Airports Project & Program Manager

Job Description:

Airports Project & Program Manager

Description

Description

Under general direction, the Airports Project & Program Manager is responsible for planning and construction project oversight of both in-house and outsourced projects, as well as contract administration and oversight of vendor performance for compliance with established scope of work including all necessary permits, drawings, and regulations. Other program responsibilities include grant administration, third-party project reviews, environmental oversight and review, budget development and program compliance. The Airports Project & Program Manager will be responsible for the planning and direct oversight of projects and programs at the Camarillo and Oxnard Airports.

PAYROLL TITLE: Facility Project Manager

EDUCATIONAL/BILINGUAL INCENTIVE: Incumbents may be eligible for an educational incentive of 2.5%, 3.5%, or 5% based on completion of an Associate's, Bachelor's, or Master's degree that is not required for the classification. Incumbents may also be eligible for bilingual incentive depending upon operational need and certification of skill.

Facility Project Manager is a Management position and is exempt from overtime.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
OPENING DATE: Wednesday, August 20, 2025
CLOSING DATE: Continuous and may close at any time; therefore, the schedule for the remainder of the process will depend upon when we receive a sufficient number of qualified applications to meet business needs.
REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS: Applications will be reviewed on a weekly basis beginning the week of August 25, 2025.

Examples Of Duties

Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Plans, organizes, coordinates, and administers complex engineering and planning projects for public and private improvements or related programs.
• Prepares, develops, or oversees grant program administration, including federal and state grant applications, grant acceptance, grant compliance, reimbursement reviews and other special grant required programs.
• Oversees 'Lead Agency' environmental process for capital projects and County and private developments on County airport-owned land, including the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and construction-related Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans.
• Leads procurement activities including drafting contracts, request for proposals, and bid evaluations in compliance with federal, state and local regulations.
• Communicates with customers, consultants, regulatory agencies, and develops and leads presentations at Board meetings and/or Airport advisory meetings.
• Selects, trains, and supervises projects staff; assigns and reviews work; establishes performance standards and monitors performance outcomes; conducts performance evaluations; implements discipline procedures.
• Develops and manages annual capital budget, including reconciliations, projections and performs annual fixed asset reviews.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Typical Qualifications

These are entrance requirements to the examination process and assure neither continuance in the process nor placement on the eligible list.

EDUCATION, TRAINING, and EXPERIENCE:
Considerable experience performing complex construction project management which has led to the acquisition of the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

The required knowledge, skills and abilities may also be obtained by:

• Completion of a bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field and
• Five (5) years of project management experience of construction projects with construction values of at least $150,000. Five (5) years to include at least two (2) years of direct supervisory experience. Two (2) years of management experience including budgetary responsibility are highly desirable.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Possession of and the ability to maintain a California driver license
• Must be willing and able to attend airport advisory body meetings in the evening twice per month
• Must be willing and able to make public presentations
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Word

DESIRED

• Experience in aviation airfield design
• Experience with California Environmental Quality Act & National Environmental Policy Act
• Experience with budget development
• Experience leading a team

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES

Thorough to comprehensive knowledge of:

• Current principles of construction engineering and their application to engineering problems.

Comprehensive knowledge of:

• Federal, State and local laws governing public contract administration;
• One of the engineering disciplines, mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, etc., or architectural.

Working knowledge of:

• Aviation airfield design and safety standards, practices, and procedures;
• Office computer systems and the ability to read print construction drawings and specifications;
• Common office environment software sufficient to produce required reports and other materials.

Knowledge of:

• Environmental requirements associated with capital projects and public or private developments, including, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, California Environmental Quality Act, and National Environmental Policy Act;
• Principles of budget development and administration, organization, public administration and effective management;
• Principles and techniques of effective supervision including leading a team.

Ability to:

• Make engineering studies and recommend solutions, prepare reports, and make recommendations for the planning of work, write technical reports, manage and coordinate work of outside consultants and contractors;
• Inspect plans and methods of construction;
• Estimate cost of construction projects and use good engineering judgement in development, evaluation, selection, and implementations of both agency and contract resources to get the work done;
• Practice effective customer service and manage a large workload while remaining flexible in response to project changes and deadlines;
• Prepare and make public presentations;
• Resolve conflicts and problems in a creative and positive way;
• Communicate effectively and develop and maintain productive, professional and collegial relationships with employees, management, and outside consultants, vendors, and airport tenants.

Intermediate proficiency with Word.

