Goods & Services Contracts & Procurement Supervisor
Apply NowCompany: King County, WA
Location: Seattle, WA 98115
Description:
Salary : $126,194.43 - $160,515.47 Annually
Location : Seattle, WA
Job Type: Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs/week
Job Number: 2025-24151
Department: DNRP-Natural Resources & Parks
Division: Wastewater Treatment
Opening Date: 03/27/2025
Closing Date: 4/10/2025 11:59 PM Pacific
FLSA: Exempt
Bargaining Unit: F6D : L117-WTD-P&T-Finance Adm Svcs
Full- or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours/Week: 40 hours/week
Summary
The Budget and Contracts unit within the Finance section is responsible for development, coordination, and oversight of a $391.8 million biennial operating budget (2023-2024) and a $984 million six-year CIP, a procurement & contracts team responsible to ensure effective, efficient, and timely support to agency procurement and contract administration, and a capital finance team responsible for ensuring WTD maximizes opportunities to match projects to subsidized grant and loan opportunities and optimizes the bond portfolio.
You will help lead a Finance & Administration section that provides services that include budget development & oversight, capital finance, procurement & contracts administration, technology services, central service administration (i.e. Division Fleet management), accounting, audit & compliance, rates & financial planning, payroll, and billing & accounts receivable.
About the Role:
This role will lead a new team within WTD procurement & contracts focused primarily on goods & services, tech services, and other contract types commonly utilized by our Operations section. The successful candidate will identify gaps in WTD's current processes and implement new strategies to reduce risk and ensure alignment with King County procurement requirements and industry standards. They will also provide guidance and support to internal WTD customers on procurement needs and ongoing contract administration and monitoring, and liaise with other relevant KC agencies such as Procurement & Payables. This role will assist in hiring and subsequently supervising a team of contracts & procurement support staff with an emphasis on goods & services, tech services, utility and IT contracts.
This is a unique opportunity to build a team from the ground-up whilst helping one of the Nation's largest wastewater treatment agencies achieve high standards of compliance and appropriate use of ratepayer funds through procurement and contract administration. The successful candidate will have the chance to set the tone for this new team and create standard workflow to align with King County procurement requirements as well as our equity and social justice goals. Beyond partnering with our operations and maintenance staff at WTD facilities, they will also get to partner with central KC procurement & payables to ensure prompt processing of service requests, limiting wait times on emergent purchasing and contracting needs to our critical systems, protecting water quality, the environment, ratepayer assets, and more.
This position performs work remotely.
About the Team:
Join our team dedicated to ensuring clean water for generations to come! With over 900 employees engaged in planning, designing, building, and operating treatment facilities, our agency is at the forefront of environmental stewardship. Success for us means upholding our legacy while promising future generations a pristine environment.
We partner with regulatory agencies to reduce harmful waste discharge and actively educate the public and businesses on water quality protection. We prioritize accountability to our ratepayers and operate a well-managed agency that services over 2.3 million King County residents. Our regional wastewater treatment system not only sustains a healthy environment but also fuels economic development, fostering prosperity in our region. If you're passionate about making a difference and thrive in a collaborative environment, join us in our mission to safeguard our precious water resources.
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 Good & Services Contracts & Procurement Supervisor, you will actively apply these principles in all aspects of your work. Learn more about our commitment at 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.
Job Duties
What You Will Be Doing:
Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills
Qualifications You Bring:
Supplemental Information
Working Conditions:
Application and Selection Process:
We welcome applications from all qualified applicants. We value diversity, diverse perspectives and life experience and encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. Application materials will be screened for clarity, completeness and alignment with the experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skills essential for this role to determine which candidates may be invited to participate in one or more panel interviews.
To apply, submit a:
Note: Additional documents won't be considered during minimum qualification screening.
Who to Contact: For more information regarding this recruitment, please contact Emiliya Makaryan at
Discover More About the Wastewater Treatment Division: Visit our websiteand check us out at Facebook, , , YouTube, and the
Discover More About DNRP: Visit our , explore an interactive map of our recent accomplishments and check us out at Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Keeping King County Green News.
