Capital Improvement Project Manager

Invitation to Compete #44-26: Capital Improvement Project Manager

Administrative Services Division

Central Library, 1000 4th Ave, Seattle

Regular, FLSA exempt, full-time (80 hours per two-week pay period)Salary range: $115,633.44 - $140,480.64 annually

The hours for this appointment may include weekdays, weekends and evenings and is subject to change based on the Library’s current, operational need. A pay period is two weeks in length that starts on Wednesday and ends on Tuesday.

This position is open to the public and to The Seattle Public Library’s employees. Please read the How to Apply section of this bulletin for more information. Candidates are asked to submit their NEOGOV application, cover letter and resume by 5:00 p.m. on September 27, 2026 to be considered.

The Seattle Public Library is a dynamic urban library system that consists of the Central Library and 26 branch libraries, and is Seattle’s center of information and knowledge and one of the most popular and valued services in the city. Library staff members are highly regarded by the public for their knowledge, quality of service, and caring. Staff members are committed to the Library’s organizational values of respect, partnership, engagement, diversity, transparency, and recognition. In particular, they demonstrate respect, engage in partnerships, and are transparent in their communications and intentions. A strategic priority of the Library is to foster an internal culture of innovation which focuses on creativity, engagement, learning, and staff development. The Seattle Public Library is also firmly committed to Intellectual Freedom and the City of Seattle's Race and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI). To this end, all staff embrace Intellectual Freedom as a core value of the library and understand the role that the Library plays in creating a more equitable community with increased opportunity for historically marginalized individuals and families in Seattle. If you share these values and meet the qualifications, the Library invites you to apply for this position.

The facilities of The Seattle Public Library include the 363,000 square foot Central Library, 26 branch libraries, and an 18,000 square foot storage facility totaling approximately 613,000 square feet. While the Library’s Facilities Maintenance Services department handles day-to-day building maintenance, the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) plans and manages the more complex, time-intensive major asset maintenance and facility projects, often requiring the use of specialized contract services such as architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and specialty trades, including the City of Seattle’s job order contractor.

This position will work independently to complete assigned CIP projects on time and budget from start to finish by working with project stakeholders to define programming needs and manage design, construction, and vendor contracts. This position will prepare cost estimates, budgets and schedules for potential projects as well as approved ones. The position will maintain and ensure effective project communications among all team members and stakeholders, represent The Seattle Public Library and CIP at project meetings, and will work with CIP administrative staff to close out projects, complete final punch lists, confirm