Technical Project Manager I - Snyder Area Office - (2601754)
Position Information
TxDOT's Abilene District is looking for a Technical Project Manager I for its Snyder Area Office. This person will work with engineers, auditors, record keepers, and technicians in the field of transportation engineering to review and analyze construction projects, and records auditing. We have a diverse workforce of over 12,000 employees statewide. If you are looking to build a career, you have come to the right place!
Minimum Salary: 65,104.00
Maximum Salary: 106,634.00
Pay Basis: Yearly
FLSA Status: Exempt
Work Locations: Snyder Ae/Scurry Co Maint Sect 111 N AVENUE V Snyder 79550
Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time
Shift: Day Job
Shift Details: 40
Location Flexibility: Onsite
Benefits and Perks
At TxDOT, we value work-life balance and are committed to providing our employees with a comprehensive range of benefits and programs, including:
- Retirement Plans
- Alternative and/or Flexible Work Schedules
- Paid Leave and Holidays
- Health Premiums paid at 100% for Full-Time Employees
- On-the-Job Training
- Tuition Assistance Program
- Holistic Wellness Program with Leave Incentives
- Career Development and Advancement Opportunities
- Family-Friendly Policies and Programs
In 2024, TxDOT was recognized as a Best Place for Working Parents, and many of our offices statewide are also designated as Texas Mother-Friendly Worksites. These recognitions reflect our dedication to supporting families and promoting a healthy work-life balance.
For a complete list of our total compensation package please visit our website at: Total Compensation Package
To view benefits available to all State of Texas employees visit: Benefits at a Glance | ERS (texas.gov)
Position Description
Manages advanced engineering, architectural, or construction projects, providing leadership in planning, oversight, and compliance with state and federal regulations. Oversees project objectives, ensures quality assurance/quality control, and maintains project integrity. Work requires extensive contact with agency management, governmental officials and private entities. Employees at this level are virtually self -supervising and assume direct accountability for the work product.
Essential Duties:
- Analyzes and reports on advanced and highly complex program funding change scenarios and their impact to individual project schedules.
- Compiles and distributes project information, status reports, and project budget expenditures.
- Conducts project reviews and coordinates inspections with various inspectors and other district/division project managers.
- Coordinates project activities with other state agencies, governmental jurisdictions, or private sector partners and contractors and assures coordination and approvals through Federal Highway Administration or U.S. Department of Transportation.
- Coordinates with local Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) to develop annual Transportation Improvement Program and long and short-range transportation plans for the area.
- Creates documentation procedures to capture and deal with changes in original project plan.
- Directs, develops, implements, and evaluates project budgets, schedules, work plans, resources requirements, and cost estimates and projections.
- Ensures compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards for assigned projects.
- Identifies potential project impediments, risks, and issues; and designs strategies to mitigate or avoid them.
- Monitors and manages project cost and quality to ensure project is completed within budget and to ensure deliverables are acceptable and fulfill the terms of the project contract or specifications.
- Oversees project assignments, determines work requirements to complete project plans and coordinates scheduling to accommodate projects already underway.
- Works with Federal Highway Administration representatives to ensure compliance with regulations for assigned projects.
- Oversees and monitors the inspections of construction methods, workmanship and maintenance procedures to ensure contractors build, install, maintain and repair traffic control/data collection related equipment or facilities in accordance with plans, specifications and contract requirements.
- Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline. Relevant experience may be substituted for education on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications
Experience: 5 years construction project management; project management, process engineering and/or business process improvement methodologies. (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent).
Licenses and Certifications:
Competencies:
- Industry guidelines, specifications and codes in the production and use of technical plans for the development and delivery of products and services
- Applicable plans, specifications and estimates preparation, review, processing and compliance requirements
- Project Management best practices
- Applicable laws, rules, and regulations
- Project scheduling and coordination activities
- Critical Path Method for managing projects
- Addressing changes in scope and budget
- Leading, assigning, reviewing, and monitoring the work of others
- Project management monitoring
- Operating computers and applicable computer software
- Analyze complex information and develop plans to address identified issues
- Identify project risks and gaps
- Follow applicable safety standards, practices and procedures
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
- Sedentary work: Lift up to 10 lbs. at a time and occasionally carry files/small tools
- Light work: Lift up to 20 lbs. at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 10 lbs.
- Sitting - prolonged periods of time
- Standing-prolonged periods of time
- Talking- expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words
- Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading
Conditions of Employment:
Please click this link to read the standard conditions of employment for all positions: Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT)
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This job has been identified as physically demanding and will require a pre-employment physical.
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Must pass a drug test prior to employment for safety impact positions. This is a Safety Impact position and will be subject to random drug testing.
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Please note that the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation – 49 CFR Part 40, at 40.151(e) – does not authorize “medical marijuana” under a state law to be a valid medical explanation for a positive drug test result for an employee in this position.
Job: Engineering/Engr Support
Job Level: Non-Management
Job Posting: Jul 17, 2026, 3:43:32 PM
Unposting Date: Aug 2, 2026, 11:59:00 PM
State Job Title/s: Project Manager III
State Job Code/s: 1560
Military Occupational Specialty (MOS)
TxDOT is committed to hiring veterans. To assist in determining whether your military experience may pertain to the minimum requirements for this position, Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) codes from each branch of the U.S. Armed Forces have been assigned to each state classification code/title where applicable. The MOS codes are grouped by occupational category.
To view the MOS codes please click on link below and click on the appropriate occupational category.
https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions
Applicant Information
The Texas Department of Transportation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
If requested, reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities for any part of the employment process in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Action of 1990.
Please click this link to read the information for applicants: Additional Applicant Information
