City of Portland

Job Appointment: Full Time Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM. Alternate schedules may be available. Work Location: This position reports, in- person, to 3732 SE 99th Ave, Portland, OR 97266, USA. Starting Pay: The City of Portland follows the Oregon Equal Pay Act. Your salary is determined based on the experience listed in your resume that is directly related and equivalent to the position for which you are applying. Position Summary: The City is seeking a highly skilled Senior Communications Engineer to serve as a technical authority supporting critical public safety communications systems. This position provides advanced engineering expertise in the planning, design, implementation, maintenance, and modernization of complex voice, radio, and data communications infrastructure that supports emergency responders and essential City services. As a Senior Communications Engineer, you will lead technically complex projects involving the City's public safety radio network and other mission-critical telecommunications systems. You will evaluate operational needs, develop engineering solutions, prepare technical specifications, coordinate with vendors and stakeholders, and provide expert guidance throughout the lifecycle of communications systems. This position plays a vital role in ensuring reliable, secure, and resilient communications for first responders and City operations. What You'll Do: Lead the planning, design, implementation, enhancement, and maintenance of complex communications engineering projects. Support and maintain the City's mission-critical Public Safety Radio System and other emergency communications infrastructure. Design, evaluate, and troubleshoot voice, radio, microwave, fiber optic, metallic cable, paging, alarm, mobile data, and telecommunications systems. Translate operational and customer needs into practical engineering solutions while balancing technology, policy, budget, and operational requirements. Prepare engineering reports, technical specifications, drawings, schematics, and procurement documents. Evaluate vendor proposals and provide technical recommendations for the acquisition of communications equipment and systems. Serve as a technical lead on communications infrastructure projects, coordinating work with internal staff, contractors, utilities, vendors, and partner agencies. Ensure communications systems meet operational, regulatory, and industry standards while maintaining high levels of reliability and performance. Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and subject matter expertise to engineering staff and project teams. Support the continuous improvement and modernization of the City's communications systems through research, planning, and implementation of emerging technologies. Ideal Candidate Profile: The ideal candidate is an experienced communications engineering professional who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and supporting systems that are critical to public safety. They are a collaborative problem solver with strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. Successful candidates will have experience designing, implementing, and maintaining large-scale communications systems and are comfortable leading projects that require independent judgment and technical leadership. They are organized, detail-oriented, and committed to providing reliable communications infrastructure that supports emergency responders and City operations. Applicants must demonstrate how their education, training, and experience meet each of the minimum qualifications listed below: Experience applying advanced communications engineering principles, methods, standards, tools, and technologies in the design, implementation, maintenance, and support of complex voice, radio, data, or telecommunications systems. Experience evaluating customer or operational needs and translating them into effective communications system requirements while considering technology, operational practices, staffing, costs, and project priorities. Ability to prepare clear, accurate, and comprehensive technical reports, engineering documentation, specifications, drawings, schematics, and other written communications. Ability to exercise independent judgment, lead technically complex engineering projects, solve difficult technical problems, and provide expert guidance within established policies and standards. Experience establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with internal customers, public safety agencies, utilities, contractors, vendors, consultants, and other stakeholders. Experience supporting, maintaining, designing, implementing, or troubleshooting large-scale emergency or public safety communications systems, such as P25 radio systems, 9-1-1 communications networks, microwave transmission systems, mobile data systems, or other mission-critical telecommunications infrastructure. Applicants must also possess: The ability to successfully pass a comprehensive police background investigation. A valid state driver's license and an acceptable driving record. How to Apply: Submit your resume and cover letter by the closing date. Note: Do not include your age, date of birth, or the dates you attended or graduated from school. Only provide this information if it is specifically requested to meet job requirements or to follow federal, state, or local laws or rules. (Optional) Submit Veterans' Preference documents , if applicable. If this is your first time applying with the City of Portland, or if you haven't requested veteran preference before (and would like to now), please attach your DD214-Member 4 and/or VA Benefit Letter to your application. Once we verify your eligibility, we'll record your veteran preference in our system, so it automatically applies to your future applications. Click here for application tips for resume, supplemental question response and/or cover letter. What to Expect: Application Review - Week of August 3, 2026: We'll review your application materials to ensure you meet the minimum qualifications listed above. Notice/Feedback - Week of August 10, 2026: