Sr. Engineering Associate – Chemical​/Environmental Specialty

Job Appointment: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8 am-5:00 pm.

Work location: 5001 N COLUMBIA BLVD, PORTLAND OR 97203

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Union Representation: PROTEC
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Are you a results-driven individual with an interest in doing meaningful work that has a real impact on the community?

The City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) is seeking a Sr. Engineering Associate – Chemical/Environmental Specialty to work in the Treatment and Pumping System Division of their Engineering Services Group. This position will provide process and automation subject matter expert (SME) support for capital project delivery and on-going Operations & Maintenance Group (O&MG) needs for the Bureau's treatment plant and pump station assets.

Capital project work will focus on improving project integration and handoff. This includes design milestone reviews and in-house commissioning (including control narrative development, operational readiness testing, process training and improved documentation) during construction. O&MG support includes coordinating with operations and maintenance trades to support and document efforts towards permit compliance, KPIs, trials and innovation at the City’s treatment plants and pump stations.

• Evaluate effectiveness and options of treatment processes for pumping and wastewater treatment plants and processes; make recommendations for and implement change or improvements.
• Prepare and review reports that analyze and interpret wastewater pumping and treatment process and automation data.
• Design and review plans for chemical or physical processes to be used in wastewater treatment.
• Create documentation and conduct training for process and automation topics.
• Develop Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and work on Dashboarding and analytical tools to track system performance.
• Coordinate commissioning activities for programmable logic controller (PLC) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) programming, demonstration testing, and process troubleshooting.

An ideal candidate will demonstrate through direct or transferrable experience: A proactive, self-motivated approach to operational efficiency, combined with a strong sense of ownership that ensures initiatives are executed through final implementation. As a collaborative and conscientious peer, the ideal candidate will partner effectively across engineering, operations, and maintenance teams. Finally, they will back these core strengths with exceptional written and visual communication skills, that translate complex technical information into clear, accessible visual tools for everyone.

This is an exciting time to join the Bureau of Environmental Services (BES). Together we are re‑imagining the work we do to ensure it aligns with Our Values:

• We implement equity in our workplace, business practices, and service delivery.
• We value our customers and partners.
• We carefully manage our watersheds, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, and financial resources.
• We encourage leadership among our employees in our City and community.
• We support a diverse, collaborative, healthy, and engaged workforce.
• We urge respectful communication and transparency.
• We advance innovative, sustainable, and resilient solutions.

At BES, we value our customers and partners;
Portlanders’ sense of connection to their waterways; conscientious stewardship of our watersheds, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, and financial resources; a diverse, collaborative, healthy, and engaged workforce; leadership among our employees and in our City and community; equity in our…