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Location : Seattle, WA
Job Type: Special Duty Assignment or Term Limited Temp (TLT)
Job Number: 2024-20780
Department: DNRP-Natural Resources & Parks
Division: Wastewater Treatment
Opening Date: 01/10/2024
Closing Date: 1/24/2024 11:59 PM Pacific
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Bargaining Unit: W4 : TEA-WTD, DNRP-Staff
Full- or Part-Time: Full Time
Summary
Duration: Special Duty Assignment or Term Limited Temporary approved for 2 years
The Department of Natural Resources and Parks (DNRP) Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) is seeking eight energetic and motivated candidates for our Workforce Development Program.
The program provides recruitment, mentorship, training, placement, and retention services for entry-level candidates who are building their skillset or are new to the water sector. Candidates will receive extensive onboarding, participate in tours and site visits, and receive challenging assignments while exploring our different work groups. Our goal is to help you find your passion, your place in our agency, and support your continued career growth.
Candidates will have the opportunity to join a diversity of colleagues in our planning, engineering, project management, project control, and construction management units.
Responsibilities for the Project/ Program Manager I will be performed under direct supervision. Candidates with experience may handle tasks independently with minimal direction and guidance, while more complex tasks and projects are performed under closer supervision. All candidates will be mentored by senior staff.
Competitive candidates will be open minded, skillful problem-solvers who value equity and environmental justice. As these positions are primarily telework, the ability to build relationships, analyze issues with no clear answer, and collaborate on common objectives is critical. Candidates who can measure, monitor, and communicate processes, progress, and results will quickly transition out of the program and into permanent positions.
Job Duties
What You Will Be Doing:
Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills
What you Bring:
Competencies You bring to Succeed in This Role:
Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
Action Oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
Interpersonal Savvy - Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics.
Communicates Effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
Nimble Learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
Required Licenses: Valid WA Driver's License
It Would Be Great if You Also Bring:
Supplemental Information
Working Conditions:
Remote and Onsite Work Details: This position performs work remotely with onsite work requirements as informed by business needs. This position reports onsite on the first day of employment for orientation, onsite daily during the first month, and several times weekly thereafter during the following five months. This is subject to change based on business needs. Employees must reside in Washington State and be within a reasonable distance to their King County worksite to meet workplace reporting requirements.
Primary Onsite Location: The primary onsite location is King Street Center (201 S. Jackson St, Seattle, WA 98104). This location offers excellent accessibility through multiple mass transit options ensuring convenient and sustainable commuting. This work arrangement promotes work-life-balance and reduces carbon footprint under the department's vision of
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 Wastewater, Technical Employees Association (TEA).
Application instructions and selection process: This opportunity is open to all qualified applicants. We value diverse perspectives and life experience and encourages people of all backgrounds to apply.
Application materials will be screened for clarity, completeness and responsiveness to the experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skills required for this role, to determine which candidates may be invited to participate in one or more panel interviews.
Applications without the following required materials may not be considered for this position.
If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process, if you have questions related to this recruitment process, please contact at Diana Eberly at diana.eberly@kingcounty.gov
About the Division:
To learn more about the Wastewater Treatment Division click on the below links:
http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wtd/About.aspx
Together, with leadership and our employees, we're changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.
Guided by our , we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles--we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.
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.
King County offers a highly-competitive compensation and benefits package designed to meet the diverse needs of our employees and support our employees' health and well-being. Eligible positions receive the following benefits and have access to the following programs:
This is a general description of the benefits offered to eligible King County employees, and every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. If any information on this document conflicts with the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the CBA prevails.
NOTE: Benefits for Term Limited Temporary (TLT) or Short Term Temporary (STT) positions, including leave eligibility and/or participation in the pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems, will vary based upon the terms and details of the position. Short Term Temporary positions are not eligible for an ORCA transit pass.
For inquiries about the specifics of this position, please contact the recruiter identified on this job posting.