You will receive an email when the minimum qualification review is complete. If you disagree with the evaluation results, you may request a review within 14 days of the email notice, per City Administrative Rule 3.01 . Selection Process - Late August : The hiring bureau will review qualified applications, conduct interviews, and check references. Conditional Job Offer - Final candidates may undergo a background or driving record check, depending on the position. We are committed to providing a fair, inclusive, and accessible hiring process. If you need assistance with your application or would like to request a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, pregnancy, or religious belief, please contact the recruiter listed below. Questions? We're here to help! If you have questions about this recruitment or need assistance, contact: TroyLynn Craft Senior Recruiter Learn More About: How to Apply Videos and Workshops City of Portland Core Values HRAR-3.01 - Recruitment Processes Veteran Preference Information Total Compensation and Benefits Language Pay Differential Eligibility Compensation details: 113131.2-160180.8 Yearly Salary PI8e14c9ad5-

Job Appointment: Full Time, Regular Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Alternate schedules may be available. Work Location: Hybrid. The Vanport Building located at 1810 SW 5th Avenue. Remote work must be performed within Oregon or Washington. For more information, click here . Union Representation: City of Portland Professional Workers Union (CPPW). To view current labor agreements, click here . Starting Pay: The City of Portland follows the Oregon Equal Pay Act. Your salary is determined based on the experience listed in your resume that is directly related and equivalent to the position for which you are applying. Position Summary: The Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) in the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) is seeking a Regenerative Agriculture and Green Infrastructure Project Manager (Coordinator II - CPPW) to support the implementation of PCEF-funded regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure grants, contracts, and strategic programs that reduce or sequester greenhouse gas emissions, build climate resilience, strengthen local ecological and food systems, and advance social, economic, and environmental justice. Guided by the Climate Investment Plan , PCEF is investing more than $200 million annually in climate action and climate justice. Funding areas include clean energy, transportation decarbonization, green infrastructure, regenerative agriculture, and workforce and contractor development. This position will be part of the team responsible for turning those investments into successful, accountable, community-centered projects and programs. Regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure work at PCEF is broad and may include urban agriculture, support for culturally specific growing practices, food forests, fiber production, soil health, urban forestry, depaving, bioswales, habitat restoration, and other living-system approaches that sequester carbon, reduce climate impacts, and create community benefits. Many PCEF grantees and contractors come from communities that have historically had limited access to climate-sector funding, public decision-making processes, land stewardship resources, and environmental infrastructure investments. This role requires strong project management, relationship building, communication, and problem-solving skills to help grantees and contractors succeed while ensuring public funds are stewarded for maximum climate and community benefit. What You'll Do: Support grants and contracts awarded for regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure projects and programs Serve as the primary point of contact for an assigned portfolio of grants and contracts. Work with grantees and contractors to define detailed scopes, budgets, deliverables, and metrics; monitor progress; process invoices; support compliance; and ensure quality assurance. This work will require troubleshooting, collaborative problem solving, and a commitment to helping projects move from award to successful implementation. Support regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure strategic programs Help implement and coordinate PCEF regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure strategic programs, which may include the Urban Ag Land Access, Street Tree Care, Equitable Tree Canopy, and other regenerative agriculture/green infrastructure-related programs. Review project proposals Participate as part of a team in reviewing and scoring project proposals, providing input on project feasibility, regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure outcomes, community benefits, budgets, implementation readiness, award recommendations, and management processes. Participate in facilitated multi-stakeholder engagement and collaboration Work with grantees, contractors, subcontractors, public agency partners, professional associations, coalitions, community members, and other stakeholders to support collaboration, improve outcomes, develop best practices, and share lessons learned. Assist with program analysis and continuous improvement Work with other PCEF team members to identify implementation barriers, emerging needs, best practices, and opportunities to improve regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure grants, contracts, and strategic programs. Ideal Candidate Profile: Regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure knowledgeable: Experienced in one or more regenerative agriculture or green infrastructure areas, such as urban agriculture, food systems, culturally relevant growing practices, soil health, ecological restoration, urban forestry, stormwater management, depaving, community-based land stewardship, climate resilience, or natural resource programs. Community-focused: hard working, flexible and committed to prioritizing frontline communities in addressing the causes and impacts of climate change. Socially Intelligent: Motivated, passionate, team-oriented, and