Infrastructure Coordinator

King County•Seattle, WA

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

This position is hiring for (2) Career Service Infrastructure Coordinators within the Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD). These roles support the coordination between capital projects/programs and the operational needs of the utility, aiming to strengthen relationships between operations and capital while supporting operations in a smooth transition of projects. The Infrastructure Coordinators will drive and innovate efforts to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of capital project delivery. They will be responsible for building strong rapport between capital delivery groups and operations and maintenance, identifying and implementing process improvements, and problem-solving challenges in the implementation of capital projects at operational facilities. The role requires leading through influence, adapting to diverse audiences, inspiring others, building trust, fostering collaboration, and focusing on achieving outcomes. Standardization of policies, processes, and procedures for projects across programs, and partnering with the training team to ensure staff are equipped with necessary tools are also key responsibilities. Desired outcomes include greater wastewater asset reliability, seamless project transition to Operations and Maintenance (O&M), increased staff understanding of plant operations, and improved O&M satisfaction with capital delivery.

Requirements

Proven ability to work effectively with diverse project stakeholders and multi-disciplinary staff
Experience with wastewater utilities, public works, infrastructure, design, construction, project control systems, mechanical systems, and/or asset replacement or equivalent
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including experience facilitating group discussions, writing reports and memos, and preparing presentations
Skilled in streamlining processes, process improvement and implementation including getting stakeholder buy in
Skilled in developing interpersonal relationships and instills trust
Demonstrated proficiency of Microsoft Office suite (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel), SharePoint, and database management systems

Nice To Haves

Understanding or knowledge of construction management, contract management, commissioning and testing are highly desirable.
PACP pipe condition assessment knowledge

Responsibilities

Serve as a conduit between Operations and Maintenance group and Capital Delivery group to connect personal, align and consolidate work efforts, and to address challenges
Lead incident investigation and debriefings. Compile, write, and document factors that led to the incident, identify practices/procedures that need to be improved, identify what went well and what if anything went wrong with the response.
Report and ensure execution on lessons learned and best practices to improve future outcomes
Lead efforts to refine and standardize process improvement effort's as Testing and Commissioning of new facilities and new equipment at existing facilities
Analyze condition assessment results in the conveyance systems and ensure the right level of project is formed to address the asset issue.
Ensure follow through and usher project through the project delivery process, including new project requests, portfolio, engineering, other work groups, and execution
Work with the Lessons Learned program to ensure themes emerging from lessons gathered are incorporated into work processes across the division to ensure we are not repeating the same issues
Collaborate with SQS Unit staff, contribute to, and socialize training programs that support optimization of capital delivery
Support treatment facility and conveyance training for WTD staff