Asset Management Specialist

Why it's a great opportunity:

Pierce County is looking to bring an Asset Management Specialist 4 onto the Sewer Maintenance and Operations team. This role will have your analytical mindset gathering and manipulating data to establish maintenance needs, maintenance performance, budget forecasting and data dashboards while tracking KPIs like manpower efficiency, operational efficiency, and budgets. Your knowledge in software such as Hach WIMS, SCADA, Hansen System Administrator, Power BI, SQL database administration, Visual Basic (VB) scripting, and Excel will be the templates for determining the critical end user data you will be providing.

PPW stewards a healthy and vibrant community by collaboratively planning and investing in our people, infrastructure, systems, and policies. PPW’s team has more than 800 members that collaborate, innovate, and inspire in performing essential services to the community. The department is responsible for the County road and levee systems, sewer systems, airports, ferries, building permits, environmental review, sustainability, community planning, and code enforcement—just to name a few.

The Pierce County Sewer Maintenance and Operations team runs as a business and keeps that in focus. The data and reports created by you and your small team will require in‑person collaboration, high attention to detail, the ability to forecast needs, and an understanding of the big picture and your role in it. Internal customers' functionality will be your focus, and that will drive your success.

You will have access to professional development through robust online learning and other training opportunities throughout your career to ensure your success. This position has multiple career growth and promotional opportunities in Pierce County to build on a great career while directly impacting the communities in Pierce County.

• Design, develop, guide, and manage the implementation of infrastructure asset management programs including the development of concepts, procedures, guidelines, analytical methods, business methods, decision‑making systems, and data collection methods.
• Administer an operational division’s asset management program with a lowest life‑cycle cost approach.
• Plan work to be accomplished, set program goals, and prepare preliminary budget information.
• Supervise and coordinate activities of a designated unit; determine work procedures, prepare work schedules and determine methods for expediting workflow; assign, review, and approve the work of subordinate staff.
• Provide technical expertise and assistance to subordinates and other department staff regarding policies, procedures and methods related to asset management.
• Review and provide quality control for the reports, products, and practices produced by subordinates, if applicable.
• Oversee the work of contractors used for the development, improvement, and/or implementation of asset management systems.
• Perform technical research as related to specific programs or systems and present findings in verbal or written format to superiors, co‑workers or the general public.
• Convey technical information to others and lead technical meetings with engineering, maintenance, operations, administrative, and planning staff.

A classification description with a more detailed list of essential functions can be found here.

• A resume and cover letter are required for this position.
• Additional education or experience may substitute for the required education.
• Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, engineering, geography or a closely related field AND
• Five years of progressively responsible experience, INCLUDING
• One year as an Asset Management Specialist 3 or equivalent classification AND
• One year as a lead worker or supervisor.
• A valid driver’s license is required for the position.

As a condition of employment, the applicant will need to authorize and complete a background check. Information received from the background check is reviewed case‑by‑case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration.