The Position
Job Appointment: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8 am-5 pm. An alternate schedule may be available. Work Location: 1120 SW 5TH AVE, PORTLAND OR 97204-1912
Benefits: Please check our benefit tab for an overview of benefits for this position. Union Representation: Non-represented, no union affiliation.
Application Material: Please click APPLY to submit your application via the City of Portland’s online portal. You will need to attach a resume. Are you service-minded with strong facilitation, change management, and leadership skills?
Are you able to empower teams to work towards a shared vision?
Would you like to apply your knowledge of management to maintain the city’s wastewater and stormwater collection infrastructure?
The Program The Environmental Services Wastewater Group protects public health, water quality, and the environment by cost-effectively operating, maintaining, and administering wastewater and stormwater collection, pumping, and treatment facilities and managing related programs in ways that ensure compliance with all permits, regulations, and contracts. The Wastewater Group operates and maintains two wastewater treatment plants, 100 pump stations and step systems, 2500 miles of pipe, 1700 stormwater facilities, 350 properties, 34 program/service areas, 143 employees (121 union-represented employees, 22 non-represented employees), and $52.5 million budget.
The
Collection System Division is one of four divisions within the Wastewater Group, and it operates and maintains the City's sewer and stormwater system, including the City's green stormwater infrastructure, and it develops engineering solutions to collection system problems.
The Position The City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) is seeking a
Collection System Operation and Maintenance Division Manager to lead a team of 25 technical and managerial staff who operate and maintain the city’s wastewater and stormwater collection system. This position provides direction to managers within their division to ensure the work is coordinated within the team and within the broader bureau and city goals.
This position also collaborates with upper-level bureau managers to develop strategies, policies, and initiatives to implement the BES Strategic Plan and the bureau’s Racial Equity Plan. Especially during the City of Portland’s governance transition, this position participates in developing outcomes that are sustainable and equitable across the communities we serve, including our workforce community.
This position mentors the staff and managers that report to them, and they develop and track annual budgets and oversee staff who manage programs and projects. This position also oversees the development of process improvements and efficiencies.
This position is a Division Manager position and a member of the Wastewater Group Leadership Team. The position is primarily responsible for managing the maintenance engineering, repair, and maintenance of the city's wastewater, stormwater, and green infrastructure collection systems. The position provides senior direction and oversight of engineering solutions and project execution related to system failures and improvements.
The position oversees the $20M interagency pipeline maintenance agreement with the Portland Bureau of Transportation Environmental Services Division. The position serves as the City's Capacity Management Maintenance and Operation (CMOM) program manager for the collection system.
What you’ll get to do: - Develop and lead a cohesive Collections System Division that includes setting division program and budget priorities, integrating work across bureau divisions and across bureaus, and ensuring work priorities and bureau goals are met.
- Lead a team of supervisors and skilled professionals who operate, monitor, and maintain, the city’s diffuse and interconnected wastewater and stormwater collection systems. You will also mentor staff by providing coaching, training, and incentives, and participate in programs that promote workplace diversity, improved management skills, and a positive employee work environment.
- Review and oversee difficult maintenance and engineering-related problems and provide senior manager-level technical solutions to resolve these challenges. You will also provide senior manager review of Capital Improvement Projects as part of project Technical Reviews Committees.
- Direct the work of maintenance crews through an interagency agreement with the Portland Bureau of Transportation. You will also evaluate the work and identify work priorities.
- Analyze critical wastewater programs, and recommend ways to improve collection system operations, efficiencies, and effectiveness. You may also lead the development of GIS and spatial analysis tools to improve collection system data and overall system efficiencies.
- Participate on Bureau-wide governance teams to make decisions about bureau investments, including the bureau’s 5-year $1 billion capital improvement program. These governance committees provide guidance, transparency, and accountability in the development of the Capital Improvement Program.
An ideal candidate will demonstrate through direct or transferrable experience: - The ability to lead and manage subordinate managers and staff that comprise a high-performance team that focuses on the day-to-day management and maintenance of the city’s wastewater and stormwater collection and treatment system. Management includes setting staff priorities, coaching staff, evaluating performance, providing guidance, and administering discipline when needed.
- The ability to develop and manage program, project, and staffing budgets totaling $30,000,000.
- Provide highly technical oversight and troubleshooting to resolve complex wastewater and collection system engineering challenges.
- Build trust and establish positive working relationships with other bureaus while overseeing the work they perform on behalf of Environmental Services.
