Salary: $68,286.40 – $119,537.60

Job Overview

Manages projects of varying size, scope and impact from single family residential homes to multifamily rental and commercial new construction and rehabilitation developments. Manages the construction projects with many external stakeholders while balancing the County’s interests in spending funds on time and on scope.

Ideal Candidate

  • Must have extensive knowledge and experience with CDBG, SHIP and local housing trust fund grants.
  • Extensive knowledge with managing affordable housing down payment assistance, single family and multifamily affordable housing projects.
  • Experience closing multi-family loan transactions.
  • An understanding of real estate transactions, document recording and the necessary order of the recording of mortgages and deed.
  • Experience with the GC RFP Process, Davis-Bacon, Sam-e registration and Section 3
  • Extensive experience in processing payment requests.

Core Competencies

  • Customer Commitment – Proactively seeks to understand the needs of the customer and provide the highest standards of service.
  • Dedication to Professionalism and Integrity – Demonstrates and promotes fair, honest, professional and ethical behaviors that establishes trust throughout the organization and with the public we serve.
  • Organizational Excellence – Takes ownership for excellence through one’s personal effectiveness and dedication to the continuous improvement of our operations.
  • Success through Teamwork – Collaborates and builds partnerships through trust and the open exchange of diverse ideas and perspectives to achieve organizational goals.

Tier 2

Duties and Responsibilities

Note: The following duties are illustrative and not exhaustive. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Depending on the nature of their assignments, individual employees may perform some or all of the duties described below.

  • Tracks their own projects and collaborates with Projects and Contracts team.
  • Manages own list of projects, keeps projects up to date.
  • Prepares monthly project review for meetings with Managing Director.
  • Conducts assessments of each project’s scope of work and identifies whether project completion times are being met in accordance with the funding agreement.
  • Communicates and works with Contract Manager assigned to the project to work through any potential issues on project site or with documentation needed for reimbursement of expenses.
  • Conducts site visits to monitor progress with and without the Contract Manager assigned.
  • Provides technical assistance to project developers and subrecipients with navigating challenges with the development.
  • Engages in training annually to keep up with building code certifications, construction management trends and affordable housing regulations and funding requirements.
  • Identifies deviations from the funding agreement and/or GC contract terms, including meeting critical dates and advises the Contract Manager in order to determine a solution.
  • Keeps Contract Manager updated on findings or concerns.
  • Knowledge of the Buy America Build America Act a plus
  • Coordinates permitting processes to provide project developer assistance as needed and tracks permits per job to ensure project developer is on track.
  • Follows tracking system protocols. The PM should be able to identify the stage of any given project at any time.
  • Assists the Planning and Owner Occupied Rehabilitation teams as needed.

Job Specifications

  • Knowledge of affordable housing construction project parameters a plus.
  • Knowledge of laws, regulations, and procedures governing Affordable Housing construction projects with funding sources like CDBG, SHIP and HOPE are a plus.
  • Knowledge of real estate transactions a plus.
  • Skill in walking through construction projects and identifying potential issues, including meeting project deadlines.
  • Skill in providing technical assistance to developers including Davis-Bacon, Section 3 requirements.
  • Skill in understanding how to navigate the permitting process to both confirm permits have been pulled for projects and closed out.
  • Ability to understand costs related to project scope, what is reasonable and unreasonable in the market by trade.
  • Ability to understand the scope of work and standard time for completion.
  • Ability to understand how to navigate blueprints and site plan reviews and comments.
  • Ability to communicate effectively in English both orally and in writing.
  • Ability to collect, organize, and evaluate data and to develop logical conclusions.
  • Ability to work effectively with others.

Physical Requirements

  • This job is performed in a professional office environment using standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and fax machines.

Work Category

  • Light Work – Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg control requires exertion of forces greater than that of sedentary work and if the worker sits most of the time, the job is considered light work.
  • Driving to project sites periodically is required.

Minimum Qualifications Required

  • Graduation from an accredited four year degree granting college or university; AND
  • Four years of program/project management experience directly related to the position duties;

ORAn equivalent combination of education (not less than a high school diploma/GED), training and experience that would reasonably be expected to provide the job-related competencies noted above.

Emergency Management Responsibilities

In the event of an emergency or disaster, an employee may be required to respond promptly to duties and responsibilities as assigned by the employee’s department, the County’s Office of Emergency Management, or County Administration. Such assignments may be for before, during or after the emergency/disaster failure to do so could result in termination.

Additional Job Requirements

A department, depending on the nature of its mission and operations, may require that employees in all or certain positions in this job classification:

  • Maintain the ability to pass the background checks required for the position. These background checks may include but are not limited to:
    • Criminal History Background Check using Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS)
    • Level 1 and Level 2 Background screening (Ch. 435 Florida Statutes)
    • Child Abuse, Abandonment and Neglect Record Check using the State Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS)
    • Sex Offender and Sexual Predator record check using the list maintained by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)
  • Possess the necessary job related license(s) or certification(s) that may include possession of a Florida Driver License (Class E) or an applicable Commercial Driver License (CDL)

For more information regarding background screenings, please visit https://info.flclearinghouse.com .

Career Progression

Employees in this classification that acquire the competencies and minimum qualifications for the next tier will be able to apply for promotional opportunities through a competitive selection process. Employees will not automatically be upgraded to the next tier. Reclassifying a position is based on business need and financial impact and is not based solely on the job competencies or qualifications of the incumbent.

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