Project Manager, Senior, Long-Range Asset Planning Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/trimet/jobs/newprint/5081779) Apply  Project Manager, Senior, Long-Range Asset Planning Salary See Position Description Location Suite 700, OR Job Type Non-Union Regular Full-Time Job Number 25-00133 Department Strategy & Planning Administration Opening Date 09/16/2025 Closing Date Continuous + Description + Benefits Description Join us a TriMet and play a key part in our long-range capital planning and the complex yet rewarding challenge of planning for state of good repair across our many facilities that are vital for serving our region. Under the leadership and direction of the Senior Director, Planning, Service Planning, develop, manage and continuously improve a strategic capital planning program for significant transit assets, systems, and facility's needs. Develop and update a long-range capital improvement plan and projects needs for major assets, facilities and systems, including component replacement and eventual rebuilding of operating facilities and vehicle overhauls and replacements. The Senior Project Manager will work collaboratively across the agency to gather and compile data, inputs, and information such as transit service needs, fleet requirements, safety and security needs, federal, state, and/or local mandates and requirements to develop a clear, rational and well-identified set of needs for operating facilities that can be prioritized, calendared, and ultimately budgeted toward a state of good repair. A major responsibility of the Senior Project Manager will be to ensure that TriMet has a clear and reproducible process of identifying asset, system, and facility needs through a life-cycle approach and helping inform decision-making processes and governance. The Senior Project Manager will prepare information and work to improve processes in collaboration with finance and other stakeholders to support effectiveness and efficiency of prioritization for funding decision-making. In addition to state of good repair, an important component of the capital improvement plan will be environmental sustainability and alternative fuels analyses and projections. This position will need to communicate clearly with asset owners, Budget team members, and executives about asset and project needs and lifecycle cost implications. The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for working in a values-oriented, collaborative manner across the agency. This role requires being onsite a minimum of four (4) days per week. Ensure a commitment to safety and regulatory compliance through effective leadership, training, role modeling and implementing practices that demonstrate safety is a fundamental value and a priority in all aspects of work. Serve as a good steward of TriMet by regularly utilizing our transit system to maintain a strong and current understanding of customers’ experiences and of TriMet’s product and service offerings. Forbes Magazine recently ranked TriMet as one of the top five places to work in Oregon! TriMet is ranked the number one Oregon-based employer in the state, as well as the top “Transportation and Logistics” employer in the state. Essential Functions + Develop and consistently manage updates to Facilities and Asset Plan, which projects needs for major asset and component replacement and eventual rebuilding of operating facilities. + Conceptually develop project scope, schedule, budget, and lifecycle costs (and potential savings) of assets for replacement and/or for projects to be considered for funding. + Working with Transit Asset Management team. Maintenance and other groups managing assets to support tracking and project replacement needs for significant assets and components. + Work with Transit Asset Management team in Transit Systems and Asset Support division to ensure TriMet identifies, tracks, and projects future needs for replacement and overhaul of all significant assets and major components. + Work with Budget team to enhance effectiveness and efficiency of funding prioritization through capital funding decisions (including Capital Projects Committee) and annual budget process. + Work with Zero-Emissions team to project vehicle and other power technological changes and incorporate into Facilities Plan. + Prepare work scopes for staff, consultants, and contractors. Develop approaches to decision making that build consensus, conform with relevant policies and are defensible. + Collaborate consistently with Transit Asset Manager and team, asset owners, Budget team members, and executives about asset and project needs and lifecycle cost implications. + Coordinate with all internal and external stakeholders including operations, maintenance, financial, and other internal partners as well as jurisdictional partners, and consultants. Oversee and coordinate the work of consultants, planners, and other support staff as required. + Prepare and review notes, documentation, technical reports, project updates, presentations and recommendations. + Represent TriMet at various interagency and public meetings as a technical representative. Position Requirements A minimum of a bachelor's degree is required, with a bachelor's degree in engineering, planning, urban design, public administration, architecture, landscape architecture, business, construction management or a related field being preferred. Related college-level course work, or other building or asset planning/design/project management related education is preferred. Four (4) years of total credited experience.* Four (4) years of experience in capital planning, project development or other related experience are required. Four (4) years of demonstrated experience with transit or transportation assets and common environmental requirements, permitting, scheduling, budgeting, and cost estimating practices are preferred. A PMP - Project Mgmt Professional certificate is preferred. Or any equivalent combination of experience and training.* The amount of credit a candidate receives for prior years of experience is based on the relevancy of that experience to the required or preferred prerequisites of the job description. Experience is prorated based on hours worked. LRHR assigns and validates the "credited experience". Selection Criteria Type of Position / Grade / FLSA Grade 16, Exempt, Non-Union, Full-Time. Salary Range Minimum: $102,036.00 Maximum: $153,055.00 Salary offers will be determined by a candidate’s education, training and relevant experience. Any final offer of employment will fall within the range stated above. For transparency, we choose to list the full available grade range, however, TriMet’s salary administration process will ultimately determine the final salary offered. Selection Process Candidates will be selected based at a minimum on the result of: 1. Application Review (please include: Cover Letter and Resume) 2. Panel Interviews 3. Reference Check Supplemental Information Make sure you describe in detail how your education, training and work experience fit with this role. You are encouraged to attach a resume, cover letter, training certificates and/or letters of recommendation with your application. You are permitted five attachments of less than 5MB each. Internal applicants: Information in your personnel file will not be used in lieu of information requested on your application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. If you are a qualified veteran and would like to apply for veterans' preference points, you will need to reflect your status on the application and attach supporting documentation at the time of application submission. If you need accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act for any part of the application process, contact our Human Resources staff at 503-962-7505, or the TTY line at 7-1-1. Note that we require a minimum of two workdays' notice prior to the need for accommodation. TriMet is an equal opportunity employer, committed to developing an organization that is reflective of and sensitive to the needs of the diverse community we serve, including veterans, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities. ADA Statement As applied to the workplace, applicants and employees must be qualified to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Essential functions may include required job functions performed infrequently as well as production standards related to the quality and quantity of work. If a person with a disability could meet job qualifications with a reasonable accommodation, TriMet will work with the employee to accommodate the need. If TriMet's accommodation is effective in allowing the employee to perform the essential functions of the job, it need not be the employee's preferred accommodation.