Featured Job: Supervising Engineer
Closing Date/Time: Sun. 10/23/16 11:59 PM
Salary: $43.59 – $55.25 Hourly
Job Type: Special Duty Assignment or Term Limited Temp (TLT)
Location: King County Airport, 7300 Perimeter Road S, Room 129, Seattle, WA 98108-3848, Washington
Department: Department of Transportation – Airport Division
Description: The Airport Division is looking for a skilled, knowledgeable, highly-motivated, and enthusiastic team player to independently lead an engineering responsible for providing engineering, environmental, and project management services to the Department of Transportation, Airport Division.
This position works closely with Maintenance, Operations, Planning, Business Information Systems, and Finance sections of the Airport to provide technical services and data to these internal customers. The Supervising Engineer position also interfaces with tenants, regulatory agencies and other stakeholders on a variety of issues impacting the Airport.
Learn more about this position or view all available jobs.
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The Annual Employee Giving Drive and Disability Awareness Month
The County’s 2016 Annual Employee Giving Drive continues, and this year’s goal is to raise $1.82 million. King County employees have donated $286,165.44 so far, bringing the drive to 15.7% of the goal!
The Employee Giving Program is a philanthropic resource for King County employees that benefits county employees by providing prescreened nonprofits, allowing you to plan your giving, making it possible for you to donate time (vacation or compensatory hours), and offering anonymity.
In observance of King County’s Disability Awareness Month, the following are four nonprofits serving the King County area that are eligible to receive donations through the Employee Giving Program. Take a look at the services they provide!
- The Arc of King County (9233) 233 6th Ave N Seattle, WA 98109 – Serving individuals and families with intellectual and developmental disabilities through case management, peer support, leadership training, and advocacy.
- Children’s Therapy Center (9200) 10811 SE Kent-Kangley Rd. Kent, WA 98030 – Provides physical, occupational, & speech therapy; early intervention services; orthotics & equipment; & other essential services & products to children with special needs.
- SightConnection (9301) 9709 Third Ave NE, Ste. 100, Seattle, WA 98107 – Providing aid, tools and support to the visually impaired and blind to remain or retain independence. Services provided regardless of ability to pay.
- Children’s Institute for Learning Differences (9280) 2640 Benson Rd S, Renton, WA 98055 – CHILD addresses the needs of children often denied access to local education programs due to challenges posed by severe sensory processing disorders, learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, emotional-behavioral disabilities, autism, and extreme anxiety.
You may pledge either online in PeopleSoft or with a paper form. Through payroll donations, employees can donate to as many as 20 nonprofits, and contributions can be made bimonthly (first two pay checks each month), monthly (second paycheck each month) or annually (first paycheck in January).
Every donation made through the Employee Giving Program is tax deductible. Just keep track of the proper paperwork and you can deduct your donations when you file your taxes! This year’s drive runs through November 18. For more information, visit the EGP site. For additional questions, contact your EGP Ambassador, email EmployeeGiving@KingCounty.gov or call 206-263-9405.
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Tech Tip: SharePoint Basics Training in 2 hours!
SharePoint is one of the most powerful file sharing systems available to King County teams. Starting this week, KCIT is excited to start offering free in-person Basic SharePoint Training sessions.
- Bring your laptop
- Get the SharePoint basics under your belt in 2 hours.
- Meet KCIT’s new SharePoint trainer
- Learn how SharePoint can help your teams work better, smarter and faster.
- Basic training is Friday, Oct. 14 and Thursday, Oct. 27.
- Intermediate training is Tuesday, Oct. 25.
- You can even schedule custom training from our new SharePoint website.
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Making history: Preserving your program’s legacy
How your work is remembered depends on you!
This workshop will provide guidance to County employees on steps you can take now to preserve County history. Learn how you can document County programs to help future researchers make the most of records that are transferred to the Archives.
The workshop will be held Friday, October 28, 2016 from 2 to 3 p.m. It will be in the Chinook Building, room 126. Click here for more information and to register.