Recruitment Process

FINAL FILING DATE: This is a continuous recruitment and may close at any time; therefore, apply as soon as possible if you are interested. Your application must be received by County of Ventura Human Resources in Ventura, California, no later than 5:00 p.m. on the closing date.

To apply online, please refer to our website at www.ventura.org/jobs . A paper application can be obtained by calling (805) 654-5129. Our address is County of Ventura Human Resources, 800 South Victoria Avenue, L-1970, Ventura, CA 93009.

NOTE: If presently permanently employed in another "merit" or "civil service" public agency/entity in the same or substantively similar position as is advertised, and if appointed to that position by successful performance in a "merit" or "civil service" style examination, then appointment by "Lateral Transfer" may be possible. If interested, please click here for additional information.

Note to Applicants: Sufficient information must be provided under the Education/Work Experience portion of the application and supplemental questionnaire to thoroughly and accurately demonstrate your qualifications to determine eligibility. A resume may be attached to supplement your responses in the above-referenced sections; however, it may not be submitted in lieu of the application.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE - qualifying
All applicants are required to complete and submit the questionnaire for this examination at the time of filing. The supplemental questionnaire may be used throughout the examination process to assist in determining each applicant's qualifications for the position. Failure to complete and submit the questionnaire may result in removal of the application from further consideration. It is highly recommended that the supplemental questions within the application are completed with care and diligence. Responses such as "See Resume" or "Refer to Resume" are not acceptable and may disqualify an applicant from further evaluation.

APPLICATION SCREENING - qualifying
All applications will be reviewed to determine whether the stated requirements are met. Applicants meeting the stated requirements will be invited to continue to the next step in the recruitment process.

TRAINING & EXPERIENCE EVALUATION
A Training and Experience Evaluation (T&E) is a structured evaluation of the job application materials submitted by a candidate, including the written responses to the supplemental questionnaire. The T&E is NOT a determination of whether the candidate meets the stated requirements; rather, the T&E is one method for determining who are the better qualified among those who have shown that they meet the stated requirements. In a T&E, applications are either scored or rank ordered according to criteria that most closely meet the business needs of the department. Candidates are typically scored/ranked in relation to one another; consequently, when the pool of candidates is exceptionally strong, many qualified candidates may receive a score or rank which is moderate or even low resulting in them not being advanced in the process.

NOTE: The selection process will likely consist of an Oral Exam, which may be preceded or replaced with the score from a Training and Experience Evaluation (T&E), contingent upon the size and quality of the candidate pool. In a typical T&E, your training and experience are evaluated in relation to the background, experience and factors identified for successful job performance during a job analysis. For this reason, it is recommended that your application materials clearly show your relevant background and specialized knowledge, skills, and abilities. If the T&E replaces the oral exam, candidates must earn a score of seventy percent (70%) or higher to qualify for placement on the eligible list.

ORAL EXAMINATION - 100% A job-related oral examination may be conducted to evaluate and compare participating candidates' knowledge, skills, and abilities in relation to those factors which job analysis has determined to be essential for successful performance of the job. Applicants must earn a score of seventy percent (70%) or higher to qualify for placement on the eligible list.

If there are three (3) or fewer qualified applicants, an oral examination will not be conducted. Instead, a score of seventy percent (70%) will be assigned to each application, and each applicant will be placed on the eligible list.

ELIGIBLE LIST

Candidates successfully completing the examination process may be placed on an eligible list for a period of one (1) year.

The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill present and future Regular (including Temporary and Fixed-term), Intermittent and Extra Help vacancies for this and similar vacancies within the Department of Airports. There is currently one (1) Regular, Full-Time vacancy within the Department of Airports.

BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION
A thorough pre-employment, post offer background investigation which may include inquiry into past employment, education, criminal background information, and driving record may be required for this position.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
The County of Ventura is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.
For further information about this recruitment, please contact Esmeralda Oseguera by e-mail at Esmeralda.Oseguera@venturacounty.gov or by telephone at (805) 477-7268.

YOUR BENEFITS AS A COUNTY OF VENTURA EMPLOYEE

MANAGEMENT

To learn more about Benefits, Retirement, and the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), see links below.

• Benefits website or you may call (805) 654-2570.
• Retirement FAQ's
• Memorandum of Agreement

Union Codes:MB3, MB4, MS, MT,MCC, MU

Closing Date/Time: Continuous

Salary:

$116,726.76 - $163,433.47 Annually