Pierce County is hiring remote and in-person positions that pay from $90k to over $200k

Pierce County is hiring for several full-time positions across several departments that pay at least $90,000 per year to over $200,000 per year several of which are flexible or remote positions.

County employees are offered benefits packages that include health insurance, paid holidays, sick leave, military leave and vacation leave.

Here are seven current job openings in Pierce County that pay $90k or more. All current job listings can be found on the Pierce County website.

Job openings in Pierce County

▪ GIS Solutions Supervisor

• Department: Information Technology
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Tacoma
• Salary: $110,184.10 - $161,147.34, annually
• Description: The GIS solutions supervisor will supervise a team of four and will also lead programming projects, maintenance, improvements and support for GIS business systems and countywide enterprise GIS databases.
• Qualifications: A Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, geography or a related field and eight or more years of information technology experience.

▪ Senior Planner 3 - Pierce County Trails System

• Department: Parks and Recreation Services
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Tacoma
• Salary: $44.37 - $56.82, hourly
• Description: The senior planner is responsible for the long-term growth and conservation of trail system in Pierce County. This person will have to plan, submit and attain grants while also carrying out and overseeing design contracts for designs and cost estimating of various trail segments.
• Qualifications: A Bachelor’s degree in planning or related field, three years of related planning work or any comparable combination of experience and experience.

▪ Business and Financial Operations Manager - Parks and Recreation

• Department: Parks and Recreation Services
• Type: Regular / on-site
• Location: University Place
• Salary: $98,819.54 - $133,267.70, annually
• Description: The business and financial operations manager is tasked with providing strategic technical support to the Parks Department while tracking and reporting all of the money flow to create strategy, processes, and recommend changes.
• Qualifications: 10 years of responsible work experience or education in developing budget with funds and financial planning as well as three years of experience as a supervisor.

▪ County Attorney 2

• Department: Assigned Counsel
• Type: Regular
• Location: Tacoma
• Salary: $97,273.73 - $131,302.01, annually
• Description: Maintain a high-volume case load and prepare appropriate written correspondence for litigation as well as provide direction to coordinate the activities of internal and external support staff.
• Qualifications: Graduate of an accredited law school, be a member of the Washington State Bar Association, three or more years of legal experience in indigent defense and be willing to accept appointment as co-counsel to more/most complex adult felony cases.

▪ Electrical Engineer

• Department: Planning and Public Works
• Type: Flexible/hybrid
• Location: Tacoma
• Salary: $116,773.45 - $151,249.38, annually
• Description: The electrical engineer is responsible for developing, administering, designing, reviewing and inspecting electrical components assist in acquiring all of the necessary permits before construction bidding.
• Qualifications: Eight years of experience in electrical engineering, an accredited Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and the ability to register as a professional engineer in the State of Washington.

▪ Associate Medical Examiner

• Department: Medical Examiner - Operations
• Type: Regular, on-site
• Location: Tacoma
• Salary: $218,074.58 - $289,865.90, annually
• Description: Rotate on-call duties with three other board-certified pathologists and maintain report turnaround times that meet or exceed NAME-accreditation standards.
• Qualifications: Certified as a forensic pathologist by the American Board of Pathology or qualified as a physician who is eligible to take the American Board of Pathology exam in forensic pathology within one year of appointment.

▪ Associate Traffic Engineer

• Department: Planning and Public Works
• Type: Flexible / hybrid
• Location: Tacoma
• Salary: $110,545.51 - $140,628.59, annually
• Description:The associate traffic engineer will be the supervisor to the traffic engineering team and will design traffic elements of capital improvement projects and perform traffic-related development review.
• Qualifications: Graduated from a four-year college or university with major course work in civil engineering and specialization in traffic/transportation engineering, five or more years of experience in traffic and transportation engineering and must be certified as a professional engineer by the State of Washington.

This story was originally published July 26, 2024 at 5:00 AM.

Rosemary Montalvo

The News Tribune

Rosemary Montalvo was previously a service journalism reporter based in Tacoma, WA. She started as a summer news intern after graduating from California State University, Fullerton in May 2023. She has also worked as the photo editor and reporter for her university’s student-run newspaper. She was born in Inglewood, California.