Senior Contracts Specialist; Senior Project Funding & Agreements Coordinator

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 Contracts & Procurement group is a small, lively and collaborative team that helps SDOT secure the contracts needed to deliver large and important projects such as Move Levy, Vision Zero, bike lanes, sidewalks, Bus Rapid Transit, and bridges for the City. As a Senior Contracts Specialist, you’ll support SDOT’s consultant contracting needs as we continue to execute on the $1.55 Billion Move Levy passed by voters in November 2024.

Reporting to the Contracts Manager within the Contracts & Procurement group, but acting independently, you will work across the entire Department of Transportation, as well as collaborating with staff from other departments within the City to perform a variety of consultant contracting-related tasks. We want passionate, knowledgeable and innovative talent like you!

Please note, this position works in consultant professional services; it is not involved with grants contracts, purchasing procurements, or public works construction contracts.

• Develop and oversee Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) and manage the consultant selection process from start to finish.
• Develop, draft, and execute consultant contracts, amendments, and work authorizations.
• Play a strong customer service and subject matter expertise role in supporting project managers who are initiating contracts and guiding them through the contract process.
• Train and advise staff and consultants on policies and best practices, including federal, state, and city contracting requirements. Research laws, regulations and policies as applicable.
• Use data platforms and systems such as the Citywide Contract Management System (CCMS) Masterworks, the City’s financial system (People Soft 9.2), Laserfiche, the City’s procurement platform Open Gov and other internal systemsto input and track contracts.
• Have independent assignments and also work collaboratively within the Contracts Team to advance work
• Support City and department goals in promoting diversity and social justice by supporting the City’s Women- and Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (WMBE) initiatives, Federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program (DBE) and Small Business Enterprise (SBE) program
• Support rate adjustment, staff additions, invoicing and other contracting processes if needed.
• Participate in and draft ongoing improvements to policies and procedures, forms and templates, and training materials.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, public administration, finance, economics, English, or a similar field.

• Three (3) or more years of professional experience in areas like financial analysis, project management, grant administration, inter-agency agreements, contract administration, or related work.

OR: An equivalent combination of education and experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the position duties. You’ll be successful in this role if you are able to:

• Work with public sector contracts and implement rules set by city, state and federal government agencies.
• Manage multiple contract assignments and processes at once in a fast-paced work environment; ability to prioritize work based upon ever-changing situations.
• Use Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access), Microsoft SharePoint, Adobe…