Exciting News! WTD’s Resource Recovery Section are looking for a career service Biosolids Project Manager who want to work for an organization that empowers continued learning, values work/life balance, and works to support thriving, resilient neighborhoods, and communities in the Puget Sound region.

About The Role:
The primary function of this role is to manage Loop® biosolids beneficial reuse projects. The role provides technical expertise and QA/QC for project planning, permitting, environmental monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting. The biosolids Project Manager may negotiate inter-jurisdictional contracts with other utilities, and oversee a capital budget to support projects.

This position performs work remotely and onsite. 
 
About The Team:
The Renewable Products & Services Unit of the Resource Recovery Section includes the Recycled Water and Biosolids Programs. This position would serve in the Biosolids Program. Biosolids are organic matter that our treatment plants recover from wastewater. Once biosolids leave the treatment plants, it is known by our product name, Loop®.  For over 40 years, our forest and farm customers across Washington have used Loop to enrich their soil for improved tree growth and more robust crops. Loop is one of WTD’s best products, and it’s our job to ensure it reaches customers and that we continue to distribute it for beneficial use — keeping biosolids out of landfills. Loop is an important product for WTD because it helps ensure the balance of greenhouse gas emissions that help reduce our climate impact.

We have an entrepreneurial spirit and the know-how critical to resource recovery (the verb) in combating climate impacts. Our strategic priorities are transformation, innovation, and performance, and we celebrate employees who take initiative.

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 WQPPM III, 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:

• Provide technical expertise and quality assurance/quality control for projects including construction and operation of compost pilot and full-scale project. Analyze technical information and issues, making decisions where established guidelines or procedures do not exist. Maintain working relationships with outside technical and scientific experts and researchers, collaborating to solve questions and issues.
• Ensure that pre- and post-process environmental monitoring is performed according to regulatory requirements and that sampling protocols, chain of custody, analytical methods and laboratory QA/QC are correctly followed and reported.
• Monitor performance and ensure contract compliance; interpret contract language; negotiate and write change orders; review and approve invoices.
• Maintain process application data, ensuring that data is accurate for regulatory reporting.
• Develop and present information to various audiences, including government officials and general public. Act as liaison for the biosolids program to potential and existing agricultural customers, state and local agencies, regulators, and the media. Respond to comments and inquiries. Act as subject matter expert for composting across WTD.
• Establish and maintain effective, open working relationships with key project stakeholders. Represent WTD on external committees and forums.
• Plan for future equipment purchases and replacements; develop specifications and coordinate acquisitions with King County Fleet; budget for unexpected major repairs and new technologies; provide quarterly status reports.
• Oversee use of county-owned equipment.
• May be asked to manage or participate in other projects as assigned.

Qualifications You Bring:   

• Experience in the use of biosolids or similar products, gained through managing, advising, or regulating land-based projects.
• Experience in environmental sampling, data collection, and data analysis.
• Experience in ensuring that projects comply with environmental regulations.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with diverse populations, for example peers, managers, external experts, regulators, citizens, or community organizations.
• Skill with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) in preparing documents, reports, presentations, spreadsheets and analyzing data

• Knowledge of best management practices for land application of biosolids.
• Knowledge of the physical and chemical interactions between biosolids, soils, groundwater, and surface water.
• Knowledge of agricultural practices.
• Experience with Washington’s Statewide General Permit for Biosolids, including the ability to develop appropriate plans for land application and environmental monitoring.
• Knowledge of wastewater treatment processes.

Working Conditions:

• Remote and Onsite Work Details: Employees in this role work remotely from a home location, with onsite reporting requirements typically 1 day per week. The frequency of onsite work is determined by business needs and may be adjusted accordingly. Onsite reporting locations may be at various King County worksites including the collaboration space at King Street Center (201 S. Jackson St, Seattle, WA 98104). This work arrangement promotes work-life-balance and reduces carbon footprint under the department’s vision of Green Where We Work.  
• Remote Work Location Requirement: Employees must reside in Washington State and be within a reasonable distance to King County worksites to meet onsite reporting requirements.
• Work Location: South Treatment Plant (1200 Monster Road SW, Renton WA, 98057)
• Work Schedule: This full-time position works a 40-hour work week. This position is exempt from the overtime provision of the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) and is not overtime eligible.
• Union Representation: This position is represented by The Technical Employees’ Association. 

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