Cleanup Program Project Technician; Natural Resource Specialist

Initial Posting Date:

01/12/2026

Final date to receive applications:

01/26/2026

Agency:

Department of Environmental Quality

Salary Range:

$4,620 - $7,064

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Cleanup Program Project Technician (Natural Resource Specialist
2)

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality strives to build and sustain an inclusive and equitable environment that embraces and values diversity. Employees at all levels of the agency work together to foster fairness, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We strive to be a workplace where we share our authentic identities, while advancing our individual professional goals, and while collaborating to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment for current and future generations.

We celebrate and appreciate diversity, champion equity, and treat each other with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, veteran status , gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, or physical or mental disability.

Are you passionate about preserving, enhancing, and protecting Oregon’s environment?

If so, please consider a career with the State of Oregon at Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). At DEQ, employees have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and supportive team of mission-focused individuals tasked with maintaining, restoring, and enhancing the quality of Oregon’s air, land, and water.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has a full‑time opportunity available for a Cleanup Program Project Technician (Natural Resource Specialist
2) in Portland, Oregon.

Please consider joining an innovative team, and work to advance our agency’s mission to protect and improve Oregon’s environmental quality.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is the primary regulatory agency of the government of the U.S. State of Oregon responsible for protecting and enhancing the state's natural resources. Here is a video about DEQ:

There are 3 regions (Northwest, Western, and Eastern); this position is in Northwest Region. The Regions provide the following services: compliance inspection of regulated entities; enforcement of permit requirements and administrative rules; issuance of air, water, and solid waste permits; investigation of complaints; issuance of subsurface permits; response to spills or other incidents with environmental impacts; direct contact and liaison with other governmental entities, industries, and the public;

and technical assistance to regulated entities and the public.

The Northwest Region Environmental Cleanup Section operates in DEQ’s Northwest Region and has responsibility to ensure that releases of hazardous substances do not endanger public health or the environment. This program is responsible for maintaining a site inventory, investigating and monitoring sites, and site cleanup and restoration. Cleanup of hazardous substances has a direct relationship with DEQ’s mission, which is to maintain, restore, and enhance, the quality of Oregon’s air, land, and water.

to view a map of all of the DEQ offices.

You will serve as a project technician on simple cleanup sites and provide technical support, which includes the development of maps, tables, and figures for evaluation of soil, groundwater, and sediment contamination to the Northwest Region Cleanup Program managers and staff. You will prepare reports and documentation, as well as research, assess and discover information for cleanup projects that will advance the overall cleanup of contaminants and source control in the Columbia Slough and other sites.

The opportunity to work in a productive and creative environment where no two days are ever the same! DEQ cares deeply about employee wellness and benefits. We offer a competitive benefits package that offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for the employee and their qualified family members, as well as paid sick leave, vacation leave, personal leave, and 11 paid holidays a year.

In addition, we offer membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), and you have…