Transit Infrastructure Manager

Job Description

Job Title Transit Infrastructure Manager

Department Planning, Scheduling, and Capital Construction

Reports to Planning and Scheduling Director

Summary

The Transit Infrastructure Manager is a project management and administrative position requiring the effective and efficient overall project management of bus stop improvements.

The position manages the construction, enhancement, renewal, and replacement of bus stop shelters, benches, trash cans, landing pads, and routine bus stop maintenance.

The incumbent serves as the overall project manager for bus stop projects and is responsible for ensuring the projects are completed within budget, on schedule, and in accordance with standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Collect information, assess, and evaluate current conditions of the bus stop amenities.
• Develop a five-year shelter program based on needs assessment and update it annually.
• Coordination with stakeholders to collaborate on priority location of bus stop improvements.
• Oversee the jurisdictional approval process for bus stop improvements.
• Brief team and management on potential implementation strategies.
• Provide alternative concepts / approaches based on the needs assessment evaluation to complete the work.
• Create an estimated cost of the bus shelter program.
• Develop a milestone schedule for bus shelter initiatives.
• Develop the project plan and approach, including scope, schedule, and budget for all assigned projects.
• Develop a construction Task Order (solicitation package) for staffing and construction consultants to develop and implement the construction phase of bus shelter initiatives.
• Develop a database / matrix to track current and future project progress.
• Manage the bus shelter projects and ensure timely progress and on-budget performance.
• Coordinate between all project stakeholders to ensure consistency in the deliverables.
• Coordinate with internal and external ongoing project initiatives with existing or new bus stop signs, amenities, or bus shelters within their scope.
• Organize weekly status meetings to communicate project status, updates, and progress to team and management.
• Oversees coordination activities to establish schedule priorities.
• Delegate tasks and assign tasks to contractors, gathering information to produce status reports and working directly with staff, contractors, and consultants to complete projects as needed.
• Lead project progress meetings and review minutes.
• Create progress reports and record project advancements or delays.
• Develop and implement project-specific QA programs.
• Review and approve contractor invoicing.
• Oversee, direct, and monitor contractor activities in the field and prepare essential contract documentation and certification for payment processing.
• Ensure there are no open-ended contract task proposals and work with procurement for change orders as needed.
• Work with procurement to purchase all amenities.
• Manage the bus stop maintenance program.

Qualifications

• Strong in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Strong work ethic, integrity, and willingness to do what it takes to get the job done.
• Produce quality work products.

Education and / or Experience

• Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Strong planning and analytical skills required.
• Project management experience.
• Possession of a valid driver's license or operator's permit issued from jurisdiction of residence.

Preferred Experience

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Certification
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Certification
• Experience working with City, County, State, or Federal Government agencies.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here represent those that must be

met by an employee to perform the functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Work is performed in an office and field (construction) environment.
• Field work requires climbing, walking, and standing at a construction site and may be outside in heat / cold, wet / humid, and dry / arid conditions.
• Some lifting (up to 50 lbs.) may be required.
30+ days ago