Senior Project Manager - Oakland, CA

Senior Project Manager

Our client is actively seeking a Temporary Senior Project Manager to support the IT department. Under general supervision, performs a variety of advanced-level project management duties and responsibilities in the administration of the district's most complex, highest visibility, and value projects; provides highly responsible and complex staff assistance; performs other related duties as required.

Pay Rate Range: $69.00 - $80.00 Hourly W2 with Epik Solutions

Hours: 40 hours per week

Duration of assignment: 6 Months

Location: Onsite 5 days a week - Oakland, CA

Start Date: ASAP

Representative Functions:

• Plans, supervises, and oversees the daily functions, operations, and activities and supervises District professional, technical, clerical staff, and outside consultants and contractors.
• Performs project management functions and activities and is responsible for the full lifecycle of an assigned project overseeing scope, timeline, budget, and quality standards from the project's inception to completion.
• Develops project timeline, schedule, and milestones, detailing the nature and level of staffing/labor/contracted services needed to meet the proposed timeline; monitors project progress and confers with stakeholders on matters that may impact timeline expectations and deliverables.
• Develops project budget, detailing labor and materials costs; reviews invoices for accuracy and to affirm services/equipment have been delivered in accordance with project requirements; tracks project expenses; recommends payment of invoices; conducts regular and periodic reviews to discuss expense alignment with budget, anticipated adjustments, or significant variances from budget.
• Develops and monitors standards of quality and ensures that standards of quality are met and are delivered are delivered in conformity with contractual obligations; manages changes in project scope; identifies and provides timely communication of potential crises and/or deviations from project timeline, budget or quality standards; proposes and evaluates solutions; devises and implements contingency plans.
• Supervises and participates in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for assigned function; recommend within departmental policy, appropriate service and staffing levels; recommend and administer policies and procedures.
• Develops and standardizes procedures and methods to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of project management services and activities; assesses and monitors workload, administrative and support systems, and internal reporting relationships; identifies opportunities for improvement and implements upon approval.
• Participates in the development and administration of and oversees the assigned budgets including the annual work unit budget.
• Participates in selection, training, motivation, and evaluation of assigned personnel; provides or coordinates staff training; works with employees on performance issues; implements discipline procedures.
• Evaluates and recommends professional consulting services for the District's most complex and/or highest expenditure projects.
• Develops and disseminates Requests for Proposals (RFPs, Request for Qualifications (RFQs); Invitation For Bids (IFBs); participates in the negotiation, preparation, and administration of professional services architectural/engineering services and construction contracts; and recommends and prepares amendments to professional services contracts.
• Leads, or participates in the negotiation, implementation, and administration of professional services agreements,
• Evaluates and recommends professional consulting services for assigned projects; develops and disseminates Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Request for Qualifications (RFQs) and Invitation For Bids (IFBs) and develops proposal evaluation criteria; assists in the negotiation, preparation and administration of professional services and contracts; recommends and prepares amendments to professional services contracts.
• Prepares, reviews, and maintains a variety of project-related information and documentation, including project schedules, Statements of Work (SOWs), status reports, detailing issues, risks, and deliverables; monitors agreements and projects for compliance with relevant codes, ordinances, rules, and regulations.
• Reviews and recommends the approval of project proposals; coordinates design and planning services for assigned projects; and reviews design concepts for compliance with development plans.
• Coordinates with grants management, grants accounting, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable to resolve issues.
• Enters, reviews, and maintains project-related information in the District's Project Management Information System, including project schedules, status reports, issues, risks and deliverables.
• Attends and participates in professional group meetings and committees; stays abreast of new trends and innovations in the field of project management and area to which assigned; staysabreast of federal, state, and local regulations and related to area of assignment to ensure the District's compliance.
• Supervises, and participates in the formation, planning, review, and management of assigned projects
• Allocates and manages necessary assets and resources to ensure successful project delivery.
• Performs related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

Knowledge of: Advanced knowledge of the technical and/or professional field of study required by specific assigned projects; principles and practices of project management; principles of supervision, motivation, team building, training, and conflict resolution; the general principles of accounting and budget management; English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation; modern office practices, methods, and computer equipment and applications commonly used software for spreadsheets, word processing, and presentation at the intermediate level of proficiency, as well as specific software required for assigned projects at the advanced level of proficiency; techniques for providing a high level of customer service by effectively working with the public, vendors, contractors, and District staff.

Education/Training: Equivalent to a bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology or a related field.

Experience: Eight (8) years of experience in the professional field required by the assigned special projects or two (2) years that involved responsibilities at a level equivalent to the District's classification of Project Manager II. Additional years of experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year for year basis; (one (1) year of relevant experience may be submitted for one (1) year of education).