Topics will include using retention schedules to determine archival and potentially archival value, appraisals, organizing records for access, documenting significant events and program history, and handling and storing records for long-term preservation and use. We will also touch on ideas for exhibits and other ways to highlight your program’s legacy.
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What you may not know about health in the Chinatown-International District
Crossposted from Public Health Insider
We are writing a three-part series on the health of one of the most vibrant neighborhoods in our region, the Chinatown-International District (CID). With a one year nationally-funded grant, The BUILD Health Challenge has led to a robust community partnership that will take a deep look into the health and vibrancy of the CID.
To start us off, Nadine Chan, Epidemiologist from Public Health, shares some of her insights from taking a close look at what our health data can tell us about the neighborhood.
The BUILD Health Challenge grant—which funds InterIm Community Development Association’s Healthy Communities Program and its partners—selected grantees to work on “bold, upstream, integrated, local, and data-driven” solutions for healthy communities.
Read more at Public Health Insider
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Watch RASKC’s stories on Univision Seattle
Crossposted from Tails from RASKC
RASKC is excited to share the first of nine segments which Univision Seattle, KUNS channel 51, will be proudly airing each Wednesday at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. Univision is the fifth largest network in the U.S. with the largest Spanish-speaking audience in the world. This amazing opportunity, which starts by highlighting RASKC’s success in saving 9 out of 10 lives, will serve as a public service announcement to engage and inform the community on the various services provided by King County’s Regional Animal Services.
Read more at Tails from RASKC
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New ‘loop’ system at Metro customer service office helps deaf or hard of hearing bus riders
Crossposted from Metro Matters
Bus riders who are deaf or hard of hearing and use cochlear implants or hearing aids now can use a newly installed hearing ‘loop’ system at King County Metro’s Customer Service Office at 201 South Jackson Street in Seattle. The induction hearing loop system allows customers who use the system to better communicate with Metro employees when they are buying or reloading ORCA cards or getting other help to better ride Metro.
Installing the induction hearing loop system demonstrates Metro’s continued commitment to accessibility for all of our customers. Loop systems help people better hear sounds at a distance and in environments where there is a lot of background noise.
Read more at Metro Matters
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Get ready to ShakeOut on October 20
King County will participate in the Great Washington ShakeOut earthquake drill on Thursday, October 20. At 10:20am, a PA announcement will go out in most County buildings, asking you to Drop, Cover, and Hold On just like you would do in a real earthquake. Expect more information about the drill in next week’s Employee News. For details about the Great Washington ShakeOut, visit www.shakeout.org/washington.
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Social Media Spotlight: EcoConsumer Twitter
The King County WA EcoConsumer public outreach program, in the Solid Waste Division, deals with the environmental impacts of our purchasing decisions and daily activities. It offers programs and resources to help King County residents balance consuming and conserving, to change their behavior and encourage others to help prevent waste.
Follow EcoConsumer on Twitter today!
Click here to view all King County social media pages.
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Sharing our know-how across the globe
Crossposted from King County Wastewater Treatment Division
URENCO staff here in Seattle are taken on a tour by King County WTD.
Many developing Asian countries face unique challenges delivering quality wastewater services. In an effort to mentor these communities, a team of Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) employees participated in information sharing with a growing utility called URENCO in Dong Hoi, Vietnam.
After visiting Vietnam, Dave Jurgens, reliability engineer, realized it’s not only an infrastructure challenge, but also one of culture. “The treatment plant is within a river delta with a lot of farmland. Waste is conveyed primarily from Dong Hoi, a fishing town of about 120,000 people,” he said.
King County WTD staff tour the URENCO facility in Vietnam.
“With just 10 percent of sewage being treated throughout the country, public awareness and regulatory oversight is still being developed. Programs like these are even more important in a region whose economy relies heavily on environmental resources… where sewer overflows can literally be within 100 feet of commercial shrimping nets.”
Read more at King County Wastewater Treatment Division
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