Job Summary
Clark County Public Works is recruiting for the position of Capital Program Specialist. The primary purpose of this position is to help management and fulfill goals of the state mandated 6-year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) that is adopted by the County Council on an annual basis and approved by the County Engineer.
Qualifications
- This position performs professional, detailed-oriented, and complex planning, monitoring, prioritizing, forecasting, and coordinating of capital programs. Primary duties and responsibilities include:
- Understand methods and procedures of finance and compliance including reconciliation, grant accounting and administration, and auditing. Coordinate and communicate funding availability and legalities/regulations of funds.
- Coordinate the annual development of the state mandated 6-year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and Annual Construction Program (ACP) which includes: understanding databases structures; following current council policies and county code; Washington Administrative Codes (WAC); Revised Codes of Washington (RCW); Code of Federal Regulations; Local Agency Guidelines (LAG). In addition, the TIP requires collecting data (economic, geometric, zoning, and traffic and accident data), prioritizing projects and adjusting schedules as necessary, estimating and forecasting funding sources, tracking project costs and allocating the funding for budget and audit compliance. collaborating with Community Planning and other active stakeholders to ensure the 6-year road program is in conformance with the 20-year Capital Facilities Plan (CFP.
- Prepare grant, loan, and other funding applications and contracts. Monitors and tracks funding contracts; acts as liaison with funding agencies. Prepare compliance reports and administers cooperative contacts with federal, state and city governments.
- Prepare preliminary project scopes in consultation with engineers and other appropriate disciplines. Initiates and established the capital project to official begin the work.
- Develop and refine criteria and prioritize potential projects for the various programs as well as solicit and coordinate public involvement/education.
- Prepare information and present to official boards, including the County Council, the County Road Administration Board (CRAB), Transportation Improvement Board (TIB), Planning Commission, Development Engineering Advisory Board, Public Works Board, and the Regional Transportation Council. This also includes neighborhood associations, community stakeholders, and interest groups.
- Serve as a team member “client” to sustain compliance/accountability and provide guidance on scope, schedule, budget, and vital funding regulations on specific capital projects representing the County’s needs, project goals, and interests. Coordinates closely with the capital project managers and teams to deliver projects on-time, on-budget and within established scope. Works with consultant teams involved in design of capital projects.
- Performing other related duties as assigned.
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Salary Grade: Local 17 Engineers.211 ($33.31 - $42.54) per hour