Interagency Civil Engineer Supervisor

Join us in shaping Seattle’s streets!

At the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), we don’t just move people—we connect communities, build safer streets, and create a more sustainable city.

With a bold vision for the future, we’re tackling big challenges: making travel safer, cutting carbon emissions, and ensuring reliable, affordable transportation for everyone—no matter who they are or where they live.

Seattle is growing fast, and we’re growing with it. Thanks to a historic voter-approved $1.55 billion investment in transportation in 2024, we’re building sidewalks, fixing bridges, and improving transit connections to keep our city moving.

We’re a team of problem solvers, planners, engineers, communicators, and field crews—bringing purpose-driven work to life. Now, we need passionate, innovative talent like you. Let’s build a Seattle that works for everyone—together!

SDOT’s Street Use Division’s Interagency Program is seeking an experienced Civil Engineer Supervisor to provide staff supervision, technical leadership, and project/program management for complex transportation projects delivered in partnership with other public agencies. This position will supervise and develop professional staff while also serving as a senior technical and project lead across the Interagency portfolio.

The position works closely with the Interagency Program Manager, SDOT teams, other City departments, and external agency partners to establish priorities, resolve complex technical and project-delivery issues, and support projects through planning, design, construction, asset handoff, and closeout. 

• Lead Complex Interagency Projects: Lead and coordinate complex transportation projects delivered in partnership with other public agencies through planning, design, construction, asset handoff, and closeout.
• Provide Technical Leadership: Provide senior engineering review and technical guidance and coordinate resolution of complex multidisciplinary issues involving design, construction, utilities, right-of-way, permitting, constructability, City standards, and long-term asset responsibilities.
• Manage Project Delivery: Oversee scopes, schedules, budgets, risks, consultant and contractor coordination, construction issues, change management, documentation, agreements, and closeout activities.
• Coordinate and Resolve Issues: Work across SDOT, City departments, consultants, contractors, asset owners, and partner agencies to clarify responsibilities, reconcile competing requirements, develop solutions, and elevate matters requiring management decisions.
• Build Interagency Partnerships: Represent SDOT in technical, project, and management-level discussions and build effective working relationships with external agencies and internal stakeholders.
• Support Program Leadership: Work closely with the Interagency Program Manager on portfolio priorities, workload and resource planning, management briefings, and program improvement; independently advance assigned work and provide leadership across the portfolio as needed.
• Supervise and Develop Staff: Supervise professional engineering and project-management staff; assign and review work, establish priorities, manage workloads, provide coaching and technical guidance, evaluate performance, and support employee development.

Minimum Qualifications:
Education:

Experience:

License, Certification:

  OR: An equivalent combination of education and experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the position duties. 
 
Though not requirements, strong candidates will have some of the following experience or are able to describe comparable experience: 

• At least two (2) years of progressively responsible experience as a licensed professional engineer in construction or design of highways, bridges, and related structures.
• Four (4) or more years of demonstrated and progressively responsible managerial/supervisory experience in managing a diverse workforce as well as experience supervising public sector employees in a union environment
• Demonstrated experience representing an asset owner or public agency in the planning, design, construction, acceptance, operation, or closeout of major capital infrastructure.
• Significant experience in both project management and construction management across multiple phases of large, complex transportation or public infrastructure projects.
• Experience with alternative project delivery methods (DB, PDB, GCCM etc.) and working effectively across owner, designer, contractor, consultant, and other project-delivery roles.
• Demonstrated experience working in complex multi-agency environments and resolving issues involving differing organizational requirements, responsibilities, standards, and priorities.
• Experience developing, interpreting, implementing, or administering interagency agreements, scopes, reimbursement arrangements, roles and responsibilities, or other project commitments.
• Experience with asset acceptance and handoff, construction closeout, punch-list resolution, warranty, and operations and maintenance responsibilities.
• Knowledge of and experience applying federal, state, and local laws, codes, regulations, engineering standards, design criteria, and specifications applicable to transportation and public infrastructure projects, including familiarity with City of Seattle and WSDOT standards and requirements.
• Excellent knowledge of the department's design and construction principles and practices, contracting methods and procedures, stewardship agreement, and program (budget, schedule, environmental, quality, etc.) accountability.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision, exercise sound judgment, manage competing priorities, and drive complex issues toward resolution while recognizing when management involvement or escalation is appropriate.
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible and adaptable across a changing portfolio and work collaboratively with program leadership to support projects based on organizational priorities and needs.
• Strong negotiation, conflict-resolution, relationship-management, written communication, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical and programmatic issues to technical staff, agency partners, and senior management.

 Work Environment / Physical Demands:

• Work is typically performed in a hybrid work environment in which a minimum of 3 days of work is completed in a City office, and 2 days of work is completed remotely in a regular 40-hour work week.
• May be required to work nights, evenings, weekends, and holidays and in field assignments with exposure to all types of weather, traffic conditions, hazardous/toxic substances, and construction sites.

Your application will not be reviewed if these items are missing or incomplete.

Hiring Process

Applications are reviewed after the posting closes. Qualified candidates must submit the following to be considered:

Offers of employment are contingent on verification of information provided by the applicant as part of the application process, including professional work and education verifications, pre-placement physical exam, and full driver's abstract.

This hiring process involves a background check of conviction and arrest records in compliance with Seattle's Fair Chance Employment Ordinance, SMC 14.17. Applicants will be provided with an opportunity to explain or correct background information.

Please note this job advertisement is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

The full salary range for this position is $81.17 - $94.12 per hour.

For more information regarding this recruitment, please contact: Adam Sallean and [email protected]

The City of Seattle offers a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, holiday, and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance for employees and their dependents.

More information about employee benefits is available on the City's website at: https://www.seattle.gov/human-resources/benefits

Who May Apply: This position is open to all candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. The City of Seattle values diverse perspectives and life experiences. Applicants will be considered regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, disability, religious or political affiliation, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity. The Department encourages people of all backgrounds to apply, including people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, veterans and those with diverse life experiences.

Accommodations for people with disabilities are provided upon request.