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The City of Redmond is a thriving, culturally diverse community, and home to over 78,000 residents. Redmond is the hub to an array of commerce and industry ranging from technology, aerospace, and gaming to biomedical and innovation start-ups. And it takes over 700 City of Redmond employees to serve our wonderful community.

Redmond is also a unique community in that it is transition from a suburban to urban community. In fact, in the next six to seven years, Redmond will invest nearly $500 million in capital projects that include everything from building remodels to major transportation and utility infrastructure expansions.

And you now have an opportunity to join our Public Works Department in a new role as the Capital Division Manager. In this role, under the general direction of the Public Works Director, you will be directly supported by (2) supervisors, (11) project managers, (3) construction inspectors, (1) capital planner, and (2) program coordinators who execute the tasks associated with capital project development and construction within the City of Redmond.

With your understanding of leadership principles, project management, capital project construction, and the ability to assess problems and seek innovative solutions, your primary responsibilities will be:

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  Plan, develop and implement strategic plans and objectives that aid in achieving citywide vision, mission and business objectives of the Capital division.
• Project oversight related to all aspects of the development, management, and completion of capital projects that includes nearly 100 projects in various phase of design, scope setting, bidding, construction and close-out.
• Execute sound business management practices and the development of performance metrics to measure success.
• Create and foster an environment in which you are approachable, confident, dedicated to building trust, and committed to creating and maintaining partnerships within your group and with external stakeholders, vendors, and the public.
• Understand and embrace your role as the leader of the city's Capital program – you are the Division Manager and need to think programmatically as well as enthusiastically about how to continue to grow and develop the Capital program.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

Our focus for this position is to find candidates with a core set of strengths beyond tactical, practical, and operational work experience. We want to add someone to our team who has a real passion and enthusiasm for the work and has a demonstrated history of pushing change in an organization. That's why we are also looking for the following qualities and how they connect to your key responsibilities:

Inspirational Leadership - To be successful as our Capital Division Manager, you must have a sincere appreciation for people and how they are each uniquely motivated. This skillset means you know how to drive your team to achieve results and goals with vision and passion. Your social and emotional intelligence is the foundation for designing and implementing interactive communication, training, and decision-making processes for your team. Your knowledge and skill in successfully influencing and persuading others by understanding how their individual needs and motivations link to goals is essential. These skills will be useful with your department staff and the public, Councilmembers, and other stakeholders in the community.

Decisive Partnership – As Division Manager, you will lead strategic planning in areas that impact capital projects delivery. In this role, you will quickly build rapport and trust with others because you are a poised, engaging, and concise communicator. You have a natural strength for making timely decisions and helping teams get unstuck from the details. Your drive, determination and self-discipline has made you a valuable partner because you know how to take a vision and turn it into results. However, while you have always shown a strong initiative and self-direction, your best leadership successes have been accomplished by working with and through the collaboration and engagement of people or a team.

Strong Fiscal Management – Because this position prepares budgets with justifications, projects revenues and expenditures and more, you will be successful because you bring your strong skills in project management, workforce and revenue forecasting, and budget management to help improve accuracy and long-term planning. This also means you understand how to increase the reliability of the services our department provides the City while being open-minded to consider experimenting with ways to cut down on waste and improve efficiencies.

Building and Nurturing Relationships in a Diverse Community: The City of Redmond is committed to being a leader and fostering a socially-just community with cultural humility. That means we are looking to see how you effectively enabled positive collaboration with diverse communities and cross-cultural situations, ensuring genuine inclusion in policy development or decision-making.

In the supplemental questions, we want to learn more about your experiences solving leadership and cultural challenges in the capital projects or construction space, so please take your time to provide well-crafted responses. In your cover letter, we'd love to learn more about why an opportunity like this excites you. And yes, we are real people reading your answers. That means count on us to respect the time and thoughtfulness you put into your responses and give them the attention they deserve.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education, Experience and Other Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in related field preferred.
• Five years of formal Project Management work experience in a formal, capital projects public works, public utilities, construction, transportation, or parks environment; supervisory experience required
• Or any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Top candidates will have these additional qualifications:

• Public sector or municipal work preferred
• Deep knowledge of project management tools including, but not limited to MS Project, JIRA, Confluence, Excel, Bluebeam, and SharePoint preferred
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification strongly preferred

Licenses and certificates:

• Valid Washington State driver's license with driving record that meets city standards

Other

This job advertisement/description describes the general nature of the work performed, representative duties as well as the typical qualifications needed for acceptable performance. It is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of the job.

BENEFITS

The City of Redmond offers an excellent benefits package including:

• MEDICAL INSURANCE - Choice of two plans for employees and their eligible dependents: Premera or Kaiser Permanente, all employee premiums paid by the City of Redmond
• PRESCRIPTION DRUG INSURANCE - Included with each medical plan
• DENTAL INSURANCE - For employees and their eligible dependents
• VISION INSURANCE - For employees and their eligible dependents
• OTHER INSURANCE - Life, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, optional employee-paid voluntary life insurance
• FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS - For tax savings on healthcare and dependent care expenses
• PAID VACATION & HOLIDAYS – with (13) paid holidays per year
• EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP)
• RETIREMENT PLANS - Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) PERS plus additional options that include Municipal Employees Benefit Trust (Social Security replacement plan) and MetLife 457 Plan
• Annual COLA adjustments
• Annual merit increases of up to 5%

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Selection Process
It is highly encouraged to apply as soon as possible . We will begin reviewing applications as soon as they come and selecting some candidates for phone/video screening calls.

First round of interviews are tentatively scheduled for mid-May 2023.

The City is accepting applications from internal and external applicants. Please include a resume with your application. Please be sure to list or upload copies of all relevant training and certifications on your application.

The City may review existing application pools to fill this position or use this pool to fill future vacancies.