Transit Emergency Management and Safety Superintendent

Salary

$ - $ Annually

Location

Seattle, WA

Job Type

Career Service (Exec)

Job Number

2026SO26463

Department

MTD - Metro Transit

Division

Safety, Security, and Quality

Opening Date

03/10/2026

Closing Date

3/24/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

FLSA

Exempt

Bargaining Unit

C5 : PROTEC
17-Transit Supts

Full- or Part-Time

Full Time

Hours/Week

40 hours/week

Summary

Metro Transit's Safety, Security & Quality Assurance (SSQA) division is seeking an experienced and knowledgeable leader to serve as the next Transit Emergency Management and Life Safety Superintendent.

The Transit Emergency Management and Life Safety Superintendent provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for the Life Safety and Emergency Management workgroup. This role is responsible for ensuring the agency is prepared to prevent, respond to, and recover from emergencies that impact employees, customers, assets, and operations. This position plays a critical role in advancing a culture of preparedness, safety, and resilience across the organization through planning, training, coordination, and continuous improvement.

Safety, Security & Quality Assurance Mission:
We provide leadership and the highest level of support and customer focus to continuously improve Metro's safety culture and security practices in order to best protect Metro employees, patrons and the communities we serve from harm.

This recruitment will be used to fill one (1) Career Service position. In addition, this recruitment selection process may be used to generate an eligibility pool for any future Career Service, Term-Limited Temporary (TLT), and/or Special Duty Assignment (SDA) positions that may occur in this classification. The eligibility pool will be retained for up to 12 months from the date of posting and may be used at the discretion of the hiring authority.

Job Duties

Applying equity and social justice principles is a daily responsibility and foundational expectation for all King County employees. In this role, you will apply equity and social justice principles that exemplify shared values, behaviors, and practices to all aspects of this work. As the Transit Emergency Management and Life Safety Superintendent, you will:

• Lead and manage the Life Safety and Emergency Management workgroup, setting operational priorities, goals, and performance expectations.
• Oversee hazard identification and risk assessments related to natural disasters, security threats, workplace violence, and other transit-related emergency scenarios.
• Direct the development, implementation, and maintenance of emergency response plans, procedures, and protocols.
• Administer and continuously improve the workplace violence prevention program.
• Plan, conduct, and evaluate emergency preparedness training, exercises, and drills for employees and supervisors.
• Coordinate emergency preparedness, response, and recovery activities with internal divisions and external partners, including local, regional, state, and federal agencies.
• Provide leadership during emergency activations, ensuring coordinated response, clear communication, and timely decision-making.
• Support recovery, continuity of operations, and business resumption planning following incidents and emergencies.
• Review incidents, exercises, and after-action reports to identify lessons learned and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with applicable safety, security, emergency management, and life-safety regulations, standards, and best practices.
• Supervise professional and technical staff including hiring, performance management, coaching, training, and labor relations support.
• Track and report on program performance, trends, and outcomes, and prepare briefings and recommendations for leadership.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Progressive experience in emergency management, life safety, public safety, or a related discipline AND bachelor's degree in emergency management, public safety, public administration, planning, or a related field OR any equivalent combination of experience and education which provides the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the work.
• Training in Critical Incident Management for Institutions of Higher Education, National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) and/or Incident Command Systems (ICS).
• Experience leading teams and supervising staff, including coaching employees, managing performance, and fostering an inclusive, high performing workplace culture.
• Knowledge of emergency management frameworks, regulations, and best practices applicable to transit or large public agencies.
• Knowledge of all-hazards emergency management principles including mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
• Demonstrated ability to identify hazards, assess risk, and implement effective safety and life-safety mitigations in complex operational environments.
• Ability to translate organizational goals into actionable emergency management and…