What are the responsibilities and job description for the Wastewater Capital Project Manager IV position at King County?
Summary
About the Role:
The responsibilities of this classification include independently managing one or more of the largest and most technically, legally, and politically complex planning/design/construction projects. Projects assigned to this level involve significant resources, complex technical execution requirements, complicated relationship management issues, and alternative project delivery methods such as GC/CM and PDB. Positions at this level manage the most complex and diverse project teams. Wastewater Capital Project Manager IVs also serve as technical consultants to Senior Management on project technical and strategic issues and manage internal cross-functional issues to resolution. This classification may also serve as a lead position to lower-level Wastewater Capital Project Managers.
This is the fourth level within the four-level classification series. The Wastewater Capital Project Manager IV is a lead resource for lower-level project managers. Wastewater Capital Project Manager IVs are typically assigned multiple technically complex, highly visible, and high-risk projects with complex multi-engineering discipline elements.
About the Team:Our mission is to protect public health and enhance the environment by collecting and treating wastewater while recycling valuable resources for the Puget Sound region. Our dedicated workforce plans, designs, builds, and operates treatment facilities while enforcing environmental regulations that reduce harmful waste discharged into the system, and we educated the public and businesses on ways to protect water quality. Nearly half of our employees are frontline workers who operate this essential service at our three regional wastewater treatment plants, two community plants, and at other offsite facilities. Tou our agency, success means clean water and a healthy environment. It means honoring our legacy while keeping a promise that the spectacular natural environment that defines our region will be protected for generations to come.
We are committed to the principles of equity and social justice, contributing to King County's True North values that make our region a welcoming place where every person can thrive. We value diverse perspectives and life experiences in our workforce and are committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive environment. WTD strives to provide equitable services to residents and business across King County.
Commitment to Equity, Racial and Social Justice:
King County, named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is a diverse and vibrant community that represents cultures from around the world. Our True North is to create a welcoming community where everyone can thrive. We prioritize equity, racial and social justice, making it a foundational and daily expectation for all employees. As a Wastewater Capital Project Manager IV, you will actively apply these principles in all aspects of your work. Learn more about our commitment at http://www.kingcounty.gov/equity.
Apply now for a rewarding career at the Wastewater Treatment Division of King County Department of Natural Resources & Parks (DNRP). Join our talented workforce in protecting and restoring the natural environment and promoting more resilient, sustainable, and equitable communities. Enjoy training, comprehensive benefits, and growth opportunities.
Job Duties
What You Will Be Doing:
- Lead and direct high-priority projects, which often require considerable resources and high levels of functional integration. Negotiate contract scopes, schedules, budgets, and contract changes.
- Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques, identify and quantify variances, perform required corrective actions, and communicate to all stakeholders.
- Lead negotiation of interagency or local agreements.
- Present projects to elected officials, community groups, and the public.
- Procure and administer consultant contracts.
- Oversee and supervise the preparation of all contract negotiations, change orders, interpretation and compliance monitoring.
- Work with other departments in developing and initiating capital improvement projects to resolve problems and/or issues regarding facilities. Identify project scope, budget, funding and schedule for these projects.
- Provide lead direction and mentoring for lower-level capital project managers.
- Administer project and contract requirements and standards in accordance with King County policies and procedures.
- Perform duties as defined in the WTD project management manual using PMI methodology.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills
Qualifications You Bring:
12 years of progressively responsible experience utilizing project management industry standards, practices, and principals for design and construction project delivery through all phases of project implementation*.
Experience must include the following:
- 10 years of experience utilizing knowledge of various industrial control systems (including Emerson Delta V), industrial communication network, and construction management techniques and principles.
- 10 years of experience in development of Piping and Instrumentation diagram (P&ID), Wiring Diagram, Instrument Specification Sheets (ISS), Instrument Installation Diagram (IID), Loop Drawings, and other Instrumentation & Control (I&C) engineering deliverables.
- 10 years of experience utilizing knowledge of IEC 61508 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems and IEC 61511 Functional safety - Safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector, including supporting and participating in Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP) and Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA).
- 10 years of experience in managing, scoping, designing, and implementing Operator Training Simulators (OTS) systems.
- 1 year of experience utilizing knowledge of Electrical, Operational Technology (OT), Instrumentation and Controls engineering, Asset Management, Predictive Maintenance of high voltage assets (e.g. Transformers, Switchgear, Power Cables, SF6 Breakers, Bus Bars), and Asset Performance Management (APM) predictive maintenance/analysis.
- In lieu of 12 years of experience, will accept Bachelor’s degree in Project management, engineering, construction management, business administration, or a closely related field, or the foreign equivalent and 10 years of progressively responsible experience utilizing project management industry standards, practices, and principals for design and construction project delivery through all phases of project implementation
Experience may be gained concurrently. Part-time equivalent experience is acceptable. King County will accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experience.
Supplemental Information
- Location of Employment: 40 hours/week in Seattle, WA. Telecommuting okay within Washington state and within a reasonable distance to the King County worksite, with some onsite work required.
The work associated with this position will be performed through a combination of teleworking complemented with onsite work and meetings as needed. Employees will have access to shared workspaces at various King County facilities. Employees must reside in Washington state and within a reasonable distance to their King County worksite to respond to workplace reporting requirements. Travel is required only to the extent the employee must travel from the tele worksite they have chosen within Washington state to the Seattle, WA onsite worksite. Some travel to project worksites within King County may be required.
Employees will be provided with a County issued laptop and must maintain a workspace with an internet connection (access may be supplemented in some situations) where they can reliably perform work and remain available and responsive during scheduled work hours.
Anticipated Timeline for this recruitment: (subject to change)
- Technical vetting interview: Virtual interviews will be held in early April 2026
- Panel interview: Virtual interviews will begin in April 2026
- Complete Application
- Resume
- Cover Letter
- Responses to the supplemental questions
King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer
No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class. Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.
To Apply
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