Municipal Capital Delivery Manager (LTE)

Municipal Capital Delivery Manager (LTE)

Salary

$130,041.13 - $179,444.00 Annually

Location

Bellevue City Hall, 450 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA

Job Type

Limited Term

Remote Employment

Flexible/Hybrid

Job Number

26-00292

Department

Finance and Asset Management

Opening Date

09/16/2026

Closing Date

9/30/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

FLSA

Exempt

Bargaining Unit

NONAFF

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Come Join the City of Bellevue!

Please fill out your application as fully as possible. The City evaluates candidates based on the information provided in the online application only. Do not submit resumes and cover letters. Read the "Hiring Process" section below to learn more.

New hires typically receive between minimum and midpoint, however, we may go slightly higher based on experience, internal equity and market.

Job Summary

The Municipal Capital Delivery Manager leads the City's municipal facility Capital Investment Program (CIP) delivery portfolio. The position oversees planning, budgeting, design, and construction of new facilities and major renovations of fire stations, civic buildings, and other citywide facilities.

The Manager provides leadership in portfolio management, project delivery performance, and continuous improvement of Capital Investment Program (CIP) outcomes, with an emphasis on environmentally sustainable and universally accessible public facilities.

The position ensures major capital investments move from concept through construction using a consistent, transparent process. The Manager will provide strategic direction for project delivery performance, portfolio management, and structured decision-making across departments as well as support the implementation of the City's long-range planning.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Program & Strategic Leadership

• Establishes strategic direction, goals, and priorities for municipal capital project delivery and CIP implementation and delivery.
• Partners across departments to align capital projects with operational needs, long-range planning, and citywide priorities.
• Develops and implements policies, procedures, and best practices to improve consistency, predictability, and efficiency in planning and project delivery.
• Supports the implementation and maintenance of the City's structured decision-making framework, ensuring capital initiatives advance through clear phases of analysis, documentation, prioritization, and approval.

Capital Planning & Portfolio Management

• Manages the portfolio of capital initiatives to ensure alignment with strategic goals, funding strategies, sustainability objectives, accessibility requirements, and organizational capacity.
• Monitors CIP performance, recommends adjustments, and ensures investment decisions reflect lifecycle considerations and citywide needs.
• Ensures timely and effective CIP project delivery focusing primarily on the short- to mid- range municipal facilities projects including project scoping, design, sequencing, prioritization, and resource forecasting.

Project Development & Delivery Management

• Directs end-to-end delivery of major municipal capital projects, including planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and close-out.
• Guides departments through alternatives analyses, feasibility assessments, risk evaluations, and initial project definition.
• Facilitates transition from planning to delivery by ensuring project scopes, schedules, costs, and resource strategies are clear and actionable.
• Leads complex decision-making related to scope, schedule, budget, risks, and trade-offs across multiple concurrent projects.
• Manages delivery of projects using alternative public works contracting methods (e.g., GC/CM, Design-Build), ensuring compliance with public procurement requirements and alignment with City policies and CIP delivery performance goals.

Financial & Contract Management

• Oversees capital budgeting, cost estimating, financial analyses, and evaluation of lifecycle costs across planning and project delivery.
• Manages contract development, negotiation, and administration for consultants, contractors, and vendors, including alternative contracting approaches such as GC/CM and Design-Build.
• Supports complex project delivery when grant funding exists, particularly those supporting sustainability, energy efficiency, or accessibility improvements.

Stakeholder & Community Engagement

• Coordinates with internal departments, external partners, and regulatory agencies to ensure alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Supports inclusive community outreach and engagement related to capital projects.
• Prepares and delivers reports, presentations, and recommendations to leadership, City Council, and advisory bodies.

