- Salary
- $93k – $118k/yr
- Location
- Bothell, WA, WA, US
- Department
- Operations
- Seniority
- Lead
- Source
- GovernmentJobs
Description
The City of Bothell is seeking a Public Works Maintenance, Lead - Wastewater to join the Utilities Division. This position serves as a key operational leader responsible for coordinating sewer and stormwater field operations, managing maintenance priorities, supporting emergency response, and ensuring reliable infrastructure performance.
The role provides field leadership through staff training, coaching, and workforce development while promoting safety, regulatory compliance, and efficient delivery of critical wastewater and stormwater services.
- Default schedule will be the following: Mondays-Thursdays (4/10) every Friday off (6:00 am - 4:30 pm)
- Coordinate daily operations and scheduling for sewer, stormwater, and related field crews, ensuring efficient maintenance, inspections, equipment utilization, resource allocation, and operational continuity.
- Manage maintenance priorities and infrastructure reliability by overseeing preventive maintenance, repairs, regulatory compliance, environmental protection, and backlog reduction across wastewater and stormwater systems.
- Support emergency response and field operations by coordinating responses to sewer backups, spills, drainage issues, infrastructure failures, and other operational emergencies.
- Train, mentor, and develop staff through technical instruction, coaching, cross-training, onboarding, and reinforcement of operational, safety, and performance standards.
- Ensure regulatory compliance and workplace safety by promoting adherence to Washington State DOE, King County Industrial Waste, CMOM, and City standards while enforcing safe work practices, PPE use, and permit requirements.
A successful candidate in this position will:
- Demonstrate honesty and transparency in all actions and communications.
- Identify creative solutions to challenges and implement improvements.
- Consistently deliver accurate, high-quality work with attention to detail.
- Learn and adapt to new tools and systems with ease to support work efficiency.
- Strengthen internal and external partnerships to enhance collective success.
About City of Bothell:
- The City is comprised of 13.6 square miles within both King and Snohomish Counties and is home to 51,760 people (2025). This figure is projected to grow to nearly 75,000 over the next 20 years in tandem with Bothell’s increasingly vibrant downtown and life sciences employment cluster near the I-405 corridor.
- Learn more about the City’s Organizational Values and the Bothell’s City Council 2040 Vision and Strategic Priorities.
- Learn more about the City of Bothell's Public Works Department here!
To read the full job description and review the minimum qualifications, click here.
We are committed to being a safe, equitable, and inclusive workplace and community.
The City of Bothell is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. Our employees are people with different strengths, experiences and backgrounds, who share a passion for improving people’s lives. The City of Bothell recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.
We seek to recruit and hire talented and engaged job candidates from a widely diverse range of backgrounds. We celebrate the diversity in our workplace and community and believe it makes us stronger.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please send an email to [email protected].
To learn more about the City of Bothell’s commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, visit the DEI at Bothell Webpage.
Why Bothell?
Bothell offers a career-enriching opportunity to apply your skills and experience in a way that has a positive effect on the community. We encourage professional growth and for employees to “think outside the box”. We value work-life balance and provide paid vacation and sick leave benefits.
We offer ample time off, including 11 paid holidays as well as 2 personal holidays. As an employee, you have access to a robust benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision for you and your family. We also offer life and disability insurance, state pension and deferred compensation for retirement. AFSCME employees with approved second-language proficiency will receive a 2% pay premium throughout their employment. Commute trip reduction, alternative work schedules, flexible work environment, and hybrid work options are available when appropriate. The City of Bothell creates an environment that supports wellness practices which enhance the quality of life for City employees and encourage and incentivize participation in an employee wellness program. As a result, the City is a recipient of the Association of Washington Cities WellCity Award.