Sign up for Job Alertsto be notified of additional career opportunities with King County. Select the Natural Resources category for DNRP opportunities and explore other categories of interest.
Forbes named King County as one of Washington State's best employers.
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 "True North", 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.
To Apply
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 or if you have questions, please contact the recruiter listed on this job announcement.
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.
01
Are you a member of Teamsters Local 117?
02
Are you applying to this position as an eligible current or previous King County Employee Priority Placement Program Participant? ANDIs this position the same or lower percentage of full-time when compared to the position held at the point of the notification of layoff? ANDDo you possess the skills and abilities to qualify for this position?
03
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
04
How many years of experience do you have in public procurement?
05
What is your personal philosophy as a supervisor?
Required Question
Location : Seattle, WA
Job Type: Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs/week
Job Number: 2025-24151
Department: DNRP-Natural Resources & Parks
Division: Wastewater Treatment
Opening Date: 03/27/2025
Closing Date: 4/10/2025 11:59 PM Pacific
FLSA: Exempt
Bargaining Unit: F6D : L117-WTD-P&T-Finance Adm Svcs
Full- or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours/Week: 40 hours/week
Summary
The Budget and Contracts unit within the Finance section is responsible for development, coordination, and oversight of a $391.8 million biennial operating budget (2023-2024) and a $984 million six-year CIP, a procurement & contracts team responsible to ensure effective, efficient, and timely support to agency procurement and contract administration, and a capital finance team responsible for ensuring WTD maximizes opportunities to match projects to subsidized grant and loan opportunities and optimizes the bond portfolio.
You will help lead a Finance & Administration section that provides services that include budget development & oversight, capital finance, procurement & contracts administration, technology services, central service administration (i.e. Division Fleet management), accounting, audit & compliance, rates & financial planning, payroll, and billing & accounts receivable.
About the Role:
This role will lead a new team within WTD procurement & contracts focused primarily on goods & services, tech services, and other contract types commonly utilized by our Operations section. The successful candidate will identify gaps in WTD's current processes and implement new strategies to reduce risk and ensure alignment with King County procurement requirements and industry standards. They will also provide guidance and support to internal WTD customers on procurement needs and ongoing contract administration and monitoring, and liaise with other relevant KC agencies such as Procurement & Payables. This role will assist in hiring and subsequently supervising a team of contracts & procurement support staff with an emphasis on goods & services, tech services, utility and IT contracts.
This is a unique opportunity to build a team from the ground-up whilst helping one of the Nation's largest wastewater treatment agencies achieve high standards of compliance and appropriate use of ratepayer funds through procurement and contract administration. The successful candidate will have the chance to set the tone for this new team and create standard workflow to align with King County procurement requirements as well as our equity and social justice goals. Beyond partnering with our operations and maintenance staff at WTD facilities, they will also get to partner with central KC procurement & payables to ensure prompt processing of service requests, limiting wait times on emergent purchasing and contracting needs to our critical systems, protecting water quality, the environment, ratepayer assets, and more.
This position performs work remotely.
About the Team:
Join our team dedicated to ensuring clean water for generations to come! With over 900 employees engaged in planning, designing, building, and operating treatment facilities, our agency is at the forefront of environmental stewardship. Success for us means upholding our legacy while promising future generations a pristine environment.
We partner with regulatory agencies to reduce harmful waste discharge and actively educate the public and businesses on water quality protection. We prioritize accountability to our ratepayers and operate a well-managed agency that services over 2.3 million King County residents. Our regional wastewater treatment system not only sustains a healthy environment but also fuels economic development, fostering prosperity in our region. If you're passionate about making a difference and thrive in a collaborative environment, join us in our mission to safeguard our precious water resources.
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 Good & Services Contracts & Procurement Supervisor, you will actively apply these principles in all aspects of your work. Learn more about our commitment at 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.
Job Duties
What You Will Be Doing:
- Support Operations and maintenance staff in procurement activities, providing SME guidance.
