Asset Management Specialist

Why it's a great opportunity:

In this role as an Asset Management Specialist 3 who brings technical excellence, curiosity, integrity, and a collaborative mindset to a mission-driven team you will support the operation, maintenance, and long-term performance of critical utility infrastructure. You will utilize your expertise in our computerized maintenance management systems, SCADA, HachWIMS, Power

BI, Excel, and database interface tools to solve complex problems. Your skills in retrieving and analyzing large datasets using SQL and Visual Basic () will be crucial for our Asset Management activities. You’ll also get to showcase your creativity by turning datasets and analysis into compelling visuals, reports and dashboards using Power

BI and other business intelligence tools for this and other divisions within Planning and Public Works (PPW). Your work will directly support data-driven decisions, ensuring sustainable infrastructure and development protecting public health and the environment throughout Pierce County.

This is an opportunity where you can take pride in quality work, value accountability, and grow both professionally and personally while making a meaningful difference. Make your work matter. Steward infrastructure that communities depend on.

PPW is a diverse and fast-moving department filled with motivated professionals working to ensure Pierce County is positioned to handle growth while building, operating, and maintaining reliable infrastructure to support livable communities. PPW is responsible for a broad and complex portfolio of services that provides unique opportunities to collaborate, innovate, and inspire. We are 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!

Learn more about Planning and Public Works here.

Your success will come from contributing independently while also working collaboratively with cross-functional teams across the Sewer Utility Division and applying strong understanding of Asset Management best practices. It will also stem from excellent communication skills; commitment to producing high‑quality, reliable work; solving problems with curiosity, creativity, and persistence; eager to learn the business operations of the Utility; skilled in complex data extraction and translation of data‑driven analysis into actionable insights.

You will have access to professional development through robust online learning and other training opportunities, including Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI); mentorship program; employee‑led Employee Resource Groups (ERG) to support your career success. As a high‑performing professional, 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.

• Produce information, reports, graphs, project lists, maps, and other information.
• Make recommendations to decision makers to be used in resource allocation decisions made to manage infrastructure assets.
• Write technical reports, operational guidelines, or documents to support a job function and record information for future use.
• Provide technical information and explain policies and procedures to the public, other staff or groups in person, on the telephone or in writing.
• Organize and analyze data and perform difficult calculations and mapmaking to support a major asset management function in the department.
• Conduct on-site inspections to gather data or to assure the quality of asset condition and inventory data being collected by lower-level technical positions; prepare inspection reports.
• Prepare and or review routine data collection plans for conformance to pre-established Pierce County standards, methods, and procedures.
• Operate geographic information systems, computerized maintenance management systems and other database interface tools, asset management systems, reporting tools, modeling programs, and project…