Lakes Program Supervisor

About the role

The Lakes Program Supervisor will lead King County's long-term water quality monitoring program for Lake Washington, Lake Sammamish, and Lake Union. This role involves supervising a team of approximately 4-6 environmental scientists, providing strategic direction for scientific studies, overseeing daily program operations, mentoring and developing staff, and ensuring the collection and analysis of high-quality environmental data.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of 4-6 environmental scientists.
• Lead the development and management of long-term scientific monitoring programs and special studies.
• Develop and implement sampling protocols; work with field crews and contractors to implement monitoring plans and studies.
• Perform time-series and trend analysis, develop multivariate statistical models, nutrient and/or hydrodynamic modeling, and interpret, translate, and apply findings.
• Ensure data management systems are built and followed to ensure findings are open and reproducible.
• Provide expert-level scientific consultation and research, including designing and implementing applied research and analyses to detect and diagnose changes in lake function and condition.
• Establish partnerships and engage collaborators, including working with regional partners such as Public Health, the Wastewater Treatment Division, the University of Washington, and other scientific organizations.
• Support and direct comprehensive reports and manuscripts suitable for publication in scientific journals.

Requirements

Specialized Education: A Bachelor’s of Science degree in environmental sciences, environmental engineering, biology, earth sciences, or an equivalent combination of education and experience demonstrating the ability to perform the duties of the position.

Supervision: Experience leading a team, either in a role as a supervisor or as a project lead managing roles and deliverables to successfully complete projects.

Scientific Consultation and Research: Ability to review and analyze technically advanced research documents to help think through findings on King County lakes.

Program Design and Oversight: Experience establishing study objectives, experimental designs, sampling schedules, QA/QC, and statistical approaches; establishing and using SOPs, managing long-term monitoring and special study programs.

Reporting and Synthesis: Experience writing technical reports, peer-reviewed papers, management summaries, and/or regulatory documents.

Qualifications

• Strategic Mindset: Ability to see ahead to future possibilities and translate them into breakthrough strategies.
• Action-Oriented: Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Plans and Aligns: Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
• Ensures Accountability: Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Values Differences: Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
• Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Courage: Stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said.

Skills

• Expert Level Scientific Consultation & Research: Ability to design and implement applied research and analyses to detect and diagnose changes in the function and condition of King County lakes.
• Experience Advising Policymakers: Experience advising policymakers and translating scientific findings into recommendations for resource managers, regulators, and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrated Success in Grant Proposals: Demonstrated success developing, writing, and implementing scientific grant proposals.
• Experience Representing Agencies: Experience representing an agency on multi-jurisdictional working groups, technical advisory committees, or similar collaborative forums.