- Hire, train, and supervise up to 3 procurement and contracting staff to provide individualized support to the three WTD treatment plants and their specialized teams such as mechanical, maintenance, instrumentation, and process.
- Perform gap analysis of existing procurement and purchasing processes in WTD, suggest and implement improvements and interventions in partnership with the budget and contracts manager.
- Work with procurement & payables staff to ensure strong relationships and communication, implement corrections and mitigation plans as needed.
- Train and assist purchasing staff in competitive processes, troubleshooting issues such as bidder unresponsiveness and emergent needs.
- Provide vision and leadership to continually improve the effectiveness and efficiency of WTD's procurement and contracting processes within the limits of local, state, and federal laws and regulations.
- Collaboratively create and maintain division-wide procurement and contracting policies and procedures and engage effective change management and communication techniques to ensure they are implemented.
- Support the development and implementation of trainings for all staff involved in solicitations and contract development to improve quality and consistency.
- Supervise and mentor contracts and procurement staff, including planning work assignments and supporting employee development and performance evaluation.
- Lead, or assign to staff to lead, solicitations and contract development.
Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills
Qualifications You Bring:
- Demonstrated understanding and experience with the principles, practices, and terminology typically used to publicly procure and administer goods and services contracts.
- Strong management and supervisory experience; including hiring, supervision, staff development, and performance manager.
- Demonstrated skill in development and documentation of policies and procedures.
- A strong commitment to understanding and meeting client needs.
- Experience streamlining work processes, improving operations, decreasing turnaround time, meeting deadlines, and working cooperatively to produce high quality, seamless customer service.
- Builds Effective Teams - Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
- Strategic Mindset - Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
- Customer Focused - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions
- Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
- Drives Engagement - Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
- Advanced knowledge of King County specific procurement standards and processes
- Experience with technology contracts and work order contracts
- Advanced Knowledge of the WA state contracting environment
Supplemental Information
Working Conditions:
- Remote and Onsite Work Details: Employees in this role work remotely from a home location, with onsite reporting requirements 1-2 times a month. 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
- Requirement: Employees must reside in Washington State and be within a reasonable distance to King County worksites to meet onsite reporting requirements.
- Work Schedule: 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 Teamster, Local 117. Pursuant to Article 12.1 Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust $2.00 per hour from the base wage will be submitted to the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust Fund.
Application and Selection Process:
We welcome applications from all qualified applicants. We value diversity, diverse perspectives and life experience and encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. Application materials will be screened for clarity, completeness and alignment with the experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skills essential for this role to determine which candidates may be invited to participate in one or more panel interviews.
To apply, submit a:
- Complete Application
- Resume
- Cover Letter
- Responses to the supplemental questions
Note: Additional documents won't be considered during minimum qualification screening.
Who to Contact: For more information regarding this recruitment, please contact Emiliya Makaryan at
Discover More About the Wastewater Treatment Division: Visit our websiteand check us out at Facebook, , , YouTube, and the
Discover More About DNRP: Visit our , explore an interactive map of our recent accomplishments and check us out at Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Keeping King County Green News.
Sign up for Job Alertsto be notified of additional career opportunities with King County. Select the Natural Resources category for DNRP opportunities and explore other categories of interest.
Forbes named King County as one of Washington State's best employers.
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 "True North", 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.
To Apply
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 or if you have questions, please contact the recruiter listed on this job announcement.
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:
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage options: King County provides eligible employees with options, so they can decide what's best for themselves and their eligible dependents
- 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: eligible King County employees may 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
Are you a member of Teamsters Local 117?
- Yes
- No
02
Are you applying to this position as an eligible current or previous King County Employee Priority Placement Program Participant? ANDIs this position the same or lower percentage of full-time when compared to the position held at the point of the notification of layoff? ANDDo you possess the skills and abilities to qualify for this position?
- Yes, I was given a layoff notice from my Career Service 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
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
04
How many years of experience do you have in public procurement?
- 1-2
- 3-7
- 8 or more
05
What is your personal philosophy as a supervisor?
Required Question