Facilities IT Specialist

Facilities IT Specialist

Requirements

• Experience working closely with project stakeholders including clients, users and management to coordinate work efforts across multiple groups to ensure that project goals are met within the established timeframes
• Experience defining technology solutions to business problems with input from business subject matter experts leading to the creation of Project Charters to support initiation of Projects
• Develop work estimates, work breakdown structures and the project work plan; prepare a consolidated work plan for initiatives that involve multiple related projects
• Strong conflict resolution, negotiating and influencing skills
• Experience with standard set of practices that ensure the integrity and quality of project deliverables
• Experience in preparing and implementing test plans
• Managing successful, large-scale IT projects, that include software analysis, design, development testing and implementation
• Working with User Acceptance Testing methodologies and documentation in large complex and heterogeneous technical environments
• Using project planning tools such as MS Project to track and maintain project plans, work breakdown structures and timelines
• Creating and presenting internal and external status reports and detailed status reports suitable for presentation Project Steering Committee and senior management
• Leading the project technical and operational team, facilitating the project meetings and maintaining the project objectives through effective project management skills
• Delivering the project deliverables within the agreed schedule, to the correct technical specification, i.e., defined to meet user requirements, and within the approved budget and other specified criteria
• Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree

Responsibilities

• Directs and manages projects from cradle to grave including project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closing
• Defines project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
• Develops project plans and associated communication documents including Project Charters
• Manages and oversees the work of Business Systems Analysts
• Effectively communicates project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
• Manages client relationships to ensure the appropriate level of participation
• Manages vendor relationships and resources to ensure effective execution of the project
• Develops and manages project budgets
• Identifies and manages project risks as well as issues that arise and the action items required to resolve them
• Plans and schedules project timelines and milestones using MS Project and track project milestones and deliverables
• Develops and delivers project status reports
• Coaches, mentors, motivates, and supervises project team members (employees, contractors, and vendors) and influences them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work
• Conducts project post mortems and creates recommendations in order to improve execution of future projects

Preferred Qualifications

• AEC industry experience strongly preferred; LAUSD experience preferred
• Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred
• Relational Database Management Systems, e.g. Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase
• Reporting Tools, e.g. BIRT, Tableau, Crystal Reports, Actuate, or others
• Programming Languages, e.g. Java, C, C++, Open ACS, Oracle PL/SQL
• Programming Procedures, e.g. ASP, TCL, JSP, PHP, PYTHON
• Report Development Tools, e.g. Toad, Business Objects/Crystal Reports, Oracle APEX, or other Agile Development Tools
• Data Modeling