Join Our Team: Make a Difference in Stormwater Management!
About the Role:
Are you a collaborative people leader and skilled manager of capital projects ready to join a dedicated and diverse team to improve water quality, rehabilitate stormwater infrastructure, and advance multi-benefit capital projects? Are you excited to grow your career as a Capital Projects Supervisor working collaboratively to improve water quality for salmon and improve the resiliency of stormwater infrastructure for the communities of unincorporated King County?  

Look no further than the Stormwater Capital Unit within King County, Washington's Water and Land Resources Division. We're not just a team; we're a tight knit community of stormwater focused professionals that believe in personal and professional growth and strive to deliver stormwater capital projects for the geographically and culturally diverse communities of unincorporated King County. We are seeking a standout professional to join us and lead a dynamic engineering team delivering crucial capital projects that support public safety, improve water quality and habitat, and meet water quality regulatory requirements. If you're ready to take on a position that's more than just a job, King County's Stormwater Capital Unit is the place for you.

What will your work look like?

• Collaborating with Capital Project Managers to create highly functioning teams
• Supervisory responsibilities including work plan development, professional development/training plans. performance reviews, staff mentorship
• Guiding team members on technical aspects of capital project delivery for stormwater infrastructure projects
• Collaborating with the Stormwater Services Section to coordinate capital delivery and process improvements
• Mentoring junior engineers on project management best practices
• Participating in Capital Section and Water and Land Resources Division Committees
• Identifying and implementing process improvements 
• Supporting Stormwater Capital Unit and Capital Section initiatives

What You Will Be Doing:

• Provide direct supervision, technical oversight, and quality control to an interdisciplinary team for the implementation of stormwater capital improvement projects. Supervisory duties include hiring, performance management, career development, coaching and mentoring, and fostering a work culture where staff feel valued and not over allocated.
  
  
• Direct personnel in the planning, design, and construction of stormwater capital projects, including facility retrofits, new stormwater facilities, flood reduction, and water quality retrofits to help meet regulatory compliance, habitat improvement, and public health/safety.
  
  
• Provide and/or direct technical and quality engineering review of capital improvement projects to apply accepted design and engineering standards.
  
  
• Assist in the development and implementation of workflow processes and ensure compliance with the WLR Project Management Manual in terms of project charters and planning, alternatives analysis, preliminary and final design, permitting, acquisition, construction, and closeout
  
  
• Collaborate with colleagues across the Stormwater Capital Unit, Capital Section and Stormwater Services Section to develop annual capital improvement project plans and budgets, including estimating costs, assigning work, and setting priorities.
  
  

Qualifications You Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, environmental engineering, water resources, environmental science, natural resource management, urban/regional planning, or any combination of education and experience that clearly demonstrates the ability and skills to perform the core work duties of the position.    
  
  
• Skills to effectively delegate work and acquire staff resources necessary to align with the successful completion of planned milestones.
  
  
• Demonstrated increasingly responsible work experience that provides the skills necessary to perform the core work duties of this position.
  
  
• Strong written, verbal, and graphic communication skills to communicate clearly and effectively with people of varying technical and cultural backgrounds.
  
  
• Demonstrated organizational and project management skills and experience providing quality assurance for technical and contract work products,
  
  
• Commitment to furthering personal and team development in cultural competency, equity, and social justice.

• VALUES DIVERSITY, DIFFERENCES: Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization
  
  
• DRIVES RESULTS: Skilled at consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
  
  
• ENSURES ACCOUNTABILITY: Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments
  
  
• PLANS AND ALIGNS: Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals
  
  
• COLLABORATES: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
  
  

• Licensed Washington State professional civil engineering (P.E.) or licensed in another state with the ability to obtain Washington State license through reciprocity.
  
  
• Advanced knowledge of stormwater design principles and capital project delivery (planning, design and construction).
  
  
• Experience with supervision of multiple staff, including setting performance expectations, evaluating performance, hiring, coaching, training, recommending pay changes, imposing disciplinary actions, providing recommendations on grievances.
  
  
• A growth mindset and sense of humor.
  
  

Working Conditions:

• Remote and Onsite Work Details: Employees in this role work remotely from a home location, with onsite reporting requirements typically 3-6 days per month. The frequency of onsite work is determined by business needs and may be adjusted accordingly. Onsite reporting locations may be at various King County worksites including the collaboration space at King Street Center (201 S. Jackson St, Seattle, WA 98104). This work arrangement promotes work-life-balance and reduces carbon footprint under the department's vision of Green Where We Work.  

• Remote Work Location Requirement: Employees must reside in Washington State and be within a reasonable distance to King County worksites to meet onsite reporting requirements.
  
  
• Work Schedule: This full-time position works a 40-hour work week.  This position is covered under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is overtime eligible.  

• Union Representation: This position is represented by PROTEC Local 17A.
  
  
• Necessary Special Requirements: 
  • Valid Washington State driver's license or the ability to obtain one prior to starting work if selected for this position.
  • The final candidate will be required to successfully pass a pre-employment physical.
    
    
• Physical Requirements:  
  This position requires the ability to conduct occasional physical site inspections and evaluations. There is an intermittent need to walk on uneven terrain, for limited periods of time. Field locations include existing stormwater facilities and roads, forested environments, including ravines, and possibly agricultural lands, and may expose the employee to inclement weather, slippery, uneven surfaces and other dynamic conditions typically found in rural and undeveloped portions of King County.

• King County application
• Complete Application (The responses on your job application should be thorough and complete and will be used in the screening process)
• Resume (Your resume should be thorough and complete and will be used in the screening process)
• Cover Letter (Your cover letter should detail your background and what you can bring to this position and will be used in the screening process)