Data Analytics Specialist

Join our Wastewater Treatment Division as a Performance and Data Analytics Specialist, where you will collaborate with leaders and subject matter experts to drive environmental and public health outcomes throughout the region. This role offers the perfect blend of technical engagement and hands‑on program support across a team of diverse professionals that deliver programs that improve the quality, cadence, and equity of capital delivery.

Build bridges and drive change – you will serve as a specialist providing communication facilitation and change management support, building consensus around performance improvements. Your strong interpersonal skills will help you engage partners across the organization and interpret data into clear, actionable insights that inform what’s working and what needs improvement.

Create structure for success – support performance measurement and reporting by helping administer structured conversations that monitor operational health, productivity, and accountability across wastewater project delivery programs. You will help supervisors and teams identify trends, celebrate successes, and address problems through systematic approaches to improve outcomes.

Partner to support capital programs through data analytics – by providing advanced data analytics support for unit programs, collaborating with managers and teams across various programs. You will need strong data analytics capabilities, including best practices, proficiency in Power BI, Excel, data visualisation, data modelling, statistical analysis, and translating complex data into accessible insights.

• Provide technical support to advance data‑informed decision‑making and enhance organizational performance management across programs.
• Serve as a technical expert in developing and maintaining dashboards to communicate key operational metrics that are reported up to senior leadership.
• Create structure for success by facilitating conversations that monitor operational health, productivity and accountability, helping managers and teams identify trends, celebrate successes, and address problems systematically.
• Provide on‑call data analytics support for programs, leveraging expertise in Power BI, Excel, data visualisation best practices, data modelling, and statistical analysis to translate complex data into actionable insights.

• Minimum 2 years of experience supporting process improvements, performance metrics, and management systems.
• Ability to translate data and technical concepts into digestible reports and visuals for decision‑makers.
• Minimum 2 years of experience developing reports and dashboards in Power BI.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex information clearly and persuasively, both in writing and verbally, to diverse audiences.

• Business Insight: Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.
• Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer‑centric solutions.
• Tech Savvy: Anticipating and adopting innovations in digital and technology applications.
• Manages Complexity: Making sense of complex, high‑quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi‑mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

• Work Location: The Capital Strategy Quality and Standards team works in a hybrid model, with days in the office as well as telecommuting. The ratio of remote to onsite work will be dependent on business needs and is subject to change. The primary onsite location is King Street Center – 201 S Jackson St, Seattle, WA 98104. Employees must reside in Washington state and be within a reasonable distance to their King County worksite to respond to workplace reporting requirements.
• Work Schedule: This full‑time position works a 40‑hour work week. This position is exempt from the overtime provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is not overtime eligible.
• Union Representation: This position is represented…