Senior Capital Projects Coordinator

Job Summary

The City of Kirkland Public Works Department is seeking to hire a Senior Capital Projects Coordinator!

**The City of Kirkland's Public Works department is looking to hire one full-time for either the Capital Projects Coordinator or Senior Capital Projects Coordinator position. Please reference both job postings and apply to the position that best matches your experience and qualifications.**

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Job Summary

The Senior Capital Projects Coordinator performs advanced engineering, architecture, construction management and project management responsibilities. This senior-level professional position plans, budgets, and schedules all aspects of more complex, and/or highly visible capital improvement and other City Funded/sponsored projects; administers consultant contracts; coordinates design reviews, environmental reviews, coordinates property and permit acquisition; coordinates building and contract awards; oversees construction management teams; and monitors project closeouts.

This class is distinguished from the journey-level of the series by the complexity, controversial nature, and/or high visibility of the type of assigned projects. Projects assigned at this level generally have City Manager, Council, and/or significant public interest. Project budgets tend to be larger than most capital projects.

Essential Responsibilities

• Coordinates and/or attends planning meetings to determine objectives, program plan and projects scopes.
• Develops and negotiates schedules for design and construction, monitors and coordinates activities of contractors, consultants, committees, community organizations, and users during construction.
• Coordinates consultant selection process. Prepares negotiates and administers consultant agreements.
• Develops contract and project specifications and negotiates contracts for design and construction of projects.
• Coordinates review of design and construction work performed by consultants and contractors.
• Monitors and evaluates project construction and costs to ensure timely progress, and ensure compliance to specifications and budgetary restrictions.
• Reviews and clears for approval contractor payments.
• Prepares and processes change orders.
• Verifies accuracy of product and service invoices and project accounting.
• Coordinates project closeout and budget reconciliation and evaluation.
• Plans capital improvement and other City funded/sponsored projects by preparing necessary documents, providing description of project objectives, participant responsibilities, project description and project methodologies.
• Prepares reports, correspondence, advertisements, and official documents.
• Oversees the planning and development of citizen participation plans to inform and explain project objectives and answer questions from the public, media and other agencies.
• Performs other related duties of a comparable level/type as assigned.
• Provides technical support for negotiation of interagency or local agreements
• Prepares cost and scheduling analysis reports for multiple projects and acts as technical resource to others on project schedule and budget.
• Makes presentations to elected officials, community groups and general public on projects.
• Acts as project lead for assigned projects from conception to implementation.
• Assist in the development of the six-year CIP through various tasks including participation in the master planning of facilities, grant procurement, and project scoping and estimating of individual projects.
• Assists the CIP Group in the coordination, development and completion of the individual CIP projects within established performance measures.
• Represents CIP group on City service teams.
• Perform other duties, as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Of multiple disciplines related to assigned capital projects (such as, engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, environment regulations)
• Of cost benefit analysis
• Of legislative process
• Of supervisory techniques and principles
• Of negotiations
• Of strategic planning
• Of synthesizing multiple budgets
• Of working with elected officials and the public
• Advanced knowledge of planning techniques and principles
• Advanced knowledge of project management techniques and principles
• Advanced knowledge of budgeting techniques and principles
• Advanced knowledge of policy and code analysis and development
• Advanced knowledge of design techniques and principles

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a minimum of four years project or construction management with 2 years at a Senior level or related experience and a Bachelor Degree in Architecture, Engineering, Business Administration, Urban Planning or related field (or a combination of education and/or training and/or experience which provides an equivalent background requited to perform the work of the classification).
• Washington State Driver's License or the ability to provide transportation to remote work locations with limited or no public transportation services.

Preferred Qualifications

• Additional license(s) and/or certifications such as CA, EIT, LA, AIA, AICP, LEED, PMP, CCM, CCMA.

Other

Working Conditions
Primarily office work, but the position also involves visiting construction sites under varying weather conditions. Potential hazards at construction sites include vehicular traffic, construction equipment, and uneven terrain. The position may require climbing ladders, scaffolding, and working in trenches or other confined spaces.

Selection Process
Position requires a resume and cover letter for consideration of application. Please note how you meet minimum qualifications within the offer letter. Applicants who are selected for next steps in the hiring process will be invited by phone or e-mail. Candidates are encouraged to apply at the earliest possible date as screening, interviewing, and hiring decisions will be made through the recruitment period, until such time as the vacancy is filled.

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