empathetic. You communicate in a way that creates ease and can effectively work with people in many different roles, organizations, and communities. Collaborative and inclusive: Comfortable sharing power, partnering for collaborative outcomes, facilitating conflict, and working across community, public agency, nonprofit, and private-sector partners. Equity-driven: Commitment to advancing systemic changes that address historic and current discrimination. Experience evaluating processes through an equity lens and creating offerings and solutions that remove barriers and deliver more equitable outcomes. Analytical and adaptable: Able to understand systems and relationships, respond to varied and sometimes conflicting needs, identify practical solutions, and move foundational work forward without perfect information. About the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund: As a first-in-the-nation community-led climate fund, PCEF's mission is to fulfill a vision that builds resilience and quality jobs with proactive steps to fight climate change while advancing economic and social justice. For more information on this innovative program, please visit the PCEF website . Background The Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) is a leader in land use planning, climate action, environmental stewardship, and urban design. BPS centers racial equity in its work and is dedicated to creating a Portland that is more equitable, healthy, prosperous, and resilient. The bureau oversees a world-renowned waste and recycling system and leads the U.S. in its commitment to open data and protecting communities in the application of technologies . Staff collaborate with partners on neighborhood, economic, historic, and environmental planning and provide research, policy and technical services to advance energy efficiency and renewable energy , as well as policies and actions to address climate change . BPS values a diverse workforce and seeks ways to promote equity and inclusion within the organization. We encourage candidates with knowledge, ability and experience working with abroad range of individuals and diverse communities to apply. Although not required, BPS encourages candidates that can fluently speak more than one language to include that information in your resume. BPS offers an excellent benefits package, flexible work schedules and support for training and skills development in a positive, engaging, and creative work environment. Studies have shown that women, non-binary people, and Black, Indigenous, and other people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet all the qualifications listed. BPS considers lived experience and transferable skills as qualifying unless an item is labeled as required. We are most interested in finding the best candidates for the job, and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. We encourage you to apply. Virtual Meet & Greet Opportunity Meet the hiring manager and the senior recruiter to learn more about this position, how to apply, and what it's like to work with the City of Portland. July 27, 2026 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting (Note: Al Notetaking apps are not permitted. If you need ADA accommodations, please contact the re cruiter below.) Applicants must demonstrate how their education, training, and experience meet each of the minimum qualifications listed below: Experience: At least three (3) years of progressively responsible experience implementing urban agriculture, regenerative agriculture, ecological restoration, green infrastructure, or land stewardship projects. Experience managing projects, tracking budgets, and ensuring compliance with project or program requirements (e.g., permitting, reporting, other requirements). Experience furthering an inclusive, respectful, and culturally responsive workplace and maintaining respectful working relationships with public agency officials, representatives of community-based organizations, contractors, grantees, or other partners. Ability to apply relevant code, regulation, permitting requirements, administrative rules, and policies; exercise independent judgment, problem-solve, and take initiative within established procedures and guidelines. Ability to help implement systems that reverse historic and current discrimination practices . click apply for full job details

Job Appointment: Full Time, Regular Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM. Work Location: In-Person. This position reports to 6844 N. Cutter Circle, Portland, OR 97217 Starting Pay: The City of Portland follows the Oregon Equal Pay Act. Your salary is determined based on the experience listed in your resume that is directly related and equivalent to the position for which you are applying. Position Summary: The Bureau of Fleet and Facilities (BFF) is seeking a collaborative and knowledgeable Safety Program Administrator to lead and continuously improve workplace safety programs that support employees, contractors, tenants, and visitors across City facilities. In this role, you will administer the bureau's Safety Management System by developing safety programs, coordinating training, conducting hazard assessments and incident investigations, monitoring regulatory compliance, and promoting a safety-first culture throughout Facilities operations. You will work closely with supervisors, managers, and employees to reduce risk, prevent injuries and illnesses, property damage and operational disruptions and ensure compliance with federal, state, and City safety requirements. This is an essential position that may provide safety oversight during emergency operations and incident response activities. What You'll Do: Develop, implement, evaluate, and continuously improve bureau-wide occupational safety programs, policies, and procedures. Conduct workplace inspections, hazard assessments, and incident investigations to identify root causes and implement corrective actions. Coordinate and deliver safety training programs while tracking training compliance and regulatory requirements. Advise supervisors and managers on OSHA, Oregon OSHA, City safety