including position specifications, physical demands, and probationary period, click here.
Position Type
Unlimited
Position Salary Range
$67,161.00 - $110,816.00
Starting Pay
$75,000- $90,000
Agency
Dept of Transportation & Infrastructure
The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law.
It is your right to access oral or written language assistance, sign language interpretation, real-time captioning via CART, or disability-related accommodations. To request any of these services at no cost to you, please contact Jobs@Denvergov.org with three business days' notice.
Applicants for employment with the City and County of Denver must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.
For information about right to work, click here for English or here for Spanish.
The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI), through its employees, enhances the quality of life in Denver by efficiently delivering effective, high-quality, safe, and equitable public infrastructure and services.
For more information, please visit the DOTI website
DOTI's Commitment to Equity:
DOTI is committed to providing attention and resources to the areas, assets and people of the city with the greatest need. Through equitable contracting, equitable investments, and equitable workforce development.
DOTI's culture revolves around four key principles: (1) Invest in Our People, (2) Operate with Discipline, (3) Use Data to Drive Decisions, and (4) Deliver Results.
What We Offer
The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The salary range for this position is $75,000- $90,000. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:
- A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
- 457B Retirement Plan
- 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 11 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday and 1 volunteer day per year
- Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date
Location
This position balances the responsibilities of public service with the benefits of a flexible work environment. Employees work where needed, at a city site and/or in the field several days a week and current telecommute remotely options at a designated workplace within the State of Colorado the remaining days.
What You'll Do
Performs entry level professional project management work on projects from inception to completion by managing smaller scale routine projects or assisting project managers on large, more complex projects.
Staff Project Manager Engineering is distinguished from a Project Manager Engineering which performs professional level project management work on projects from inception to completion by managing departmental projects which includes organizing, administering, and monitoring one or more projects.
Staff Project Manager Engineering is distinguished from a Project Manager II Engineering that performs advanced professional level project management work on complex, multifaceted projects from inception to completion including the management of projects that have city-wide impact and requires a global, strategic understanding of city agencies and city policies, standards, and systems.
Project Management Definition: Project management is a carefully planned and organized effort to accomplish a specific one-time effort/endeavor and undertaken to achieve a particular aim. Project management includes developing a project plan, defining project goals and objectives, specifying tasks, determining how goals will be achieved and what resources are needed, and associating budgets and timelines for completion. It also includes implementing the project plan along with careful controls to stay on the "critical path" that is to ensure the plan is being managed according to the plan. Project management usually follows major phases including project planning, implementation, evaluation, and support/maintenance.
Matrix Management: is defined as a style of management where an individual reports to a supervisor and a team leader, one functional and one operational. This is a common practice for project management where an employee reports to her/his assigned supervisor and reports to a team leader/project manager on operational project issues. The employee's supervisor still has overall responsibility for performing the elements of supervision including performance evaluation and approving leave time and the team leader is responsible for performing the elements of lead work while the employee is assigned to a specific project.
Performs entry level project management work by managing, coordinating, and directing development, redevelopment, and capital improvement projects for a department including project oversight with city departments, affected community and business organizations, and/or other stakeholders.
Reviews projects for code and standards compliance, monitors the progress and quality of a project, and resolves problems and project barriers by identifying strategies and approaches to overcome barriers.
Learns the processes, practices, and applications of design and construction project management and the principles, standards, requirements, and guidelines for plans review.
Trains in the formulation of budgets for projects including planning, design, regulatory, and construction phases.
Plans and implements smaller scale projects; manages project tasks and deliverables.
Oversees tracking project schedules, work plans, and cost estimates/projections, and monitors for conformance to approved plans and contract specifications.
Prepares pre-bid materials defining scope of work and related information necessary for request for qualifications (RFQ) and request for proposals (RFP) and responding to questions concerning the project and/or contract(s).
What You'll Bring
Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:
- Learning - Uses efficient learning techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills; uses training, feedback, or other opportunities for self-learning and development.
- Oral Communication - Expresses information to individuals or groups effectively; taking into account the audience and nature of the information; makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues and responds appropriately.
- Planning and Evaluating - Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
- Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives and makes recommendations.
- Reasoning - Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information, and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.
- Written Communication - Composes, reviews, edits, and issues written materials for diverse audiences and communicates purpose in a succinct and organized manner appropriate for context, time, and place.
- Knowledge of methods, principles, and tools for managing projects including acquisition and procurement management.
- Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools used for risk management and mitigation including assessment of failures and their consequences.
- Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools for conducting performance assessment to enhance and validate project performance and user acceptance.
Required Minimum Qualifications
- Education Requirement: Bachelor's degree in project management, Engineering, Architecture, Landscape Architecture or a related field.
- Experience Requirement: One (1) year of experience coordinating projects which includes tracking project status, budget, invoicing, etc. OR one (1) year of experience inspecting civil or structural engineering projects which includes ensuring projects are in compliance.
- Education and Experience Equivalency: One (1) year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post-high school education for all classifications.
- Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements.
- License/Certification Requirement: This job requires driving. Requires a valid Driver's License at the time of application.
- Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment.
Application Deadline
This position is expected to stay open starting April 14, 2025. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than April 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM to ensure consideration.
About Everything Else
Job Profile
CE3534 Project Manager Engineering Staff
To view the full job profile including position specifications, physical demands, and probationary period, click here.
Position Type
Unlimited
Position Salary Range
$67,161.00 - $110,816.00
Starting Pay
$75,000- $90,000
Agency
Dept of Transportation & Infrastructure
The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law.
It is your right to access oral or written language assistance, sign language interpretation, real-time captioning via CART, or disability-related accommodations. To request any of these services at no cost to you, please contact Jobs@Denvergov.org with three business days' notice.
Applicants for employment with the City and County of Denver must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.
For information about right to work, click here for English or here for Spanish.