BES Strategy & Integrated Planning Student Internship (CSAII)

The Position

The Bureau of Environmental Services is seeking interns for their Strategy & Integrated Planning group!

Applications will be reviewed on a weekly basis.

Job Appointment: Casual Work Schedule: Flexible hours

Work Location: 1120 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97204

Benefits: These positions are not eligible for benefits.

Language Pay Differential: Employees who speak one or more languages in addition to English and who use their language skill to assist the community, may receive additional pay. More about the process can be found here.

Application Material: Please click APPLY to submit your application via the City of Portland’s online portal. You will need to submit a work history and answer supplemental questions for this application.

Note: These are casual Community Service Aide (CSA II) positions with a maximum of 1,400 hours in a calendar year.

Strategy & Integrated Planning – Risk Assessment Division

The Systems Analysis and Modeling Support section of the Risk Assessment Division performs engineering/modeling analysis to identify system deficiencies and provide optimal solutions to improve City's Combined, Sanitary Sewer and Stormwater systems.

The Strategy & Integrated Planning – Risk Assessment Division Intern, with guidance and under supervision, will:

• Provide technical support for the Risk Assessment/Modeling teams.
• Assist modelers in developing and refining data for various numerical models, including data collection and modification, field investigation, research, and QA/QC.
• Construct data tables and maps for modeling projects.
• Conduct flow monitoring data assessment and organization.
• Query data from existing Bureau and City databases and the GIS systems to support analysis.
• Manipulate data in various forms for consolidation into the modeling data management system.
• Provide data analysis support for BES Resilience programs.
  
  

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Strategy & Integrated Planning – Planning Division

The Planning Division leads planning efforts to find solutions to problems that BES needs to solve, and coordinates with planning work in other bureaus. The Planning Division includes the BES Resilience Program which works across multiple teams in the bureau and city to increase resilience to climate change and seismic risks.

The Strategy & Integrated Planning – Planning Division Intern, with guidance and under supervision, will:

• Research, analyze, and interpret information (data, mapping, documents).
• Organize, standardize, and compile information (data, files, documents).
• Interpret new tools or protocols and how they apply to BES work.
• Draft summaries and assessments of plan areas and/or community characteristics including vulnerability.
• Create simple maps and graphics, take notes at meetings, support creation of documents.
  
  

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About The Bureau

The Bureau of Environmental Services manages Portland's wastewater and stormwater infrastructure to protect public health and the environment. BES is a mission-driven, high-performance organization, leading the City in preserving and restoring the health of Portland's watersheds.

More information about the Bureau: https://www.portland.gov/bes

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Contact Information

Cierra Maceo

Recruiter

Cierra.Maceo@portlandoregon.gov

To Qualify

• Experience with GIS for mapping and data analysis
• Experience with data collection, manipulation, analysis, and summarization
• The ability to conduct independent research and analysis with strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Have strong writing and communication skills
  
  

Additional Qualifications

Must be a student enrolled in a trade school, training program, college or university undergraduate or graduate program come Fall 2026

The Recruitment Process

STEP 1: Apply online between May 4, 2026 - June 1, 2026

Required Application Materials

• Work History or Resume
• Answer to the Supplemental Questions (click on the Questions tab to preview the questions)
  
  

Optional Application Materials:

• If you would like to request Veterans preference, please submit your Veteran documents (ex, DD214-Member 4, VA Benefit Letter, etc) by the closing date of the recruitment. To learn about Veterans preference click here.
  
  

Application Tips:

• Your responses to the supplemental questions should include details describing your education, training and/or personal and professional experience, and where obtained, which clearly reflects your qualifications for each of the numbered items in the "To Qualify" section of this announcement.
• Your work history should support the details described in your responses to the supplemental questions.
• Do not attach any additional documents.
• Please note, all completed applications for this position must be submitted no later than on the closing date and time of this recruitment.
  
  

Step 2: Minimum Qualification Evaluation: Week of May 4, 2026, and weekly thereafter

• An evaluation of each applicant's training and paid and unpaid experience, as demonstrated in their work history and supplemental questions.
• Your work history and responses to the supplemental questions will be the basis for our pass/fail 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 phase 1 results to let us know if you would like to review and discuss your evaluation result. Please read the City of Portland Administrative Rule 3.01 for complete information.
  
  

Step 3: Establishment of Eligible List: Eligible applicants will only be contacted for interviews.

• Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications will be placed on the equally ranked eligible list.
  
  

Step 4: Selection (Interview): Eligible applicants will only be contacted for interviews.

• Hiring bureau will review and select candidates for an interview.
  
  

Step 5: Offer of Employment: Eligible applicants will only be contacted for interviews.

Step 6: Start Date:

• 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
• Veterans Preference
• ADA, Pregnancy, and Religious Accommodations
  
  

An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer