L&I Facilities Program Manager

Washington State Department of Labor & Industries

Posted Mar 13 | Full-time | Seattle | unknown

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• The Target Pay Range typically considered for this position is $97,428-$139,440 annually. The Full Pay Range for this WMS Band is $82,344-$146,784 annually. Compensation decisions are determined using factors such as job-related skills, experience, and education or training. We will consider your individual qualifications, should we make you an offer of employment.
• Please note, this posting will open until filled, but you are invited to apply at your earliest convenience, as first review will begin 03/23/2026.

This position directly supports L&I’s mission by providing professional, comfortable, efficient and safe facilities for employees and customers as our Facilities Program Manager. In this role, you’ll be directly responsible and accountable for establishing the strategic and tactical direction for the agency-wide Facilities Services Program, and for maintaining strong working relationships with OFM, DES, legislative stakeholders and local jurisdictions, including coordinating cross-agency work efforts related to leases and co-located construction projects.

The Facilities Program Manager reports directly to the Assistant Director of the Administrative Services Division, and will be responsible for approximately 40 staff, including 4 supervisors.

This position leads and administers facilities planning; headquarters maintenance and operations, including capital projects, space planning and workplace design; field office lease management; and warehouse operations. Responsibilities include oversight of facilities budgeting, asset and portfolio management, real estate coordination, architecture and engineering services, space utilization, maintenance and building operations and enterprise project delivery.

This position manages a complex, multi-year portfolio of capital and operational initiatives across divisions and agency programs, including implementation of the Office of Financial Management six-year facilities plan, execution of the agency’s ten-year capital plan, and operational oversight of the Safety and Health Laboratory Training Center, which includes co-location with the Department of Agriculture.

• Maintain strategic alignment between investments in the agency’s facilities portfolio and the agency’s long-term ten-year facilities plan, including development of strategic planning documents that provide executive leadership with analysis and recommendations necessary to inform critical facility, capital, and infrastructure decisions.
• Develop and execute the agency’s HQ and statewide workspace plan to address facilities growth, optimize space utilization, implement modern work environment and hybrid work principles, and support co-location initiatives in alignment with directives from OFM.
• Serve as the agency’s Sustainability Coordinator providing oversight for the development and implementation of the DES and OFM required sustainability initiatives, including greenhouse gas reporting and agency-wide environmental performance efforts.
• Provide executive management with recommendations and solutions necessary so they may make critical facilities decisions and investments.
• Oversee and direct the work of the Facilities Planners, ensure they maintain and support the regional field offices and workspace needs.
• Meet with customers and stakeholders to discuss proposed legislative changes that may impact facilities policy or portfolio.
• Provide L&I executive management recommendations regarding facilities portfolio utilization, planning and future investments.

• Significant training and progressively responsible experience in architecture, engineering, real estate services, construction, or facilities management.
• Five years of lead experience coordinating capital or facility-related projects involving multiple external stakeholders and funding oversight responsibilities.
• Experience overseeing space planning and…