Capital Planning and Delivery Section Manager

Capital Planning and Delivery Section Manager Salary: $164,754.30 – $208,835.74 Annually Location: Seattle, WA Job Type: Career Service (Exec) Job Number: 2026PM27070 Department: DNRP‑Natural Resources & Parks Division: SWD - Solid Waste FLSA: Exempt Bargaining Unit: Z3 : KC Personnel Guidelines Full- or Part-Time: Full Time Hours/Week: 40 hours/week Summary Shape the future! Deliver what matters! Lead with impact! The Director’s Office of the Solid Waste Division (SWD) seeks a dynamic, strategic, and inspirational leader as our Capital, Planning, and Delivery Section Manager. This role drives long‑term infrastructure strategy, optimizes capital investments, and ensures excellence in planning, engineering, and project delivery. About this Role As a key member of the division’s leadership team, you serve as a strategic advisor to the Director, leading forward‑looking capital planning, asset management, and performance initiatives. You will design and launch a comprehensive multi‑year capital portfolio program that aligns strategy, risk, and investment, establishing clear methods for project evaluation, prioritization, and forecasting. In your first year you will quickly assess the current state, set priorities within 90 days, and begin implementing structures that bring visibility, consistency, and disciplined decision‑making to capital planning and delivery. You will reshape project delivery by embedding scalable standards for engineering, project management, and planning, strengthening accountability and ensuring predictable outcomes. You will develop a robust asset management approach that integrates lifecycle performance, condition, risk, and service levels into capital prioritization. You will oversee project management, engineering, and planning functions, cultivate a culture of ownership and continuous improvement, and manage resources and budgets to tightly connect planning, performance, and financial results. Job Duties – What You Will Be Doing Strategic Leadership and Advisory Serve as a key advisor to the Director on capital planning, infrastructure investments, and short- and long‑range planning. Provide vision, direction, and leadership for capital planning and delivery across the organization. Align capital and operational planning with organizational goals and financial sustainability. Team Leadership and Development Oversee and direct unit managers responsible for technical services, engineering, and planning functions. Build, mentor, and develop a high‑performing, multidisciplinary team. Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement. Capital Portfolio and Asset Management Develop and oversee a comprehensive asset management program to maximize lifecycle value and system performance. Establish and manage a multi‑year capital portfolio program, including prioritization, forecasting, and performance tracking. Ensure capital investments are data‑driven, strategically aligned, and financially sound. Standards, Planning, and Delivery Excellence Develop, implement, and maintain standards for system planning, engineering, program/project management, through construction and commissioning. Drive consistency, efficiency, and quality across all capital delivery processes. Develop a governance structure for capital delivery. Financial Stewardship and Resource Allocation Develop and manage the section’s annual capital budget, partnering closely with the Finance section. Allocate resources strategically across competing priorities to maximize impact. Strengthen financial acumen across the team, linking planning decisions to fiscal outcomes. Qualifications You Bring Bachelor’s degree or higher, or equivalent experience in a utility or public sector environment. Demonstrated ability to work in complex, regulated, or operationally constrained organizations. Substantial experience (at least 10 years preferred) in capital programming spanning the full lifecycle of capital delivery, including planning, engineering, portfolio, programs, and project management, through construction and commissioning. Knowledge of leadership and supervision, budget development, financial management in capital improvement and operating programs, policy implementation, and governance. Extensive experience (at least 5 years preferred) working with public financial rules, rate setting, budget appropriation, and procurement. Extensive experience (at least 5 years preferred) in portfolio governance, project prioritization, project information systems, and performance reporting. Competencies You Bring Values differences – Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization. Manages complexity – Making sense of complex, high‑quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to solve problems. Strategic mindset – Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies. Ensures accountability – Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments. Communicates effectively – Delivering multi‑mode communications that convey clear understanding to diverse audiences. Instills trust – Gaining confidence and trust through honesty, integrity, and authenticity. Financial acumen – Interpreting and applying key financial indicators to make better business decisions. Decision quality – Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward. Directs work – Providing direction, delegating, and removing obstacles to get work done. Develops talent – Developing people to meet their career goals and the organization’s goals. Builds effective teams – Building strong‑identity teams that apply diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals. Drives vision and purpose – Painting a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action. Courage – Stepping up to address difficult issues and saying what needs to be said. Manages ambiguity – Operating effectively, even when there is uncertainty or the way forward is unclear. It Would Be Great If You Also Bring Inspirational leader – Ability to inspire confidence, project a balance of knowledge, authority, and empathy, and remain composed under pressure. Experience working on projects for a public utility. Knowledge and experience delivering infrastructure projects related to wastewater, groundwater, and gas conveyance. Knowledge/experience with construction management practices. Experience navigating political challenges affecting capital project delivery. Working Conditions Location: The Director’s Office works in a hybrid model with office days and telecommuting. The ratio of remote to onsite work will be based on business needs and is subject to change. Employees must reside in Washington state and within a reasonable distance from their King County worksite. Work Schedule: Full‑time, 40‑hour work week; exempt from FLSA; not overtime‑eligible. Union Representation: Non‑represented. Equal Employment Opportunity King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer. 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