Engineering / Construction Project Manager

Project Manager

Central Arizona Project (CAP) is a 336-mile system that supplies Colorado River water to central and southern Arizona. More than 6 million people rely on this supply. CAP employs nearly 500 people who enjoy a team-oriented and safety-focused work culture. The close community of a small company is driven to help fulfill our extremely valuable mission.

The Engineering Department provides engineering expertise, construction project management, technical services, and support to CAP's Maintenance Department. CAP Engineering is seeking an experienced Project Manager. As a Project Manager (PM), you would guide CAP in executing multi-disciplinary projects from the conceptual stage to implementation and completion. You would lead a defined project team through a collaborative project scoping, assessment, review, and approval process, with oversight from an internal governing body. You would work collaboratively with your team and other involved CAP departments / division to develop project budgets and schedules. This PM role monitors, manages, and projects future project costs for budget purposes and analysis. The PM facilitates problem solving activities with his / her team and engages the appropriate company resources to reach solutions. Through the design process, you would facilitate both internal and external specification and drawing reviews and monitors the schedule and costs of the design. You would collaborate with the contract administration and construction inspection teams during the construction phase, track costs and schedule for each project assigned, report status periodically, and ensure that all project documentation, including drawings are accurate, complete and retrievable. The PM facilitates project turnover and post-project critiques as necessary.

The successful candidate for this position will have :

• Bachelor of Science (or higher) degree in a field of Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• Five (5) years of total experience in the Engineering or Construction Industry which must include a minimum of three years of relevant construction or project management experience.
• An advanced Engineering, Business or other relevant degree may substitute for two years of the minimum experience requirement.
• Proficient at developing construction-ready contract documents in a team environment including drawings and specifications.
• Proficiency using MS Excel and MS Project.
• Effective at building relationships of trust and providing effective leadership to multiple, interdisciplinary project teams with diverse personalities.
• Ability to control and manage project budgets, schedules, scope, risk, and quality.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, coordinate resources and work through competing priorities while meeting deadlines.
• Must effectively be able to manage multiple projects at various phases of the project life cycle and preferably has demonstrated experience successfully managing projects through the approval, design, construction / installation, and close-out stages.

Please note : Post-offer physical testing, functional testing, and drug screening will apply. Must have a valid driver's license and good two-year driving record.