Team Leadership & Staff Development

• Plans, organizes, and supervises the work of professional and technical staff involved in capital planning and project delivery.
• Builds staff capacity in strategic analysis, facilitation, sustainability, accessibility, risk evaluation, and decision documentation.
• Promotes a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing work environment aligned with City values.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, construction management, public administration, urban planning, or a related field.
• Five years of progressively responsible experience in capital project management, capital planning, or complex program leadership, preferably in the public sector.
• Experience with sustainable design, accessibility integration, and alternative public works contracting methods preferred.
• Experience guiding projects through structured analysis, feasibility development, and alternatives evaluation is highly desirable.
• Experience supervising professional or technical staff and facilitating cross-department decision-making.
• Equivalent combination of education, experience, and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities may be considered.

Certifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Construction Manager (CCM), or similar certification desirable.
• LEED Certification or other sustainability or accessibility credential desirable.

Supplemental Information

FLEXIBLE/HYBRID WORKING:

A hybrid work schedule is available for this position after an orientation period. Remote work for this position is subject to the departments operational needs and will be discussed with candidates during the selection process. Full-time remote work is not an available option. Once hired, employees must reside in the State of Washington and within reasonable commuting distance to Bellevue City Hall.

Limited Term Employee (LTE): A fully benefited employee appointed to serve in a position scheduled to work a minimum of 30 hours a week for a specific project with a specific ending date which is anticipated to last more than five months but in no event longer than three consecutive years (36 months).

HIRING PROCESS

The City evaluates candidates based on the information provided in the online application only. Do not submit resumes and cover letters. To evaluate all candidates fairly and equitably, the City will make all applicants anonymous when we are screening the applications. We will redact information from our application such as your name, address, and other demographics. To help us, please complete the online application form as fully as possible.

• Answer the Supplemental Questions when requested which can be found on the Questions tab of the Job posting.
• We do not accept resumes and cover letters during the anonymous application screening stage, unless otherwise stated in the job description.
• Applicants advancing to the next stage may be required to provide a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and references.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• All candidates will be required to establish employment authorization and identity at the time of hire. The City is not able to sponsor work visas.
• All positions require the completion of references checks, including at least one prior supervisor.
• Some positions may require completion of a criminal background check prior to start employment
• Some positions may require obtaining a commercial drivers license (CDL), licensures, or additional certifications.

At the City of Bellevue, youll be part of a team committed to providing exceptional customer service, upholding the public interest and advancing the community vision. The six essential and enduring principles that guide our individual actions, our interactions, and our decision making in the City of Bellevue organization is: Exceptional Public Service, Stewardship, Commitment to Employees, Integrity, Innovation, and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Youll work in an environment that is innovative, collaborative, future focused, and committed to excellence. Bellevue welcomes the world. Our diversity is our strength. We embrace the future while respecting our past. Its what makes the City of Bellevue an exciting place to work, live, and explore.

Have we piqued your interest yet? Come join our team! The City of Bellevue supports workplace diversity. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, genetic information, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected status. Persons needing assistance with the application process may call the Human Resources Office, at 425-452-6838 or recruiting@bellevuewa.gov. If you are invited to participate in the selection process and need ADA accommodations, please notify HR before you are scheduled for an interview or testing.

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The City of Bellevue offers employees a comprehensive benefits package providing choice, flexibility, and value!

Please Note: Seasonal, part-time, and variable employees are not eligible for the below benefits except for mandatory participation in the retirement plan assigned to the position, which will be the Municipal Employees Benefit Trust (MEBT 2) retirement plan or the Washington State Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) retirement plan and any other benefits as required by law.

The following summary applies to fully benefited positions:

Medical

Employees are offered a choice of medical coverage through the Citys self-insured Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plan or Kaiser Permanente (HMO).

Dental

Employees are offered a choice of two dental carriers with plans that offer regular checkups, x-rays, fillings, and crowns. Orthodontia is available through one of the carriers.

Vision

Employees are offered a choice of vision coverage through an annual exam-only plan or a buy-up plan which includes an annual eye exam and hardware coverage.

Retirement Plans - Employees are offered three retirement plans:

• Washington State Department of Retirement Systems (DRS): Mandatory participation (PERS, LEOFF or PSERS), depending upon eligibility.
• City of Bellevue Municipal Employees Benefit Trust (MEBT): Optional participation in this 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match contributions that vest on a 3-year schedule.
• Deferred Compensation Program (457 DCP): Optional participation in the supplemental Deferred Compensation Program also administered by DRS that allows tax-deferred savings into a variety of investments options.

