Street Maintenance Crew Chief

Position Description Join us in shaping Seattle’s streets! At the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), we don’t just move people—we connect communities, build safer streets, and create a more sustainable city. With a bold vision for the future, we’re tackling big challenges: making travel safer, cutting carbon emissions, and ensuring reliable, affordable transportation for everyone—no matter who they are or where they live. Seattle is growing fast, and we’re growing with it. Thanks to a historic voter-approved $1.55 billion investment in transportation in 2024, we’re building sidewalks, fixing bridges, and improving transit connections to keep our city moving. We’re a team of problem solvers, planners, engineers, communicators, and field crews—bringing purpose-driven work to life. Now, we need passionate, innovative talent like you. Let’s build a Seattle that works for everyone—together! The Right of Way Maintenance and Urban Forestry Division has new opportunities for Street Maintenance Crew Chiefs . The Crew Chiefs oversee Right of Way Maintenance crews, providing leadership, daily planning, and operational coordination to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality field work. This role directs crew assignments, manages work orders, conducts site inspections, and ensures compliance with safety standards, regulatory requirements, and City procedures. A successful candidate brings strong supervisory skills, sound judgment, and the ability to plan and adapt to changing operational needs, including emergencies and large-scale events. Job Responsibilities Lead and supervise field crews performing street and right-of-way maintenance, including assigning work, monitoring performance, and supporting employee development. Plan, schedule, and dispatch daily crew activities; adjust work plans and staffing levels to meet operational demands, emergencies, and special events. Conduct site inspections before, during, and after work to ensure compliance with safety requirements, project specifications, and quality standards. Manage work orders by creating, assigning, tracking, and closing tasks with accurate documentation; oversee reporting, timesheets, attendance, and workforce management duties. Procure materials, tools, and equipment by preparing requisitions, ordering supplies, and coordinating warehouse and yard activities. Operate City software systems—including Hansen, Find It Fix It, Workday, SharePoint, and AVL—to manage workflow, reporting, and coordination with internal partners. Communicate effectively with internal divisions, City departments, utilities, contractors, and external partners to coordinate work, respond to urgent requests, and facilitate daily crew meetings. Qualifications Minimum Qualifications: Experience: Three (3) years public works experience in which the primary work of the unit was in road or street construction and maintenance, traffic channelization, installation of non-electric traffic control devices or roadway structure work. OR: An equivalent combination of education and experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the position duties. License, Certification: Current Washington State driver's license. Though not requirements, strong candidates will have some of the following experience or are able to describe comparable experience: Experience supervising field crews or leading maintenance operations in streets, utilities, construction, or right-of-way environments. Experience with procurement processes, planning daily work activities, managing work orders, and coordinating staffing for routine and emergency operations. Experience conducting site inspections, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and overseeing the proper use and maintenance of tools and equipment is highly valuable. Proficient with workflow and reporting systems such as Hansen, Workday, SharePoint, AVL, or similar platforms. Familiarity with…

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