Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District has an excellent opportunity for a skilled Capital Project Manager II to join our team! The Capital Project Manager II project work includes assisting with design, permitting, contracting, and construction management for a wide array of public access and environmental protection projects. Put your passion for open space to work!

About the Position:  Top candidates have excellent project management skills and have demonstrated expertise supporting projects from conceptual design through construction.  This position focuses on construction project management including:

• evaluating the constructability of a project during design
• assisting with bidding
• award of contract
• maintaining project documentation
• managing construction oversight to completion

Professional Qualities

• organized
• collaborative
• self-starter
• excellent oral and written communication skills

Highly Desired

• background in construction inspection, civil engineering, and/or construction management

For more information about this position and to apply: CalOpps.    The full job description is on our website.

Work Environment:  Capital Project Managers will often work in the field and hike through steep terrain and wildland areas with poison oak and wildlife.  Field work will require driving in remote areas on dirt roads, working in temperatures ranging from cold and blustery to hot and dry. Ideal candidates will be comfortable working in these types of field conditions, as well as in an office environment.

Education and Experience:  any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

• Equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in civil or structural engineering, construction management, landscape architecture, or a related field, and
• Three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience in construction design, construction, and inspection preferably in parks, open space, or related field

Licenses & Certifications Required:   Possession of a valid California Driver’s License. 

How to Apply:   Apply online at CalOpps.org.  Application deadline: February 5, 2023  

Required application items:

1. Fully completed CalOpps employment application
2. Cover letter
3. Resume
4. Supplemental question responses

Schedule: (dates are subject to change)  

First Interview (virtual): February 16, 2023

Written Exercise (virtual): February 21, 2023

Second Interview (in person): February 23, 2023

Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Applicants with disabilities may request reasonable accommodation by contacting the Human Resources department at 650-691-1200.   

Education and Experience:  any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

• Equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in civil or structural engineering, construction management, landscape architecture, or a related field, and
• Three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience in construction design, construction, and inspection preferably in parks, open space, or related field

 Licenses & Certifications Required:   Possession of a valid California Driver’s License. 

About Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District

Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District helps plants, animals and people thrive throughout the greater Santa Cruz Mountains region by preserving a greenbelt of more than 65,000 acres of public open space with 250 miles of trails in 26 extraordinary preserves, permanently protected for natural resource conservation and ecologically sensitive public enjoyment and education. Midpen is a public agency with a focused mission that guides our work, and where every employee makes an impact.

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