Facilities Maintenance Technician-CL

The Position

Job Appointment: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 7 am-3:30 pm. An alternate schedule may be available.

Work Location: 5001 N COLUMBIA BLVD, PORTLAND OR 97203

Benefits: Please check our benefit tab for an overview of benefits for this position.

Union Representation: Portland City Laborers 483 (PCL)

To view current labor agreements, please visit https://www.portland.gov/bhr/employee-relations/labor-relations/labor-agreements .

Application Material: Please click APPLY to submit your application via the City of Portland’s online portal. You will need to respond to the supplemental questions and attach a resume.

The City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) is seeking a Facilities Maintenance Technician to report to the Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant located in north Portland. This role typically requires broad knowledge and skills in multiple crafts and trades including electrical, plumbing, mechanical, carpentry, and related facilities trades. This position will support Facility Maintenance across the City of Portland at a variety of locations. An ideal candidate will have strong mechanical skills as well as experience working autonomously to troubleshoot and provide preventative maintenance and repair to various equipment.

As a Person, You Are

• Collaborative: An outgoing professional who values partnership and develops and supports relationships to get things done.
• Solutions Oriented: Uses strong communication skills to work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to create, implement, document solutions, and problem solve.
• Customer Service Driven: Strong problem-solving and listening skills, ability to think outside the box and work collaboratively to identify solutions.
• Emotionally Intelligent: Motivated, passionate, team-oriented, and empathetic.
  
  

The City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) Operations & Maintenance Group (O&MG) A core aspect of the Bureau of Environmental Services’ work is in operating and maintaining facilities, this work includes maintaining facilities at two large, complex wastewater treatment plants, 98 pump stations located throughout the city as well as associated ancillary facilities. Facilities Maintenance Technicians operate at a journeyman level to safely maintain and repair these facilities and their components.

What You’ll Get To Do

As a Facilities Maintenance Technician, you’ll play a key role in keeping our wastewater facilities safe, efficient, and in top working order. You’ll perform a variety of hands-on tasks, including inspecting, adjusting, installing, repairing and performing preventative maintenance on facility equipment and structures. Your work will cover everything from HVAC systems, plumbing, roofing, doors, windows, furniture, and exterior areas such as fencing and gates. This position offers the opportunity to work independently while contributing to the overall reliability and performance of our facilities. Supervisors provide support and review work through on-site visits and completed work orders.

About The Bureau Of Environmental Services

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 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

Qualifications

Applicants should specifically address and demonstrate in their résumé and supplemental questions how their education, training, and/or experience meet each of the following minimum qualifications:

• Knowledge of building/facility automated control systems and components;
• Skill in performing building maintenance and repairs including scheduling and performing preventative maintenance inspections, repair of interior and exterior hardware, plumbing, and roof,;
• Experience performing installation, maintenance and repair of HVAC and refrigeration systems (for example: the operation of chillers, boilers, fan systems and pumps);
• Experience performing repair and replacement of facilities electrical components;
• Experience managing facility maintenance hazards and safety precautions, including applicableOSHA standards while working autonomously.
• Ability and experience using hand tools, power tools, refrigerant/evacuation/recharge tools, Carpentry, and basic machine tools.
  
  

Additional Requirements

• A current Limited Maintenance Electrical (LME) license or higher Oregon electrical license.
• A valid state driver's license and an acceptable driving record at the time of appointment.
• Refrigerant 608 certificate within 6 months of hire date.
• Although it is not required for the current vacancies, future vacancies may require other certifications such as: class three boilers license; state of Oregon back flow tester's / cross connection inspector, confined space entry certification, and Brazing Certification
  
  

The Recruitment Process

STEP 1: Apply online between June 8 , 2026, and June 22, 2026

Required Application Materials

• Resume
• Answers to Supplemental Questions
  
  

Optional Application Materials

• Veteran’s Preference documents (e.g., DD214-Member 4, VA Benefit Letter) must be submitted by the closing date.
• Update: As of March 3, 2025, if you have already submitted veteran documents and qualified for preference, you do not need to resubmit them for future recruitments.
• To update or remove veteran preference for this recruitment or from your profile, contact the recruiter listed in the job announcement.
  
  

Application Tips:

• Your answers to the Supplemental Questions should include details describing your education, training, and/or experience, and where obtained, which clearly reflect your qualifications for each of the numbered items in the "To Qualify" section of this announcement.
• Your résumé should support the details described in your answers to the supplemental questions..
• 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 any additional documents.
• Please note that all completed applications for this position must be submitted no later than the closing date and time of this recruitment.
  
  

Step 2: Minimum Qualification Evaluation: Week of June 22, 2026

• An evaluation of each applicant's training, paid and unpaid experience, as demonstrated in their answers to supplemental questions and resume, weighted 100%.
• Your answers to the supplemental questions and résumé 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 would like to review and discuss your evaluation results. Please read the City of Portland Administrative Rule 3.01 for complete information.
• Additional evaluation may be required before establishment of the eligible list and/or final selection.
  
  

Step 3: Establishment of Eligible List: Week of June 29, 2026

• Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications will be placed on the equally ranked eligible list.
• Please note that the selection process may take up to 90 days from the notification of being placed on the eligible list.
  
  

Step 4: Selection (Interview): TBD

• Hiring bureau will review and select candidates for an 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:

• 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
  
  

Did you know? The City of Portland has How to Apply Videos and offers How to Apply Classes once per month. If you have questions after watching the videos you are invited to contact the recruiter listed on the announcement.

An Equal Opportunity Employer