Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium of Parks Tacoma · Washington · posted yesterday
Based on our internal equity review process, the starting salary for this position will be $95,849 yearly Full salary range is $95,849 - $131,217 annually Work where you play! Join our team at Parks Tacoma to put your skills to use serving your community and making Tacoma a vibrant, healthy, and welcoming place to live. Who We Are Parks Tacoma is a CAPRA-accredited and AZA-accredited, independent park district that leads efforts to build a healthy, sustainable community. Located in Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Parks’ mission is to create healthy opportunities to play, learn, and grow. The independent park district spans the city providing a wide range of life-enriching destinations and services, including 70+ parks, 80+ miles of trails, 1,000+ acres of urban forest, 66 playgrounds, four community centers, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, Point Defiance Park, and much more. Our work is guided by eight core values that are the foundation of our actions and goals: innovation, excellence, equity, inclusiveness, sustainability, accountability, safety, and fun. Why You’ll Love it Here Come work where you play! You will contribute to the overall vitality and well-being of your community when you work for Parks Tacoma, and you’ll do so as part of a supportive team of committed, passionate, and mission-driven professionals. The people of Parks Tacoma are the key to its success, and you just might be the next great addition to our team. You’ll receive a competitive wage, along with an attractive benefits package, including medical, dental, retirement, vacation, holidays, and much more. On top of that, you’ll wake each day knowing that you’re helping make Tacoma a great place to call home. Position Information Under the general direction of an assigned supervisor, perform a variety duties involved in the development and management of Park District's real property; manage professional level planning, design, construction phase, and consultation activities and assure compliance and compatibility with existing systems and applicable codes, standards, specifications and practices; communicate with and provide technical information to planning personnel, engineers, contractors, developers, outside agencies, the general public and others regarding projects and activities. The Project Administrator position will typically manage smaller and less complex projects. In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to: • Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision. • Interact professionally with other employees, customers and suppliers. • Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments. • Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations. • Observe applicable safety requirements, use safety equipment provided, implement appropriate safety practices at all times and report immediately any unsafe working conditions or hazards. Essential Duties • Participate individually and as a member of cross-departmental work groups in the implementation of goals, objectives, policies, and priorities pertaining to Planning, Design, Construction and Asset Management. • Coordinate the activities of multiple concurrent projects, at various stages of development and complexity, in the delivery of new, renovated and enhanced park and recreation facilities district-wide. • In close collaboration with District staff, outside agencies and community representatives, assist in the development of projects scopes, budgets, communication plans and schedules for various planning and development projects. • Coordinate the work of planning, design and engineering consultants including writing Request for Qualifications (RFQ’s), Request for Proposals (RFP's), selecting consultants, negotiating contracts and supervising completion of the contracted work. • Facilitate communication interdepartmentally and with other agencies regarding Planning, Design, Construction and Asset Management; Conduct research as needed to respond to public inquiry and in support internal and external communications. • Serve as a liaison with other District departments, agencies, and other interested parties to coordinate project and program area activities, which may include: coordinating planning activities; serving as a project spokesperson; organizing, participating in, and conducting meetings and presentations; and/or performing other related activities. • Coordinate the activities of professional services, environmental, surveying and other specialized firms in the execution of park improvement projects; prepare related project scopes; coordinate the consultant selection process; negotiate and manage contracts; review and respond to reports and work products; evaluate the performance of consultants upon completion of work. • Prepare and deliver reports and recommendations to District supervisors, managers and executive leadership including written narrative, diagram and support graphics in a variety of presentation media. • Perform construction-phase review to ensure conformance/performance of contractors with design, specification, and contract documents; administer and applying related contracts; negotiate schedules and schedule adjustments for design and construction; coordinate project close-out and budget reconciliation; prepare reports, correspondence, advertisements, and official documents regarding project status, progress, and payments; and/or performing other related activities. • Ensure compliance with construction contractual requirements and conditions from design phase through warranty phase; initiate, negotiate, and process contracts; administer contract change orders and addenda. • Authorize payments to contractors and consultants; verify accuracy of invoices and project accounting; implements and tracks Local and State grant budgets for projects. • Assists in the preparation of environmental checklists; preparation and filing of permits with Local and State agencies; preparation of grants for Local and State agencies. • Prepare sketch designs as required for various planning, design and construction solutions; provide hand-draw or computer generated graphics as appropriate to the scope, scale and detail required. • Maintain current knowledge of Planning, Design, Construction and Asset Management trends and techniques; assure compliance with limitations and parameters of new laws, rules and regulations related to these fields. • Participate in planning around life-cycle and cost-benefit analysis for parks and facilities assets. Assist in the gathering and tracking of data to inform decisions regarding long-term, sustainable parks and facilities resiliency and management. • Identify opportunities for sustainability and green infrastructure application to problem solving. Offer guidance to ensure protection and enhancement of critical areas and infrastructure. • Operate a motorized vehicle to travel to multiple locations to carry out essential duties. Adhere to all driving laws and safety rules. • Perform related duties as assigned.
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