Other benefits include:

More detailed information about our employee benefits is available at https://c2mb.ajg.com/cityofbellevue

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Life/Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Long Term Disability (LTD)
• Survivor Income
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 11 observed holidays per year plus 2 additional personal holidays, vacation (standard accrual of 12 days a year), and sick leave (accumulated at the rate of one day per month)
• An ORCA Card bus pass
• On-site fitness center, and self service food/coffee options
• Career development and training programs
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

Paydays - The City of Bellevue pays employees on the 8th and the 23rd of each month (24 pay periods per year).

Please note: The City of Bellevue does not participate in the Social Security Administration (SSA) program and employees do not earn social security credits. The mandatory DRS retirement pension plan provides the required social security replacement plan.

NOTE: This is a brief summary of the benefit programs for the Citys non-represented employees. Every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. Benefits for employees represented by a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) may have different benefits. If any information on this document conflicts with the provisions of a CBA, the CBA prevails. Also, in the event of any incorrect information in this document, applicable laws, policies, rules, CBAs, or official plan documents will prevail.

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APPLICANT NOTICE: Your answers below will be used to review this application. The experience listed here MUST match the work history provided in your application. If your answers do not align, you may edit your application before submitting. Please note, it is not acceptable to use "See Resume" or "See Above" in your answers below and we do not accept resumes as a substitute for a completed application. We need a complete answer to the questions asked below.

• I confirm that the information provided here is consistent with my application.
• I do not agree with the statements above.

02

Which statement below best describes the highest level of education you have completed in architecture, engineering, construction management, public administration, urban planning, or a closely related field?

• High school graduate, diploma or the equivalent (GED)
• Associate Degree
• Bachelors Degree
• Masters Degree or above

03

How many years of experience do you have managing capital projects?

• Less than 3 years of experience
• 3-5 years of experience
• 5-7 years of experience
• More than 7 years of experience

04

Which best describes your role in supervising staff?

• No supervisory experience
• Occasional lead responsibilities
• Direct supervisory responsibility for staff
• Supervisory responsibility plus team leadership and coaching

05

Why are you interested in this position? How does your previous professional experience make you a qualified candidate? (Please be mindful that artificial intelligence tools, when used to assist in drafting responses, can produce similar language across the many applications submitted. Responses are more effective if they clearly reflect personal experience, specific examples, and individual voice.) (max. 300 words)

06

Which certifications do you currently hold? (select all that apply)

• PMP
• CCM
• LEED (any level)
• Other sustainability or accessibility credential
• None

07

Which contracting methods have you worked with? (select all that apply)

• GC/CM
• Design-Build
• Traditional Design-Bid-Build
• Alternative contracting under public procurement rules
• None of the above

08

Which types of facilities have you worked on? (select all that apply)

• Fire stations
• Civic buildings
• Municipal facilities
• Other public facilities
• None of the above

09

Which financial or contract management activities have you supported or led? (select all that apply)

• Capital budgeting
• Cost estimating
• Lifecycle cost analysis
• Contract development
• Contract negotiation
• Contract administration
• Managing grant-funded capital projects
• None of the above

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Which best describes your experience delivering capital projects from end to end (including planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and close-out)?

• I have no experience with end-to-end capital project delivery
• I have limited experience supporting portions of the project lifecycle
• I have managed several phases but not full lifecycle delivery
• I have led full end-to-end delivery of capital projects

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The City of Bellevue is a hybrid workplace. This is a Washington State job, and candidates must reside within a reasonable distance of City Hall and be onsite in Bellevue at least 2 day(s) per week.

• Yes, I am interested in hybrid schedule and available to be onsite 2 or more days per week.
• No, I am interested in fully remote position.

Required Question

Employer City of Bellevue

Address PO Box 90012

Bellevue, Washington, 98009

Website http://www.bellevuewa.gov/