Capital Projects Supervising Senior Project Manager; Strategic Advisor

Overview

Position Description

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!

Supervising Senior Project Manager (Strategic Advisor
2) in our Project Management group within the Capital Projects Division. This senior project manager will manage complex capital projects while also supervising 2-4 subordinate project managers, including project oversight and personnel support. This key leader also supports the Project Management group by providing guidance, industry expertise, and mentorship to more junior team members, as well as lead initiatives for process improvement and increased communication with SDOT partners and project stakeholders such as other City staff and contractors.

• Provides quality project management for capital projects and serves as project manager for the most complex capital projects.
• Supervises a team of other project managers working on capital projects.
• Provides guidance on best practices and process improvements, with a commitment to building excellence within the PM Group.
• Provides guidance to junior project managers, including mentoring deputy project managers on selected capital projects.
• Supports PM Group staff development through identifying and supporting training, professional growth, and career advancement opportunities for supervises and the larger PM Group.
• Provides and models excellent communication within the PM Group and to management, including the timely dissemination of capital project information within the project team, to program owners, project funders, partner departments and agencies, and to SDOT leadership.
• Manages the scope, schedule, and budget from planning, through design and construction for Seattle Department of Transportation capital projects.
• Coordinates and develops agreements with other City departments and external public agencies.
• Conducts project-associated public outreach and attends meetings to determine objectives, program plans, and project scope.
• Develops and negotiates schedules for design and construction, and monitors and coordinates activities of contractors, consultants, committees, community organizations, and users during construction.
• Monitors and evaluates projects to ensure adherence to project specifications and standards.
• Prepares reports, correspondence, advertisements, and official documents.
• Coordinates consultant selection process; negotiates and administers consultant contracts; coordinates all aspects of contract between other staff; and evaluates performance.
• Supports department goals in promoting diversity, racial equity, and social justice.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, construction management or civil engineering technology, or related field

• Five (5) years of transportation-oriented project management experience.
• Three (3) years of supervisory experience that includes hiring, managing work assignments, performance evaluations and management of staff.
• 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:

• Strong organizational, time management, and customer service skills.
• Strong and demonstrated written and verbal communication skills, including experience supporting public…