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If you answered yes to the question above and you are applying for this position as a Priority Placement Participant, to be considered, you must provide the following three pieces of information in the space provided:1. The title you held when you received your layoff notice2. The department you worked in3. The effective date of your layoff
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Are you applying to this position as an eligible current or previous King County Employee Priority Placement Program Participant? Is this position the same or lower percentage of full-time when compared to the position held at the point of the notification of layoff? Do you possess the skills and abilities to qualify for this position?
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Why are you interested in working for government? Limit response to 100 words.
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Have you ever worked in the environmental sector? If not, what interests you about wastewater? Limit response to 100 words.
Required Question
Location : Seattle, WA
Job Type: Special Duty Assignment or Term Limited Temp (TLT)
Job Number: 2024-20780
Department: DNRP-Natural Resources & Parks
Division: Wastewater Treatment
Opening Date: 01/10/2024
Closing Date: 1/24/2024 11:59 PM Pacific
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Bargaining Unit: W4 : TEA-WTD, DNRP-Staff
Full- or Part-Time: Full Time
Summary
Duration: Special Duty Assignment or Term Limited Temporary approved for 2 years
The Department of Natural Resources and Parks (DNRP) Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) is seeking eight energetic and motivated candidates for our Workforce Development Program.
The program provides recruitment, mentorship, training, placement, and retention services for entry-level candidates who are building their skillset or are new to the water sector. Candidates will receive extensive onboarding, participate in tours and site visits, and receive challenging assignments while exploring our different work groups. Our goal is to help you find your passion, your place in our agency, and support your continued career growth.
Candidates will have the opportunity to join a diversity of colleagues in our planning, engineering, project management, project control, and construction management units.
Responsibilities for the Project/ Program Manager I will be performed under direct supervision. Candidates with experience may handle tasks independently with minimal direction and guidance, while more complex tasks and projects are performed under closer supervision. All candidates will be mentored by senior staff.
Competitive candidates will be open minded, skillful problem-solvers who value equity and environmental justice. As these positions are primarily telework, the ability to build relationships, analyze issues with no clear answer, and collaborate on common objectives is critical. Candidates who can measure, monitor, and communicate processes, progress, and results will quickly transition out of the program and into permanent positions.
Job Duties
What You Will Be Doing:
- Participate in research and collect, compile and analyze information for various plans or specific projects.
- Coordinate technical information for use by the project teams, assist in preparing project work plans and present findings.
- Perform field work, including data collection, surveys and studies.
- Perform contract administration in support of capital projects and programs.
- Manage contracts, budgets, and data in the internal project management database.
- Participate on interdepartmental, intergovernmental or private sector partnership teams.
- Develop and disseminate communication materials. Respond to inquiries from the public.
- Establish and maintain electronic files.
- Work with others to research, prepare and monitor project scopes, cost estimates, schedules and budgets. Document changes to scope, schedule and budgets.
- Lead work teams for small projects or specific components of larger projects. Coordinate teams of in-house experts and representatives of jurisdictions involved to execute a project. Assign and track work assignments of team members.
- Monitor and manage projects within existing policies and procedures. Identify conflicts.
- Assist in the procurement process for consultants, equipment and construction work.
- Assist in reviews of consultant deliverables. Identify and resolve potential coordination conflicts.
- Under close supervision, perform a variety of inspection activities to ensure compliance with plans, specifications, codes, and safety requirements.
- Provide technical assistance during construction, including submittal reviews.
- Assist in planning and conducting inspections of facilities.
Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills
What you Bring:
- College degree in environmental studies, environmental science, urban and regional planning, geography, engineering or closely related science or humanities field. Or two years of closely related work experience post-high school.
- Experience that demonstrates knowledge of planning, design, data analysis, project management, construction management, inspection, and/or financial accounting techniques.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience leading, managing, or assisting in the completion of a project.
- Experience following organizational steps, processes, and policies.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities with conflicting deadline.
- Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
- Proficiency in use of software that supports the delivery of work products, such as Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint, and database management programs.
