Project Coordinator

Job Announcement

This position works within our Wastewater Management Division at the award-winning Noman M. Cole Jr. Water Recycling Facility (67 MGD)—one of the largest and most advanced facilities of its kind in the nation. This position manages in-house and capital improvement projects from the development lifecycle at the early site identification, master planning, and acquisition phase through due diligence and financing, to design, construction and the turnover to the operations. Responsible for the development process from start to finish with knowledge of process, phases and services involved, including contracting, development agreements, site selection, master planning, land use and entitlement process, finance, design and construction and warranty. Legal and transactional skills are also beneficial to handle the contracts, agreements, risks and liability elements present in development projects. Under the general direction of the Maintenance Branch Chief, the successful candidate:

• Leads and is a member of a collaborative team of dedicated highly performing staff that are responsible for the implementation of major wastewater in-house and capital improvement projects.
• Supervises and manages project managers and assistant project managers.
• Creates a team environment and provides leadership, guidance, oversight, training, mentoring and direction to assigned project managers, assistant construction managers, and other technical specialists.
• Possesses strong knowledge of local, state, and federal codes and regulations.
• Develops and manages project scopes of work, budgets and schedules.
• Negotiates, manages and ensures the work of professional engineering and consulting services firms comply with contract and schedule requirements and serves as the project manager for complex and/or sensitive wastewater capital improvement projects.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A strong background with wastewater principles.
• Extensive experience in building and leading teams.
• Proven program/project management experience.

Note: This position is designated as Emergency Service Personnel, the employee in this position must fulfill emergency services duties.

Employment Standards

Minimum Qualifications: Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following: Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a Bachelor's degree in Urban/Regional Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering, or a related field, and six years of progressively responsible experience in or affiliated with land planning and/or redevelopment, engineering or architecture, or management of large and complex construction or maintenance projects. Certificates and Licenses Required: A valid driver's license. Necessary Special Requirements: The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check, driving record check, and a medical examination to the satisfaction of the employer prior to appointment. Preferred Qualifications:

• Five years of experience successfully managing and implementing wastewater projects including development scope of work, design, construction and communication through applicable federal, state and local codes and regulations, utilizing professional service engineering contracts.
• Five years of experience in developing, reviewing and analyzing construction plans and specifications.
• Five years of experience demonstrated the ability to establish collaborative relationships with staff, outside agencies, other stakeholders, and the ability to lead and build teams through collaboration and development and implementation of effective and efficient processes.
• Professional Engineering license, or Trade License from the Virginal Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR).

Physical Requirements: Ability to bend, stoop, crawl and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Ability to input, access, and retrieve information from a computer. Ability to lift up to 30 lbs. Ability to perform repetitive hand, arm, wrist and shoulder movements. Ability to stand, stoop, bend, stretch, walk, climb, sit, kneel, crouch, reach, crawl, lift and handle materials with manual dexterity. Ability to walk, negotiate or traverse property sites that may be undergoing construction or having terrain that is not level. Work requires entering confined spaces with weight restriction of 310 lbs. Work requires performing tasks in adverse weather conditions. Work requires performing tasks in an environment in which raw waste is present. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

Selection Procedure: Panel interview and may include exercise. Fairfax County is home to a highly diverse population, with a significant number of residents speaking languages other than English at home (including Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, and many others.) We encourage candidates who are bilingual in English and another language to apply for this opportunity. Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce. Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. TTY 703-222-7314. EEO/AA/TTY.