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Engineering Project Management

The Engineering Project Management role leverages project management practices to lead projects, initiatives, and work units; manages project teams including all supervisory, development, and performance evaluation responsibilities; interacts with project stakeholders including funding sponsors, project engineers, and technical tradesmen; develops and implements project plans related to budget, resource allocation, reporting, compliance, and operational processes; identifies and implements operational changes to accomplish the project goals and objectives.

• Collaborate with investigators to develop, execute, and update the project plan; establish, implement, and assess project management strategies; design project infrastructure to promote efficient workflows and high-quality, innovative deliverables; maintain quality assurance processes and ensure a focus on delivering project commitments
• Lead strategic planning efforts including implementing, assessing, and revising processes and procedures; recommend changes that impact project direction; oversee data reporting and analysis efforts
• Provide leadership and direction for a project team; responsible for all management activities including hiring, supervision, training and professional development, and performance evaluation
• Facilitate communication between sponsors, investigators, resource managers, project engineers, and technical tradesmen; manage and track project schedule, resources, deliverables, and milestones
• Manage stakeholder project and product needs; coordinate with investigators to manage and adhere to sponsor requirements
• Facilitate, review, and approve task/project budgets, work breakdowns, rough order estimates, task prioritization, and integration plans with investigators and program managers; coordinate with investigators and financial teams to create project budget baseline; establish and update the project budget
• Provide relevant project data including cost and hours input to financial teams to create estimates; review project costs on a regular basis to ensure accuracy in preparation for project close out
• Collaborate with financial and property inventory teams to review fabrication costs; ensure correct classification, work breakdowns, and coding in preparation for project close out
• Manage all status collection, reporting, and schedule management activities; prepare reports and other associated project documentation
• Manage project resources; oversee subcontracts including identifying and qualifying subcontractors, risk management, and reviewing agreements
• Coordinate with project investigators to ensure adherence to regulatory and sponsor requirements; oversee compliance and security needs of the project, coordinate with the PI to manage regulatory requirements
• Coordinate and resolve conflicts within and between project and program teams; recommend and implement solutions
• Serve as liaison with other work units, programs, and various other organizations/groups to disseminate information and promote research activities

Level:

– Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates proficient ability in work design, project management, financial planning and development of goals for accomplishing unit assignments. Reviews and guides work to ensure conformity to policy and effective approaches. Evaluates employee performance and recommend development opportunities. Demonstrates ability to coach employees. Presents and communicates key university indicatives and connects it to unit contributions. Provides broad guidelines. Develops, evaluates, enhances, and/or implements quality improvement practices. Recommends innovative solutions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees a team (typically 4 or more; no fewer than 2) full
– time direct reports of individual contributors and/or first level supervisors.

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks department/area budget
– May plan, forecast, and/or assist in developing budgets
– May have final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters varied and complex problems
– Helps to develop creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature but within limited scope
– Modifies, adapts, or refines guidelines if necessary to resolve issues or problems

Independence of Action:

– Works independently on complex or strategic assignments
– Uses existing practices and advanced working knowledge to determine appropriate work methods for the team
– Reviews completed work of others for conformity to policy, and effectiveness of approach
– Delegates advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Prepares written and/or verbal presentations or proposals on complex issues and delivers to a broad variety of audiences
– Communicates key university initiatives and how unit’s work contributes to their achievement
– Presents ideas, concepts and instructions in a clear manner, and uses persuasion and negotiation to build consensus and cooperation
– Establishes and maintains networks to facilitate successful communication among units

• Comp Grade – 16
• Minimum – $123,200.00
• MidPoint – $157,100.00
• Maximum – $191,000.00