SUPERVISOR, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT chez Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CA), CA
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CA), CA · Los Angeles, États-Unis d'Amérique · Onsite
- Professional
- Bureau à Los Angeles
About the Department
Supervises configuration management activities, including engineering, environmental, and construction document and change control functions for all capital projects.
Recruitment Timelines: Interviews are projected to be scheduled for the week of September 29, 2025. These dates are subject to change. We encourage you to monitor your governmentjobs.com profile and emails for the latest updates.
Position Duties
- Supervises in-house and consultant staff performing highly complex technical configuration management activities and ensures compliance with configuration management processes and procedures
- Oversees the analysis and processing of contractual documentation regarding requests for information/change, change notices, change orders, modifications, claims, submittals, drawings, and project correspondence for compliance with laws, regulations, and requirements
- Creates task orders and processes work requests in a timely manner
- Corrects and clarifies items written by various staff members for inclusion in final documents
- Completes task orders and modifications per final information supplied by Contract Administrator
- Sends final document(s) to Project Manager and primary budget approver, and obtains necessary approvals
- Reviews and sends executed documents to contractor and staff involved in projects
- Ensures implementation of Metro policies, procedures, and plans regarding configuration management activities for multi-million-dollar heavy civil projects
- Oversees preparation and implementation of Configuration Management plans, policies, and procedures for contract changes, document control, and record management functions
- Prepares annual fiscal year budgets across current and future projects for configuration management activities
- Acts as liaison between consultants and Metro staff regarding document and change control activities
- Identifies change control/document control system and process related problems which arise during project execution and recommends corrective actions and creative solutions
- Ensures accuracy, quality, retention, and recoverability of configuration management documents
- Recommends and implements improvements in contract changes, document control, and record management processing software and computer systems
- Administers training of consultants, contractors, Metro staff, and outside agencies
- Participates in meetings with Metro and consultant staff, contractors, and outside agencies as needed
- Oversees the preparation of various reports, minutes, and records
- Participates on related committees and task forces
- Oversees, monitors, and adheres to Configuration Control budgets, goals, and schedules which comply with agency-wide fiscal responsibility
- Contributes to ensuring that the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policies and programs of Metro are carried out
May be required to perform other related job duties
Minimum Qualifications
A combination of education and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the position. Additional experience, as outlined below, may be substituted for required education on a year-for-year basis. A typical combination includes:
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Public Administration, or a related field
Experience
- Five years of relevant experience in configuration management, which includes two years of relevant experience working on heavy construction/transit related projects; some positions in this class may require specialized experience in area of assignment
Certifications/Licenses/Special Requirements
- A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications (PQs) are used to identify relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) as determined by business necessity. These criteria are considered preferred qualifications and are not intended to serve as minimum requirements for the position. PQs will help support selection decisions throughout the recruitment. In addition, applicants who possess these PQs will not automatically be selected.
The following are the preferred qualifications:
- Experience supervising configuration management work for capital rail projects
- Experience monitoring work of a configuration management team, including document and change control functions
- Experience providing training to a configuration management team
- Experience utilizing a Document Management System such as Unifier, or similar
Other Qualifications
Knowledge of (defined as a learned body of information that is required for and applied in the performance of job tasks)
- Theories, principles, and practices of configuration management, including change control document control, contract administration, budgeting, project management, and construction management
- Applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations
- Metro's policies and procedures
- Web-based control systems, contract management, database management, reporting, and general office management software
- Principles of supervision
Skill in (defined as the proficient manual, verbal, or mental utilization of data, people, or things)
- Planning, organizing, and monitoring configuration management activities for major capital projects
- Working effectively in a multi-disciplinary and multi-contract environment
- Analyzing situations, identifying problems, and recommending solutions
- Exercising sound judgment and creativity in making decisions and in stressful situations
- Communicating effectively orally and in writing
- Using a computer mouse and keyboard
Ability to (defined as a present competence to perform an observable behavior or produce an observable result)
- Think problems through
- Compile and analyze complex data, including cost value problems and written information from other departments
- Determine strategies to achieve goals
- Multi-task
- Work under tight time constraints and deadlines
- Understand, interpret, and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, contracts, and budgets
- Prepare comprehensive reports and correspondence
- Supervise assigned staff
- Travel to offsite locations
- Read, write, speak, and understand English
Special Conditions
The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Metro provides reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Working Conditions
- Typical office situation
- Close exposure to computer monitors and video screen
Physical Effort Required
- Sitting at a desk or table
- Operate a telephone or other telecommunications device and communicate through the medium
- Type and use a keyboard and mouse to perform necessary computer-based functions
- Communicating through speech in the English language required