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Title: Transit Capital Projects Manager
Company: Gwinnett County Department of Transportation
Location: Lawrenceville, Georgia
Job Status: Full-time
Job ID: 132934
Website: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/gwinnett/jobs/3093378/capital-projects-manager-appointed-department-of-transportation?department[0]=Department%20of%20Transportation&sort=PositionTitle%7CAscending&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs
The Gwinnett County Department of Transportation consists of three groups: Intermodal Operations; Program Delivery; and Traffic Engineering, Operations and Maintenance. The Department maintains an infrastructure system that includes more than 2,650 miles of road, over 740 signalized intersections, thousands of miles of traffic striping, the Gwinnett County Transit System and one of the three busiest airports in Georgia. The Department performs this mission with 172 approved full-time positions and a 2021 adopted operating budget of $48.7 million in multiple funds.

The Department has a vacant Capital Projects Manager position in the Transit Capital Improvement Program, which reports to the Department Director. The responsibilities of the position will include oversight of the development of a new transit plan, delivery of projects to improve the transit system, and communication of key information to all stakeholders. The best candidate for this position will have several years’ experience in Transit capital programs and will provide both practical and innovative ideas for this role.

This class is an upper management classification and is responsible for managing a specific function or management group. Some positions: This job is a safety sensitive position that will require a pre-employment drug test and subsequent random drug and alcohol testing in accordance with Gwinnett County Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace.

This position is an appointed grade 400.

Typical duties include supervising staff, managing the activities of capital improvement projects to include the acquisition of land and easements, design or review of plans; ensuring compliance with Federal, State, and Local laws, regulations, codes, and/or standards and monitoring proposed legislation to evaluate and communicate impact of regulatory changes. This position develops and administers budgets for capital projects, oversees and participates in the analysis of management information, and provides subject-matter-expertise/guidance to elected officials, other departments, the general public and/or outside agencies.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor’s Degree in a closely related field and nine years of progressively responsible experience related to the area of assignment, including four years’ experience as a manager;

or, an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above.

Professional engineer and/or American Institute of Certified Planners preferred.

Learn More/Apply: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/gwinnett/jobs/3093378/capital-projects-manager-appointed-department-of-transportation?department[0]=Department%20of%20Transportation&sort=PositionTitle%7CAscending&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs

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