Electrician - Multiple Bureaus

Full Job Description

Job Appointment: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Mon-Fri. 8 am - 5 pm
Work Location: SEE BELOW
Benefits: Please check our benefits tab for an overview of benefits for this position
Union Representation: DCTU-IBEW. To view labor agreements, current and future, please click here.

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

Applicants from this recruitment will be considered for openings in the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) AND the Bureau of Environmental Services (BES).




The Electrician position in the Signals & Street Lighting (SSL) section of PBOT's Traffic Systems and Operations team involves maintaining and repairing the city's extensive traffic systems, including over 1,100 traffic signals,55,000+ streetlights, 100 rectangular rapid flash beacons, 170 school beacons, and various communication components. The position requires working in all weather conditions, including inclement weather. This is an essential role, requiring the employee to report to work regardless of weather conditions or city office closures.

About the division/bureau:

PBOT: The Portland Bureau of Transportation is a community partner in shaping a livable city. We plan, build, manage, and maintain an effective and safe transportation system that provides people and businesses access and mobility. We keep Portland moving. For more information about the Portland Bureau of Transportation, please visitwww.portlandoregon.gov/pbot. The Portland Bureau of Transportation embraces diversity, models inclusivity, and promotes equity through its service delivery, internal operations, organizational culture, and in its work with partners and the community.

What you’ll get to do:

• Build, install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair traffic signal and street lighting systems
• Install conduit and pull wire
• Perform work out of a bucket truck over and alongside moving traffic while ensuring safety through traffic control and flagging.
• Work both individually and with a partner or team
• Communicate and collaborate with engineers and contractors
• Use hand tools and specialized equipment to complete work
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An Ideal Candidate:

• An Ideal Candidate will have at least 5 years of professional electrical experience as a General Journeyman Electrician and some experience working on traffic signal and street lighting systems.

Who you are:

• Innovative: You’ve demonstrated the ability to remain flexible, agile, and calm in a high-paced environment that relies on quick and stable decision-making
• Problem Solver: You can identify problems early and value collaboration. You utilize active listening and effective communication, and facilitation skills in working with others to find resolutions
• Authentic: Effective in a professional, diverse, multi-cultural environment. You treat the public, co-workers, and fellow employees with respect and are accountable
• Results Driven: This position is high-paced, dynamic, and requires a candidate who can bring focus and finish tasks in a timely, accurate, and professional manner
• Dedicated: Have a passion for public service and hold a high level of pride in making sure that projects, tasks, and emergencies are effectively and efficiently completed
• Organized: Able to work on a multitude of tasks and understand/respond to various situations in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment

Although Not Required, you may: Possess a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) or be willing to obtain one in the future.

The City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services is seeking an Electrician to join our dynamic Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) Program team within the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Group.

The purpose of the E&I Program is to maintain wastewater and stormwater treatment systems at the wastewater treatment plants and pump stations to meet the required levels of service while minimizing asset life-cycle costs at an acceptable level of risk.

This position provides critical support to the E&I program in addressing electrical and automation issues for various equipment and systems related to the treatment and conveyance of wastewater and stormwater at the Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant (CBWTP), the Tryon Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (TCWTP), the Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) system, and 98 pump stations located across the city.

Under general direction of the E&I Manager, this position will perform electrical and equipment installations; troubleshoot, repair and maintain electrical and automation systems; respond to failures and emergencies involving electrical systems; ensure that repairs, installations, and work procedures are safe and that equipment operates properly; perform diagnostic and analytical tests, including those for programmable logic controllers (PLCs); maintain work records and equipment supplies/spares; and plan & organize work assignments and activities.

Electricians in the Bureau are considered Essential Employees and participate in a weeklong on-call rotation to respond to off-hour issues/emergencies.

The City of Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) is a nationally recognized leader in utility management and environmental stewardship.

The Operations and Maintenance Group is an organizational unit within BES that protects public health, water quality, and the environment by operating, maintaining, and administering wastewater and stormwater collection, pumping, and treatment systems and managing related programs.

Our assets include two wastewater treatment plants, 98 pump stations, 3000 miles of pipes, and thousands of ‘green’ assets. The Bureau employs more than 500 talented professionals.

Portland, Oregon, is located less than two hours from the majestic Oregon Coastline to the west and the beautiful Columbia Gorge and Cascade Mountains to the east.

Central Oregon and its high desert are only 3 hours away. We offer some of the finest local dining, breweries, and wineries on the West Coast and pride ourselves on our vibrant music and arts scene.

This opening is an opportunity to work in an exciting field that includes the opportunity to work at the largest wastewater treatment plant in the State of Oregon and a unique state-of-the-art Combined Sewage Overflow (CSO) system.

Questions?:
Terrol Johnson
Senior Recruiter
terrol.johnson@portlandoregon.gov

Requirements

Applicants must describe in their supplemental question responses and résumé how their education, training, work experience, and/or lived experience meet each of the following minimum qualifications:

1. Knowledge of tools, materials, equipment, work processes, and troubleshooting techniques of the electrical field and electrical construction.

2. Knowledge of and experience interpreting and applying the National Electrical Code, NFPA 70E Electrical Safety Standards, OSHA, as well as other safety regulations and standards.

3. Ability to maintain records using a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), maintain daily work records, and perform layout and sketch designs for electrical and automation installations and repairs.

4. Ability to communicate and work safely and effectively with co-workers in a diverse workforce, respond appropriately to questions/concerns from other employees and the public, and work constructively in a team.
5. Experience and skill in performing repair, troubleshooting, maintenance, modification, and installation of electrical systems, such as power distribution equipment, motor controls, lighting, grounding, and equipment protective systems, up to 600VAC.

Applicant must also possess:

• A valid state driver's license and acceptable driving record at the time of hire.
• An Oregon General Journeyman Electrician's license or a Supervising Electrician’s License at the time of hire

Additional preferred qualifications, but not required qualifications (please note your experience on your resume or cover letter).

• Experience and skill in performing repair, troubleshooting, maintenance, modification, and installation of electrical systems, such as power distribution equipment and equipment protective systems up to 15,000VAC, and motor control up to 4160VAC.

• Experience and skill in performing repair, troubleshooting, maintenance, modification, and installation of automation systems involving Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), single point controllers, setpoint relays, Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS), and communications networks.

Qualifications

STEP 1: Apply online between January 5, 2026, and January 19, 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 on the closing date and time of this recruitment.

Step 2: Minimum Qualification Evaluation: Week of January 19, 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 result. Please read the City of Portland Administrative Rule 3.01for complete information.
• Additional evaluation may be required prior to establishment of the eligible list and/or final selection.

Step 3: Establishment of Eligible List: January 26, 2026

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

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.