Data is as of 6/15/2025.
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City of Austin - JOB DESCRIPTION

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Capital Delivery Project Management Supervisor
FLSA: Standard/Exempt EEO Category: (20) Professionals
Class Code: 10426 Salary Grade: HF3
Approved: Last Revised: June 10, 2025

Purpose:
 

This position is responsible for leading and directing professional staff that manages large, complex, and/or technically challenging capital improvement construction projects.
Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:
  Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
  1. Assigns projects, monitors workload, and provides guidance and leadership to achieve successful project delivery.
  2. Monitors project schedules, milestones, and timelines and ensures projects adhere to established scope, schedule, and budget.
  3. Ensures projects are managed in accordance with established processes, procedures, and standards.
  4. Acts as liaison with customers and contractors to ensure customer satisfaction.
  5. Coordinates and cooperates with other agencies, departments, divisions, and private utilities involved in or affected by projects.
  6. Represents the City of Austin and Capital Delivery Services to councils, boards, and other regulatory agencies.
  7. Establishes and ensures completion of quality assurance measures by developing, monitoring, and analyzing reports and providing revisions to policies and procedures.
  8. Develops and monitors Operations & Maintenance (O&M) and/or Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budgets and responds to any deviations from the approved cost/timeline projections.
Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:
 

Responsible for the full range of supervisory activities including selection, training, evaluation, counseling, and recommendation for dismissal.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
  • Knowledge of construction management techniques and building operations energy using technologies and project management systems.
  • Knowledge of engineering and/or architectural principles, practices, and methods.
  • Knowledge of laws, rules, regulations, and codes applicable to project assignment.
  • Knowledge of estimating techniques and engineering and architectural design principles, practices, and procedures.
  • Knowledge of budget policies and principles.
  • Knowledge of contract policies and procedures.
  • Skill in adapting, interpreting, and applying guidelines and standards.
  • Skill in establishing and maintaining positive relationships with internal and external customers.
  • Skill in using available software packages.
  • Skill in evaluating contract agreements.
  • Skill in writing and interpreting legal descriptions of leases, real estate, easements, and similar properties.
  • Skill in negotiating with various audiences to accomplish objectives.
  • Skill in written and oral communications including public presentations.
  • Skill in completing projects within the required scheduling.
  • Ability to make prompt decisions and develop new and relative ideas for providing a quality product and quality customer service with little or no supervision.
  • Ability to perform all facets of projects such as the coordination of demolition, inspection, security, title clearance, soil testing, site location, property management, and preparation of files for Federal auditing with little or no supervision.
  • Ability to exercise sound judgment, tact, and diplomacy in all public contacts and dealings.
  • Ability to communicate in oral or written format to a variety of audiences.
  • Ability to direct the timely production of project proposals and agreements.
Minimum Qualifications:
 
  • Graduation with a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, architecture, or construction science, plus eight (8) years of experience in a field related to engineering, architecture, or construction management, four (4) of which were directly responsible for and in charge of managing architectural and engineering design or construction projects, including two (2) years of experience in a lead or supervisory capacity.

    OR

  • Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in any field, plus ten (10) years of experience in a field related to engineering, architecture, or construction management, six (6) of which were directly responsible for and in charge of managing architectural and engineering design or construction projects, including two (2) years of experience in a lead or supervisory capacity.
Licenses and Certifications Required:
 

Must possess one of the following licenses or certifications or be able to obtain within six (6) months of hire date:

  • Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of Texas
  • Licensed Registered Architect (RA) in the state of Texas
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Certified Construction Manager (CCM)

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty required of the position given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of management to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The listing of duties and responsibilities shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.