Competencies You bring to Succeed in This Role:
Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
Action Oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
Interpersonal Savvy - Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics.
Communicates Effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
Nimble Learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
Required Licenses: Valid WA Driver's License
It Would Be Great if You Also Bring:
- Knowledge of negotiation principles.
- Experience or knowledge of estimating or tracking costs and developing a schedule.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with statical analysis.
- Interest in current events, local government, and environmental issues.
- Established and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse group of individuals and present information in tactful and diplomatic manner.
Supplemental Information
Working Conditions:
Remote and Onsite Work Details: This position performs work remotely with onsite work requirements as informed by business needs. This position reports onsite on the first day of employment for orientation, onsite daily during the first month, and several times weekly thereafter during the following five months. This is subject to change based on business needs. Employees must reside in Washington State and be within a reasonable distance to their King County worksite to meet workplace reporting requirements.
Primary Onsite Location: The primary onsite location is King Street Center (201 S. Jackson St, Seattle, WA 98104). This location offers excellent accessibility through multiple mass transit options ensuring convenient and sustainable commuting. This work arrangement promotes work-life-balance and reduces carbon footprint under the department's vision of
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 Wastewater, Technical Employees Association (TEA).
Application instructions and selection process: This opportunity is open to all qualified applicants. We value diverse perspectives and life experience and encourages people of all backgrounds to apply.
Application materials will be screened for clarity, completeness and responsiveness to the experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skills required for this role, to determine which candidates may be invited to participate in one or more panel interviews.
Applications without the following required materials may not be considered for this position.
- King County application
- Cover letter
- Resume
If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process, if you have questions related to this recruitment process, please contact at Diana Eberly at diana.eberly@kingcounty.gov
About the Division:
To learn more about the Wastewater Treatment Division click on the below links:
http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wtd/About.aspx
Together, with leadership and our employees, we're changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.
Guided by our , we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles--we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.
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.
King County offers a highly-competitive compensation and benefits package designed to meet the diverse needs of our employees and support our employees' health and well-being. Eligible positions receive the following benefits and have access to the following programs:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage: King County pays 100% of the premiums for eligible employees and family members
- Life and disability insurance: employees are provided basic coverage and given the opportunity to purchase additional insurance for both the employee and eligible dependents
- Retirement: King County employees are eligible to participate in a pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems and a 457(b) deferred-compensation plan
- Transportation program and ORCA transit pass
- 12 paid holidays each year plus two personal holidays
- Generous vacation and paid sick leave
- Paid parental, family and medical, and volunteer leaves
- Flexible Spending Account
- Wellness programs
- Onsite activity centers
- Employee Giving Program
- Employee assistance programs
- Flexible schedules and telecommuting options, depending on position
- Training and career development programs
This is a general description of the benefits offered to eligible King County employees, and every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. If any information on this document conflicts with the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the CBA prevails.
NOTE: Benefits for Term Limited Temporary (TLT) or Short Term Temporary (STT) positions, including leave eligibility and/or participation in the pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems, will vary based upon the terms and details of the position. Short Term Temporary positions are not eligible for an ORCA transit pass.
For inquiries about the specifics of this position, please contact the recruiter identified on this job posting.
01
If you answered yes to the question above and you are applying for this position as a Priority Placement Participant, to be considered, you must provide the following three pieces of information in the space provided:1. The title you held when you received your layoff notice2. The department you worked in3. The effective date of your layoff
02
Are you applying to this position as an eligible current or previous King County Employee Priority Placement Program Participant? Is this position the same or lower percentage of full-time when compared to the position held at the point of the notification of layoff? Do you possess the skills and abilities to qualify for this position?
- Yes, I was given a layoff notice from my role at King County and I am within two years of the effective date of my layoff. Additionally, the position I was laid off from was the same or a higher percentage of FT status when compared to this one.
- No.
03
Why are you interested in working for government? Limit response to 100 words.
04
Have you ever worked in the environmental sector? If not, what interests you about wastewater? Limit response to 100 words.
Required Question
