Engineer II - Systems Engineering and Reporting Analyst; SDA)

This position is open to current KING COUNTY EMPLOYEES ONLY

This recruitment aims to fill this role as a Special Duty Assignment (SDA) for up to 2 years in duration. Eligible candidates are internal King County employees who have passed there initial probation period.

This is an exceptional opportunity to grow your career within King County while continuing to enjoy the culture of continuous learning and work/life balance that our team is known for, all in support of thriving, resilient neighborhoods and communities across the Puget Sound region. We're looking for a current King County employee to join the Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) Systems Engineering team in a Special Duty Assignment as an Engineer II, Systems Engineering and Reporting Analyst, playing a vital role in turning data from our business and operational systems into meaningful metrics across multiple facilities, including three wastewater treatment plants.

This Special Duty Assignment is a chance to apply your interest in data and reporting and gain hands on experience with the systems that keep WTD running, including Maximo, GoPlant, AVEVA PI, and AQI WIMS. You'll document how our systems connect and share data, support key applications, and help develop the KPIs that help supervisors and division leadership make informed decisions.

It's a great next step for someone looking to build skills in data analytics and systems integration while making a direct impact on the environment and communities we serve.

As the Systems Engineering and Reporting Analyst, you'll help WTD build a clearer picture of how our work gets done and where we can improve. WTD relies on a wide range of business and operational systems, including Maximo, GoPlant, AVEVA PI, and AQI WIMS. Each holds valuable information, but that information lives in separate places. Your work will help connect it into reliable metrics that help staff at every level, from frontline supervisors to division leadership, make better decisions.

You'll start by mapping how our systems connect and share data, creating interface control and data flow documents that will serve as a foundation for current and future reporting. Building on that foundation, you'll help develop KPIs in Power BI to track asset management, maintenance, and operational performance, gaining hands on experience with Maximo along the way.

You'll also play a key role in supporting GoPlant, including helping formalize the structured support processes that keep it and other systems running reliably.

This work directly supports WTD's mission to protect public health and water quality across the Puget Sound region. Accurate, accessible data helps us maintain critical infrastructure, prioritize investments, and respond to issues before they affect the communities we serve. By making performance data transparent and easy to understand, you'll help ensure that decisions about service and resources are grounded in evidence and support fair, equitable outcomes for all King County residents.

King County's Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) depends on its Systems Engineering Team to keep the technology behind its operations reliable, secure, and connected. The team manages WTD's Industrial Control System (ICS) and operational technology (OT) infrastructure across a diverse, geographically distributed network, while also supporting business and operational systems, such as Maximo, GoPlant, AVEVA PI, and AQI WIMS.

With a footprint spanning five treatment plants and nearly 100 offsite facilities, the team provides countywide support for infrastructure reliability, application performance, and cybersecurity. Its work safeguards IOS environments against emerging threats, keeps system…