This opportunity is open to current King County employees. We are not accepting external applications at this time.

The Department of Natural Resources and Parks' Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) is seeking an energetic and motivated candidate to lead a team of professionals within the Capital Strategy, Quality, and Standards unit.

WTD's Capital program has grown significantly over the last 30 years and will likely triple in size over the next decade due to keep pace with population increases, heightened regulatory standards, and aging infrastructure. Change, growth, innovation, and continuous improvement has always been a part of WTD's culture. As we expand our capital program, learned lessons, innovation, and efficiency remain core organizational values. This unit focuses on these values and includes teams in Training, Lessons Learned, Workforce Development, Equity on Capital Delivery, Delivery Optimization, and Infrastructure Coordination

• Workforce Development Program: This program is designed to recruit, hire, and on-board staff into WTD's capital program and provide and introduction to all functional units and a general understanding of the entire utility. 
• Capital Infrastructure Coordination: This Program supports the coordination between capital projects/ programs and the operational needs of the utility. This program aims to strengthen relationships between operations and capital while supporting operations in a smooth transition of projects. 
• Lessons Learned Program: This program documents, facilitates, and  promotes the implementation of learned lessons in all aspects of the utility.
• Standardization and Quality: This Program supports the implementation sustaining and consistent tools and standards across all projects/ programs while maintaining alignment with WTD initiatives. This Program also includes the Capital Training Program.
• Equity in Capital: This program coordinates with all other sections and units in WTD to advance equity in our capital program in contracts, outreach to contractors and consultants, and support the communities we serve. 
• Capital Strategy: This effort includes the organizational strategy to support the growing capital program. Examples of this strategy already being implemented that will require further support are the implementation of collaborative delivery and facility program management. 
• Capital Training: This effort includes both training specific to WTD as well as countywide training offering through our Capital Project Management Workgroup (CPMWG). In both cases, training staff work with subject matter experts in different disciplines to develop and facilitate trainings on a variety of topics related to our capital program.
  About the Team:
  Our regional wastewater treatment system has a big job to do. Not only does it operate around the clock to sustain a healthy environment, but this vital infrastructure also supports economic development that enables our region to thrive. You will have the unique opportunity to work with across all wastewater workgroups and lines of business to help shape how we as a utility adapt and respond to changing regulations and build infrastructure for future generations. You will be a key part of one of King County's largest, most complex capital programs with a variety of interesting, challenging, and critical projects. You will be supporting the growth and strategic development of the largest capital program in King County with projects and programs stretching across 2200 square miles.  
  
  To our agency, success means providing clean water safely and reliably to the next generation. It also means being accountable to our ratepayers and operating a well-managed agency. We are committed to the principles of equity and social justice. We value diverse perspectives and life experiences in our workforce and are committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive environment.
  
  Our primary mission is to provide high-quality treatment to wastewater collected from local sewer agencies. With a workforce of about 800 employees and multiple facilities, we serve a population of 2 million people. Our goal is to ensure clean water for the present and future generations, preserving the natural beauty of our environment. We are committed to accountability, both to our ratepayers and to operating as a well-managed agency.
  
  We partner with regulatory agencies to reduce harmful waste discharge and actively educate the public and businesses on water quality protection. We prioritize accountability to our ratepayers and operate a well-managed agency that services over 2.3 million King County residents. Our regional wastewater treatment system not only sustains a healthy environment but also fuels economic development, fostering prosperity in our region. If you're passionate about making a difference and thrive in a collaborative environment, join us in our mission to safeguard our precious water resources.
  
  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 Capital Strategy, Standardization, and Quality Supervisor ,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.

What You Will Be Doing: 

• Be a champion for Equity & Social Justice. Understand that systematic racism and its long-term effects are pervasive in our society. Be comfortable having candid and sincere conversations with all employees about race and equity in the workplace and how we can advance equity across our capital programs and in the communities we serve.
• Foster a positive environment in diverse work situation, create strong morale with engaged teams, instill vision and purpose, and encourage open dialogue.
• Fully collaborate with Other PPD Units, WTD Sections, and WTD Leadership to support the development and implementation of  sustaining and consistent tools and standards across all projects and programs while advancing equity in capital and alignment with WTD initiatives
• Establish and maintain strategic alignment with all WTD  sections and  units and organizational values, goals and objectives.
• Conduct  recruiting, hiring and workforce development needs as necessary, including on-boarding, training, mentoring and coaching.

Qualifications You Bring:    

• Demonstrated advanced knowledge of capital program management, infrastructure coordination, budgeting and project controls, and/or performance and data analytics in capital programs.
• Demonstrated commitment to environmental stewardship, public health, regulatory compliance and service equity in the planning and delivery of public projects/ programs.
• Skill in applying strategic planning techniques to establish the direction and make decisions regarding multiple competing internal and external programs or projects. Skill in evaluating information to make decisions within and outside established guidelines with limited documentation.
• Established reputation as a strong leader who develops mutually respectful relationships, achieves consensus among competing interests and fosters a collaborative approach to problem solving.
• Knowledge and skill in the principles and practices of successful supervision, employee coaching and performance management. 
• Ability to provide an empowering leadership style and foster a productive and supportive work environment that attracts and retains quality employees, promotes teamwork, and challenges and develops employees.