Assistant Construction/Maintenance Project Manager

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.

As part of the Engineering Support Branch (ESB), serves as an operational and maintenance field liaison for construction activities at the Noman M. Cole, Jr. Wastewater Recycling Facility. This field-intensive position coordinates, monitors, reviews and verifies design and construction from preliminary design to start up and operation of the plant processes.

• Plays a strong supporting role coordinating large capital improvement projects and leads in the implementation of smaller capital and maintenance projects.
• Leads the development and implementation of the underground infrastructure program.
• Assigns and oversees the work of field construction coordinators in the absence of the project engineer or ESB manager.
• Actively participates in plant-based teams and leads special projects that support plant design and construction activities.
• Exchanges information and communicates both orally and in writing with supervisors, maintenance and operations personnel, contractors, contract engineers, vendors, safety personnel, and other Fairfax County representatives.

• Benefits
• Retirement

• Possess the skills necessary to work in a fast-paced collaborative team environment with demonstrated expertise in managing multiple projects concurrently.
• Be oriented towards providing outstanding customer service to end users and project stakeholders.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following:
(Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to") Graduation from a four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Environmental or Life Sciences, Construction Management, Business Administration, Facilities Management or related; plus one year of experience in construction, building maintenance projects, code enforcement or inspection work.

BRIDGE CLASS EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS:
Five years of increasingly complex supervision, inspection or contract oversight experience in construction, maintenance or a related technical area. This class can serve as a bridge class enabling individuals who do not meet the educational or professional experience standards listed above to qualify for this class by possessing five years of increasingly complex experience in the area of building inspections, trades/maintenance/construction supervision or construction and maintenance contract over sight or supervision.

The purpose of this bridge class is to promote upward mobility within the Fairfax County workforce from the trades supervision, paraprofessional technical, inspection and related fields to professional level project management work.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check and a pre-employment physical examination to the satisfaction of the employer.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3 years of experience with process and operational experience and/or knowledge relating to advanced wastewater treatment plants.
• 3 years of experience with Construction coordination especially in areas related to wastewater and water treatment.
• Virginia Wastewater Operators License and/or other trade or technical education, certification, and/or licenses applicable to the treatment and maintenance of wastewater facilities.