Are you excited at the prospect of standing up a new grant program?
Are you familiar with navigating the ins and outs of infrastructure funding, contract management, and studies?
We are looking for a Grant and Special Projects Manager!
What would you be doing?
As the manager of the newly created Local Roads Program and of Special Projects, you will...
- Be administering, improving and designing business strategies for grant programs with statewide impact to 39 counties and 281 cities and towns across Washington.
- Review, analyze, and communicate road and bridge construction funding program strengths and areas for improvement.
- Be responsible for internal and external outreach, consultant solicitation and management, project management, and presentation of study results.
- Ensure that key performance indicators are developed and monitored regularly that provide insight on overall program capabilities.
- Manage various transportation related studies created through legislative appropriation or through an agreement with other organizations.
This will require...
- Developing grant applications, working with county staff to address questions and comments, review of applications in the office and in the field, and developing funding arrays for approval by the Board.
- Administering the approved funding arrays for allocation of assigned grant program funds to county road and bridge projects.
- Monitoring and evaluating financial commitments of the assigned grant programs and review reimbursements to projects for payment.
- Assessing and determining statewide compliance with laws regarding CRAB/County grant contracts and project prospectuses, grant application activities, Agency Washington Administrative Code (WAC) rules and Revised Code of Washington (RCW) statutes, and CRAB/County contract enforcement. Monitor county submittals of 6-Year Transportation Improvement Programs and Annual County Road Levy submittals for grant program eligibility.
- Conducting field and office reviews of funded projects to ensure compliance with Agency rules and other State requirements.
What are looking for?
A successful applicant will:
- Be licensed, or have the ability to obtain through comity within 6 months of hire, by the State of Washington as a professional civil engineer.
- Thorough knowledge of county regulations, procedures, and policies.
- Thorough knowledge of laws, regulations, and standards applicable to county roads and county road departments.
- Thorough understanding of WAC, RCW, and standards of good practice for county road departments.
- Must have or be able to obtain a valid Washington State driver’s license.
- Minimum of 5 years of civil engineering experience in roads and bridges. Experience must reflect a history of progressively responsible and complex engineering duties such as county engineer, project engineer, construction engineer, maintenance engineer, or similar engineering management functions.
- Thorough knowledge of the principles of civil engineering, WSDOT and county roadway engineering practices, county road department maintenance and operations procedures and methods, pavement management, traffic engineering, project and program management, and risk management.
- General knowledge of supervisory techniques, team building, project funding, legislative process, and conflict resolution.
- Ability to deliver effective public presentations, facilitate agreement between completing interests, foster a productive and supportive work environment, devise short and long range plans and practical implementation schedules, analytical and problem-solving skills to conduct and direct job planning, cost estimating, and scheduling, train and support Agency and county staff involved in constructing and maintaining county road projects.
- Specific knowledge of county road department operations, budgets, annual construction and 6-year programming, priority arrays, maintenance and operations, design and construction, project administration, risk management, and legal concerns.
- Specific knowledge of annual construction and 6-year programming and construction practices, county road design and construction, and related WAC for assigned grant programs.
- Specific knowledge of RCW and WAC related to CRAB, counties, and transportation.
- Specific knowledge of CRAB policies, procedures, and funding programs.
- Specific knowledge of the county road design features and the knowledge to develop and produce various analyses.
We are committed to opportunity for all.
CRAB celebrates our differences and we are committed to a workplace that supports equal opportunity employment and inclusion regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, marital status, families with children (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sex, sexual orientation, gender identity diversity, age, status as a protected veteran, honorably discharged veteran or military status, status as an individual with the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with disabilities or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We will also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local laws.
You are welcome to include the name and pronoun you would like to be referred to in your materials and we will honor this as you interact with our organization.
Does this sound like a good fit? Here are your next steps:
If you or someone you know sounds like a good fit, apply on governmentjobs.com at State of Washington Job Opportunities | Work that Matters.
For questions about this recruitment or to request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact Angie Anderson at (360) 407-8446 or email jobs@des.wa.gov. Applicants who are deaf or hard of hearing may call through the Washington Relay Service by dialing 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6388.
