Transit Project​/Program Manager III

Summary

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King County Metro Transit’s Facilities Division (TFD) has an exciting opportunity for a Transit Project/Program Manager III. This Transit Project/Program Manager III is responsible for complex logistical and operational planning for multiple programs, including Construction Projects Management, Facility Maintenance, and Equipment Asset Management utilizing the Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) System. This position oversees and organizes construction and maintenance work for all Metro Transit facilities, including park & rides, bus stops, landscaping, and signage.

This position ensures that projects meet safety and accessibility standards, tracks costs, and ensures that work performed meets compliance requirements.

Additionally, this position will audit contractors’ performance, monitor work in progress, manage progress payments, and audit sites for completion of projects while ensuring proper documentation is maintained. This position will also communicate with property owners near transit facilities locations as needed.

Our ideal candidate will be skilled in navigating a dynamic work environment and be able to manage multiple competing priorities to successfully deliver a large body of work in a fast‑paced environment, as well as the ability to coach, motivate and unify employees through building mutual respect and trust. This new position will be responsible for performing all knowledge areas of project management on a variety of complex, multi‑dimensional issues impacting TFD.

About Metro’s Transit Facilities Division: TFD maintains all Metro Transit properties, such as bus bases, park & rides, bus shelters, and offices and maintenance shops. Services include bus shelter repairs and replacements, bus shelter cleaning, trolley wire repairs, radio maintenance for buses, environmental spill clean‑up, bus sign replacement, graffiti removal, and other facilities maintenance duties. Additionally, the Facilities Division also implements capital improvement and grant‑funded projects aimed at enhancing the condition of county‑owned facilities and responding to ridership needs based on route usage and customer feedback.

This position will report to Business Management and Support Services Section. This section provides division‑wide support functions for finance, budget, environmental compliance, safety, training, administrative services and new employee orientation. Planning, inventory/materials management, work center, workforce management, functional asset management, general/maintenance agreements, systems support, capital infrastructure, sustainable resources/energy, estimating, interagency, and Sound Transit oversight.

This recruitment will immediately fill one (1) Career Service position and may be used to establish an eligibility pool to fill future Career Service, as well as Term‑Limited Temporary (TLT) and/or Special Duty Assignment (SDA), vacancies that may occur over the next twelve (12) months.

Interviews are currently anticipated to occur during the week of March 30, 2026, but dates are subject to change.

Erica Minshull, Talent Advisor for King County Metro Transit
Erica.

Minshull or 206‑477‑6059

Required Application Materials:

• An online King County application, updated with accurate contact information and relevant work history going back 10 years (or more, if necessary), with all duties, dates of employment, and reasons for leaving explained clearly.
• Completed supplemental questions.
• A cover letter/letter of interest, detailing how your experience and background meet or exceed the qualifications for this position.

Note:

A resume is highly encouraged, but not required. Any additional attachments will not be considered.

• Plan, schedule, estimate, and/or coordinate work related to corrective and/or preventative maintenance and repair of all Metro facilities.
• Coordinate complex contracts or grants, including inter-jurisdictional or interagency projects, and make/modify recommendations for changing the…