Supervisor III - Capital Program Operations Liaison (East)

Over the next several decades, each of the major treatment facilities and offsite conveyance systems will be going through large capital improvement programs.

King County WTD is seeking one individual for East Offsite and conveyance system programs. The preferred candidate will support capital project work on behalf of the Operations & Maintenance section.

In the role, you will help facilitate the planning and processes for the East Offsite Programs.

You will be a subject matter expert and will help lead and coordinate the work with other operations and maintenance staff assigned to the program teams.

This role will report directly to the East Offsite Plant Manager.

You will be a key member of King County’s largest, most complex utility with a variety of interesting, challenging, and critical projects related to meeting future clean water needs for the region, incorporating current and future regulatory requirements, and recovering valuable resources from the wastewater process

• Provide operational expertise and guidance to the design, implementation, and coordination of capital infrastructure improvement programs/projects at one of WTD’s operating facilities or conveyance system
• Participate in capital program planning and development and provide input to the sequencing and prioritization of capital efforts to help maintain seamless operations during construction activities.
• Serve as a wastewater treatment operations subject matter expert and resource on the capital program core team and be a conduit between the project planning and delivery section and operations section on the assigned facility program.

Participate in long-range facilities planning.

Review plans, designs, or procedures for assigned segment of major construction projects with contractors, design engineers, vendors and agency’s construction management division Organize, coordinate, and provide technical expertise on long-range special projects; provide direction to senior staff on special projects.

• Work closely w/ key O&M stakeholders to ensure that all aspects of the capital program/project are completed satisfactorily prior to close-out from pre-design to commission and testing.
• Participate in the development of capital project O&M deliverables processes and policy, including validation and acceptance of key project submittals and integration with capital project governance standards.

This is a new position, in which you will have the unique opportunity to work across the O&M and Capital Projects sections in WTD.

You will help coordinate the capital program and construction activities at each facility and be a core member of the capital program team, representing O&M priorities helping to build infrastructure that will serve the region for generations to come.

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 Supervisor III - Capital Program Operations Liaison, you will actively apply these principles in all aspects of your work. Learn more about our commitment at http://www.kingcounty.gov/equity.

• Participate in capital program planning and development at one of the WTD operational facilities.
• Lend operational expertise and provide input to the sequencing and prioritization of capital efforts to help maintain a seamless operational facility during construction activities.
• Provide input on design and constructability efforts and help develop strategies to mitigate the operational impacts of the capital programs/ projects.
• Help problem solve challenges in the implementation of capital projects at operational facilities.
• Ensure operational impacts to budget, such as staffing and resource needs, are included in the budget packages at the right time to seek appropriations.
• Assist with the preparation of start-up and commissioning plans and operational staffing plans for new facilities.
• Oversee or provide start-up and commissioning assistance to help ensure staff is adequately trained to utilize new equipment and facilities.
• Serve as the operational representative to help troubleshoot problems encountered during construction, start-up and commissioning.
• Act as the technical liaison on all operational issues and be the program core team subject matter expert on the facilities’ operations and maintenance.
• Oversee capital and operating project completions and development of outage plans. Provide guidance and direction making work quality and customer service.
• Review, track and provide oversight of key O&M deliverables associated with capital project delivery including O&M Manual production, drawing as-builts, O&M vendor training, Bills-of-Materials
• Review and provide oversight of O&M Manual production.
• Ensure preparation, completion and/or update of Standard Operating Procedures (SO)s have been written.

Knowledge or experience working with operating, monitoring, maintaining, and/or training on the wastewater treatment process systems.

Depending on the facility, this may be knowledge of the preliminary treatment area, secondary area, solids handling area, and in the collection and conveyance system and systems for plant-wide gas, chlorination, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, odor control, electrical, instrumentation and control, water, air and hydraulic systems.

Understanding or knowledge of construction management, contract management, commissioning and testing highly desirable.

The best candidate will know how to collaborate with teams or individuals across operations to find the best answers.

• Must be able to walk through construction work sites and participate in work and process area site assessments; able to navigate independently in an industrial setting around operating equipment, high noise areas,

• Outdoors environment during wet weather, confined spaces, stairs and noise. May also be exposures to hazardous chemicals and noxious odors, biological and chemical exposures, heat, cold, inclement weather, automatically starting equipment, industrial settings,

• Advanced skill in troubleshooting complex wastewater treatment systems and processes with an ability to handle unusual occurrences and emergencies.
• A Wastewater Group 3 license or higher is preferred.
• Experience working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Previous capital program or project experience.
• Good communications skills.