Here are five Pierce County jobs that offer salaries from $98k to $151k, some are remote

Are you interested in taking a leap in your career before the year ends and securing a job that pays over $98,000 and also offers benefits?

Then you’re in luck, because Pierce County is hiring for several full-time positions across several departments.

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

If you have a bachelor’s degree in business, administration, engineering, finance or law, then you might be interested in applying for one of the following Pierce County jobs — some of which are remote or hybrid positions.

Pierce County jobs that pay over $98k

Pierce County is currently hiring for five positions that have salaries that start at, or are over, $98,000 per year.

Here are the jobs and what to know about them:

▪ Assistant building official

• Department: Planning and Public Works
• Type: Full time
• Salary: $100,897.82 - $129,868.75, annually
• Closing date: December 6 at 5 p.m.
• Description: The candidate for this position will have to build an environment that encourages teamwork, respect and fairness while also supervising a team to ensure high-quality work. This person will be tasked with carrying out several administrative tasks such as determining work procedures, conducting performance evaluations and assisting with the preparation and review of various codes.
• Qualifications: A bachelor’s degree in business, architecture, engineering, public administration or a related field as well as three years of experience in supervision in technical review, permit coordination, code enforcement, or inspection administration.

▪ Budget and performance manager

• Department: Finance
• Type: Full time, remote/ hybrid
• Salary: $112,078.17 - $151,343.22, annually
• Closing date: December 6 at 11:59 p.m.
• Description: This person will be responsible for conducting in-depth financial analyses and also directing and managing a team that creates and plans Pierce County’s biennial budget. The budget and performance manager will also have to ensure that the adopted budgets comply with laws and regulations.
• Qualifications: A bachelor’s degree in finance, budgeting, and/or accounting, public/business administration, or a related field as well as six years of experience in governmental budgeting or performance management.
  
  

▪ Civil engineer 2 - project review

• Department: Planning and Public Works
• Type: Full time, hybrid
• Salary: $47.16 - $59.72, hourly
• Closing date: December 16 at 5:59 p.m.
• Description: A good candidate for this role will have to have good communication and collaborative skills to ensure daily responsibilities are carried out appropriately. Some of the daily responsibilities include reviewing site development drawings to ensure they are compliant with county regulations, and reviewing land use applications and permits while also communicating with applicants, developers and other stakeholders.
• Qualifications: A bachelor’s degree from an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology accredited program in civil engineering, or a closely related field, must be registered as an Engineer-in-Training and have at least seven years of experience in a job related to the position that shows constant progress.

▪ County attorney 2

• Department: Assigned Counsel
• Type: Full time
• Salary: $97,273.73 - $131,302.01, annually
• Closing date: N/A
• Description: The person in this position will handle a high volume of case loads and must prepare written correspondence for each case for litigation. Aside from working on cases, this person will also serve as a mentor to the person that holds the county attorney 1 position.
• Qualifications: Must have graduated from an accredited law school, must also be a member of the Washington State Bar and must have at least three years of legal experience in indignant defense.

▪ Registered court reporter

• Department: Superior Court
• Type: Full time
• Salary: $53.44, hourly
• Closing date: N/A
• Description: This person will have to create the official record of all sessions of the Superior Court as instructed by the superior judge. The county court reporter is also tasked with rapidly producing transcripts and keeping detailed chronological logs that are in accordance with the Superior Court Clerk’s Office.
• Qualifications: Must be a certified court reporter and qualified under Washington State law and must maintain certification yearly.

This story was originally published December 3, 2024 at 10:41 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.