About the Bureau of Environmental ServicesThis 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 workplace, business practices, and service delivery; clear communication and transparency; innovative, sustainable, and resilient solutions.
BES is seeking talented individuals from diverse racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds with knowledge, ability, and experience working with a broad range of individuals and communities; and that desire to work collaboratively and creatively to broaden the variety of innovative ways to partner with and serve all Portland communities.
To learn more about the work we do at BES, click on the link: About Environmental Services | Portland.gov
Our BES 10-Year Strategic Plan can be found here: download (portland.gov)
Questions?:
Terrol Johnson Senior Recruiter
terrol.johnson@portlandoregon.gov
To Qualify
Applicants should specifically address and demonstrate in their resume how their education, training, and/or experience meet each of the following minimum qualifications: Ability to lead, manage, and inspire diverse and complex teams that manage and maintain city wastewater and stormwater collection infrastructure.
Ability to apply analytic and problem-solving skills to independently develop highly technical engineering decisions, conclusions, and recommendations.
Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing to present information, proposals, and recommendations clearly and persuasively to staff, upper management, elected officials, and in public settings.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships, and ability to show tact, diplomacy, and patience, and gain cooperation through discussion and collaboration.
Knowledge and understanding of the impacts of systemic racism on historically marginalized and socially vulnerable communities and experience applying diversity, equity, and inclusion principles to mitigate such impacts in programs, projects, and workforce development and recruitment.
Additional Requirements- Six years of progressively responsible experience developing, implementing, overseeing and/or managing complex multidisciplinary wastewater and/or stormwater infrastructure programs, and/or projects.
- Minimum of five years in a supervisory role overseeing teams composed of technical staff and subordinate managers.
- Two years of experience in successful change management through collaboration, building trust, and supporting decision-making at the level closest to the work.
- A professional engineering license is desired, but not required.
The Recruitment Process
STEP 1: Apply online between April 8, 2024 - May 6, 2024 Required Application Materials: Optional Application Materials: - Veteran documents to request for Veteran Preference (ex, DD214-Member 4, VA Benefit Letter, etc.)
Application Tips: - Salary Range/Equity Pay Analysis : Please note per the Oregon State Pay Equity Law your salary is determined based on the experience and education listed in your resume/application. It is strongly encouraged to include any transferable experience (paid or unpaid regardless of how recent) to ensure your offer is reflective of all directly related and equivalent experience.
- Do not attach materials not requested.
- All completed applications for this position must be submitted no later than the closing date and time of this recruitment.
- All applications must be submitted via the City's online application process. E-mailed and/or faxed applications will not be accepted.
Step 2: Minimum Qualification Evaluation: Week of May 6, 2024 - An evaluation of each applicant's training and paid and unpaid experience, as demonstrated in their resume weighted 100%.
- Your resume will be the basis for our evaluation of your qualifications for this position. Incomplete or inappropriate information may result in disqualification.
- You have 14 days from the notice of the minimum qualification evaluation results to let us know if you like to review and discuss your evaluation result. Please read the City of Portland Administrative Rule 3.01 for complete information.
- Additional evaluation may be required before the establishment of the eligible list and/or final selection.
Step 3: Establishment of Eligible List : Week of May 13, 2024 - Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications will be placed on the equally ranked eligible list.
Step 4: Selection (Interview): TBD - The hiring bureau will review and select candidates to interview.
- Please note, that the selection process may take up to 90 days from the notification of being placed on the eligible list.
Step 5: Offer of Employment: TBD
Step 6: Start Date: TBD - A start date will be determined after all conditions of employment have been met.
*Timeline is approximate and subject to change* Additional Information
Click here for additional information regarding the following:- City of Portland Core Values
- Recruitment Process - Work Status
- Equal Employment Opportunity
- Veteran Preference
- ADA, Pregnancy, and Religious Accommodations
An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer A Career with the City of Portland offers many Employee BenefitsWe offer a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to
- Health Care (Medical, Vision and Dental)
- Carrot Fertility
- Wellness Benefits
- Life Insurance
- Short- and Long-term disability coverage to eligible employees and their families.
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Retirement
- Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), includingcontributions to the PERS IAP plan paid by employer
- Family Medical Leave
- City Paid Parental Leave
AND SO MANY MORE!Benefits may vary depending on bargaining unit and employment status. Click here to review the many different benefits the City of Portland offers .
Closing Date/Time: 5/6/2024 11:59 PM Pacific
