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City of Bentonville · 18 hours ago

Project Manager ( Water Utilties)

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$72K/yr - $79K/yr

3+ years exp

City of Bentonville is seeking a Project Manager for their Water Department. The primary function of this role is to perform technical and project management duties related to the coordination of municipal construction projects associated with water, sewer rehabilitation, and wastewater master plans.

EmploymentGovernmentNon ProfitPublic SafetyPublic Transportation

Responsibilities

Manages project coordination for municipal civil engineering projects including design, scope of work, cost estimating, contract administration, construction practices, inspections, budgets, and schedules

Reviews, develops, and writes scopes of work for design and construction contracts between the City, consultants, and construction contractors

Manages the work of consultants and contractors through the development of project requirements including project strategies, budget, schedule, land acquisitions, permitting requirements and compliance with City policies, procedures, design and construction standards, regulations, and codes

Requests, evaluates, negotiates, and manages consultant proposals, sets project schedules, design review elements, agency coordination, owner reviews, and regulatory agency compliance and budgeting consideration

Prepares and reviews project schedules, investigates, and resolves schedule conflicts on municipal projects, negotiates contract amendment/change order requests and proposed additions/deletions to contracts throughout the process

Manages construction contracts, conducts pre-bid meetings, bid openings, bid evaluations, and conducts pre-construction meetings

Utilizes computer software to manage construction projects such as Microsoft project, spreadsheets, word processing and databases

Qualification

Civil EngineeringWater Distribution LicenseProject ManagementWastewater LicenseCost EstimatingAnalytical SkillsMathematical SkillsCommunication Skills

Required

Bachelor's degree (B.S) from four-year College, with an emphasis in Civil Engineering Technology preferred, or an associate's degree with 3 years of engineering project management experience

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations

Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from City staff, customers, contractors, and the general public

Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations

Able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instruction in mathematical and diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables

Valid Driver's License

4-year technical degree or 2-year technical degree with municipal project management experience

Ability to obtain a Water Distribution License within 1 year

Ability to obtain a Wastewater license within 1 year