requirements, and industry best practices. Analyze injury, illness, inspection, and compliance data to identify trends and recommend strategies that reduce organizational risk. Support emergency preparedness planning, including fire drills and building evacuations, safety committees, building renovation activities, contractors, and operational teams throughout Bureau of Fleet and Facilities locations. Prepare professional reports, recommendations, policies, and presentations for leadership and regulatory agencies. Foster collaborative partnerships that promote a proactive, safety-first culture across the organization. Ideal Candidate Profile: Demonstrates exceptional organizational skills, including the ability to manage a high-volume workload, balance multiple ongoing safety tasks and programs, and prioritize tasks effectively. Enjoys partnering with employees and leadership to build a positive safety culture. Can interpret complex safety regulations and apply them in practical operational settings. Is comfortable working both in an office and in active facility environments. Uses data and trend analysis to identify risks and improve organizational performance. Has strong communication skills and can explain technical safety information to a variety of audiences. Remains calm and exercises sound judgment during emergencies and high-pressure situations. Values collaboration, continuous improvement, and excellent customer service. Virtual Meet & Greet Opportunity Meet the hiring manager and the senior recruiter to learn more about this position, how to apply, and what it's like to work with the City of Portland. July 28, 2026 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting: (Note: Al Notetaking apps are not permitted. If you need ADA accommodations, please contact the recruiter below.) Applicants must demonstrate how their education, training, and experience meet each of the minimum qualifications listed below: Experience developing, implementing, and administering occupational safety programs, policies, or procedures in support of organizational safety and regulatory compliance. Knowledge of occupational safety principles, hazard recognition, incident investigation, risk management practices, and applicable OSHA, Oregon OSHA, and workplace safety regulations. Experience conducting safety presentations and workshops, workplace inspections, hazard assessments, incident investigations, root cause analyses, and developing corrective actions that reduce organizational risk. Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, including preparing reports, procedures, training materials, presentations, and recommendations for diverse audiences. Experience collecting, analyzing, and interpreting safety, compliance, training, or incident data to identify trends, monitor performance, and recommend operational improvements. Ability to organize and prioritize multiple ongoing projects, collaborate effectively with employees, supervisors, contractors, and stakeholders, and respond appropriately during emergency or incident response activities. Applicants must also possess: A valid state driver's license and an acceptable driving record Ability to obtain ICS/NIMS training Ability to obtain required City and OR-OSHA training Preferred Qualifications: While not required, the following certifications are highly desirable: Associate Safety Professional (ASP) Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Occupational Hygiene and Safety Technician (OHST) Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST) OSHA 30 General Industry or OSHA 30 Construction HAZWOPER 40-Hour Certification ISO 45001 implementation experience Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) or SHARP implementation experience Associate in Risk Management (ARM) Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) Emergency management or Incident Command System (ICS/NIMS) training How to Apply: Submit your resume and responses to supplemental questions by the closing date. Note: Do not include your age, date of birth, or the dates you attended or graduated from school. Only provide this information if it is specifically requested to meet job requirements or to follow federal, state, or local laws or rules. (Optional) Submit Veterans' Preference documents , if applicable. If this is your first time applying with the City of Portland, or if you haven't requested veteran preference before (and would like to now), please attach your DD214-Member 4 and/or VA Benefit Letter to your application. Once we verify your eligibility, we'll record your veteran preference in our system, so it automatically applies to your future applications. Click here for application tips for resume, supplemental question response and/or cover letter. What to Expect: Application Review - Week of August 3, 2026 : We'll review your application materials to ensure you meet the minimum qualifications listed above. Notice/Feedback - Week of August 10, 2026 : You will receive an email when the minimum qualification review is complete. If you disagree with the evaluation results, you may request a review within 14 days of the email notice, per City Administrative Rule 3.01 . Selection Process - Late August : The hiring bureau will review qualified applications, conduct interviews, and check references. Conditional Job Offer: Final candidates may undergo a background or driving record check, depending on the position. Learn More About: How to Apply Videos and Workshops City of Portland Core Values HRAR-3.01 - Recruitment Processes Veteran Preference Information Total Compensation and Benefits Language Pay Differential Eligibility We're committed to providing a fair, inclusive, and accessible hiring process. If you need assistance with your application or would like to request a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, pregnancy, or religious belief, please contact the recruiter listed below. Questions? We're here to help! If you have questions about this recruitment or need assistance, contact: TroyLynn Craft, Senior Recruiter Bureau of Human Resources Compensation details: 19.2 Yearly Salary PI4e70572b79f3-6051