Facilities IT Specialist

About Dabri
Dabri, Inc. is a professional program management, infrastructure engineering, and construction management consulting firm, serving Northern and Southern California Area since 2001. We provide project management, engineering, construction management, cost estimating, scheduling, QA/QC, project controls, change management, and general consulting services for public and private projects; specialized in a wide range of market sectors including transportation, infrastructure, water/wastewater, aviation, recreation, educational, and healthcare facilities.

Dabri, Inc. is seeking an experienced professional to support the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) as a Facilities IT Specialist in developing and planning their projects for educational facilities. If you feel that you would be a good fit, we would love to connect with you!

Duties:

• 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.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree.
• Completion of a bachelor’s or master's degree in engineering, computer science, information technology or systems engineering is preferred.
• Seven (7) years full-time paid professional industry experience preferably in an educational facility or public works projects.
• Four (4) years of experience in business analysis and understanding business processes.
• Three (3) years of Project Management experience in the role of Project Manager.
• Experience having managed at least 1 project from inception through implementation.
• 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.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Productivity/Office Tools, e.g. MS-Visio, MS-Project, MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint

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.

Qualified female and minority applicants are encouraged to apply. Please submit a resume in Word format, a detailed project description, a list of all educational achievements, professional licenses and certificates, expected salary, and three references.

The candidate must have either a green card or a permit to work (US Citizen). No visa sponsorship is available.

No relocation assistance is allowed.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $50.00 - $53.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Experience:

• educational facility or public works projects: 7 years (Required)
• business analysis and understanding business processes: 4 years (Required)
• Project Management: 3 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Los Angeles, CA 90017 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Los Angeles, CA 90017: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $50 - $53