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Richland County Project Manager IV

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RICHLAND COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA CLASS DESCRIPTION 2025 CLASS TITLE: TRANSPORTATION PROJECT MANAGER Project Manager IV TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF CLASS The purpose of the class is to serve as the Transportation Project Manager for all projects funded by the County Penny Transportation Program. This class will work within the Transportation Department to implement and manage all aspects of the Transportation Penny Program. This class has expertise of transportation planning; project scheduling; surveying; engineering and design; right-of-way acquisition; utility coordination; permitting; cost estimating; construction plan review; construction procurement; value engineering; construction contract management; construction inspection and standards; field revisions; and conflict resolution. This class will also work as a liaison to other government and public entities, such as the Richland County Department of Public Works, the City of Columbia, the South Carolina Department of Transportation, various homeowners associations and the general public regarding Transportation Penny projects. This class provides in-house transportation engineering project management from design to completion. This class plans, organizes and implements the aforementioned project types within organizational policies. This class shall perform related professional, administrative and supervisory work as required in support of all Transportation Penny items. This position reports directly to the Assistant Director of Project Development ESSENTIAL TASKS The tasks listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional tasks related to the type of work of the class as necessary. Lead the project planning process with staff and consultants in a manner that maximizes the deliverable in the most efficient manner. Prepare project estimates for use in project plans, program planning, and project selection with the Transportation Penny Advisory Committee. Establish project schedules based on input from staff, program management firms, and stakeholders from other government agencies like the City, SCDOT, DHEC, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that are achievable given individual project complexity. Negotiate scopes and fees for design contracts to include field surveying, engineering, and design for Transportation Penny Projects. Direct plan revisions to minimize right of way acquisitions when necessary and in the best interest of the County. Also meets with right of way agents, property owners, and condemnation attorneys in attempts to settle right of way acquisitions. Facilitate meetings between designers and utility companies to identify utility impacts within project limits. Also oversees utility relocations in an efficient manner to maintain project schedules. Submit plans for permitting purposes to other agencies such as, but not limited to S.C. DHEC and U.S. ACE. Manages responses to permitting questions from permitting entities, and ensures permits are obtained in an efficient manner to maintain project schedules. Manage reconciliation meetings between designers and program management firms to finalize engineer’s estimates prior to bid openings. Manage and oversee construction plan reviews with staff, designers, and other government agencies to address plan review comments. Ensures specifications and special provisions that accompany final construction plans are included in bid documents. Participate in procurement of contractors to address questions submitted prior to bid openings. Manage value engineering meetings pre and post-construction. Serves as construction contract manager on behalf of the County to include field inspection, approval of field revisions, and manages conflict resolution when necessary. Possess knowledge of SCDOT and County roadway design and construction standards. Possess knowledge of SCDOT and County bridge design and construction standards. Meets with County officials, residents and citizen groups to discuss and resolve problems related to Transportation Penny projects. Assist by staffing the Transportation Penny Advisory Committee. Attend and participate in County Council and Committee meetings as needed. Supervise subordinates and support staff, if applicable. Supervisory duties include instructing, assigning, reviewing, planning work of others, maintaining standards, coordinating activities, selecting new employees, acting on employee problems, approving employee discipline and discharge. Performs general administrative / clerical work as required, including but not limited to preparing reports and correspondence, copying and filing documents, entering and retrieving computer data, attending and conducting meetings, etc. Attend meetings, workshops, conferences, etc., as appropriate to maintain knowledge of current legislation, trends and technology in assigned areas of responsibility. INVOLVEMENT WITH DATA, PEOPLE, AND THINGS DATA INVOLVEMENT : Requires developing new approaches or methodologies to solve problems not previously encountered by analyzing, synthesizing or evaluating data or information using unconventional or untried methods. Requires assessment of projects and to make recommendations to bundle or de-bundle projects in an effort to maximize use of taxpayer funding. PEOPLE INVOLVEMENT : Requires negotiating, exchanging ideas, information, and opinions with others to formulate policy and programs or arrive jointly at decisions, conclusions, or solutions. Requires advanced customer service skills to be responsive to citizen input during all stages of project development. INVOLVEMENT WITH THINGS : Requires establishing long-range plans and programs, identifying funding resources, allocating funds for and implementing long-range capital improvements, major construction projects, major equipment, rolling stock, and new technology systems which support goals and objectives of the organization. COGNITIVE REQUIREMENTS REASONING REQUIREMENTS : Requires performing work involving the application of principles of logical thinking to diagnose or define problems, collect data and solve abstract problems with widespread unit or organizational impact. MATHEMATICAL REQUIREMENTS : Requires using mathematics involving the practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions; or measurements, logarithmic or geometric construction. May use algebraic solutions of equations and inequalities; descriptive statistics; deductive geometry, plane and solid, and rectangular coordinates; mathematical classifications or schemes. LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS : Requires reading professional literature and technical manuals; speaking to groups of employees, other public and private groups; writing manuals and complex reports. MENTAL REQUIREMENTS : Requires using advanced professional-level work methods and practices in the analysis, coordination or interpretation of work of a professional, engineering, fiscal, legal, managerial or scientific nature and the ability for formulate important recommendations or make technical decisions that have an organization-wide impact. Requires sustained, intense concentration for accurate results and continuous exposure to sustained, unusual pressure. VOCATIONAL/EDUCATIONAL AND EXPERIENCE PREPARATION VOCATIONAL/EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION : Requires Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, construction engineering, or a related field. Project Management Institute course as sequenced and approved by the Director. SPECIAL CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES : Must possess a valid state driver’s license. Registered Professional Engineer in the State of South Carolina required. Must possess or obtain within six months, the ASPE Certified Professional Estimator (CPE) certification. EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS : Requires a minimum of eight years of relevant experience. Preferred experience with SCDOT. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT REQUIREMENTS PHYSICAL AND DEXTERITY REQUIREMENTS: Requires light work that involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting up to 20 pounds of force on a recurring basis, or skill, adeptness and speed in the use of fingers, hands or limbs on repetitive operation of mechanical or electronic office or shop machines or tools within moderate tolerances or limits of accuracy. ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS : The job may risk exposure to bright/dim light, dusts and pollen, extreme noise levels, vibration, fumes and/or noxious odors, moving machinery, electrical shock, toxic/caustic chemicals. SENSORY REQUIREMENTS : The job requires normal visual acuity, depth perception, and field of vision, hearing and speaking abilities. JUDGMENTS AND DECISIONS JUDGMENTS AND DECISIONS : Decision-making is primary to the job, affecting the organization, related organizations and major segments of the general population; works in an evolving environment with emerging knowledge and technologies, competing priorities, and changing politics. Responsible for long-range goals, planning and methodologies. ADA COMPLIANCE Richland County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires the County to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations. This proposed job description reflects the essential functions, duties, responsibilities, and minimum requirements accurately and completely to the best of my knowledge. I have made the necessary and appropriate considerations for the various and many uses of the job description that include, but are not limited to: recruiting for vacancies, screening candidates, interviewing candidates, selection of candidates, promotion, discipline, Workers Compensation, returning from leave, performance management, training, job classification, job reclassification, employee communication, reasonable accommodation interactive process, new employee orientation, communication of organizational structure, and to provide organized and defensible basis for personnel decisions to mitigate liability. The minimum requirements have neither been inflated nor deflated and correlate appropriately to the essential functions in this document. I have complied with applicable County policies and County guidelines in drafting this job description. In addition, I have given appropriate consideration and have added content to this job description, as needed, to document compliance related to federal regulations, such as but not limited to ADA, FLSA, FMLA, HIPAA, and Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection.

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