Supervisor II - Operations And Maintenance

Supervisor II - Operations and Maintenance

Salary: $109,844.80 - $155,521.60 Annually

Location: 5001 N Columbia Blvd., Portland, OR

Job Type: Regular

Job Number: 2025-00764

Position Summary:

The City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) is seeking a Supervisor II to lead the bureau's Operations and Maintenance (O&M) administrative support team, which is responsible for personnel administration, timekeeping, training coordination, and business process optimization for over 200 employees at its Wastewater Treatment Plant.

What you'll get to do:

• Supervise a professional team that provides administrative, personnel and timekeeping support for over 200 O&M employees
• Lead, manage and evaluate program effectiveness including preparing and presenting data and information to bureau leadership
• Create standard practices, policies, and processes for work unit operations
• Develop, implement, and manage the group's records management plan and strategy
• Analyze and optimize technology and data for the O&M group, including computer inventories and locations, mobile devices, and software licensing
• Lead the refinement of workforce development and training for the O&M group, including evaluating training gaps and transforming identified needs into actionable business cases

An ideal candidate will demonstrate through direct or transferable experience:

• Ability to lead and manage a team of professional administrative support staff
• Three years of progressively responsible experience in a public agency customer service, administrative, and timekeeping role, including experience in a supervisory role.
• Knowledge of timekeeping processes and rules
• Understanding and experience with workforce and personnel planning and development

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.

To learn more about the work we do at BES, visit About Environmental Services | Portland.gov.

Our BES 10-Year Strategic Plan can be found here: BES Strategic Plan.

To qualify, applicants must specifically address and demonstrate in their cover letter and resume how their education, training, and/or experience meet each of the following minimum qualifications:

• Experience in the principles and standards of employee supervision, including training, scheduling, and performance evaluation
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with management, staff, and others encountered in the course of work
• Ability to communicate effectively, present information, reports, and recommendations
• Experience making decisions within established policies and procedures that influence the daily operations of the unit, staff, and group
• Knowledge of principles and practices of leadership, current business communication, public administration, budget preparation and administration, program evaluation, and fields related to the mission and purpose of the organizational unit and Bureau/Office.

The Recruitment Process:

Step 1: Apply online between August 25, 2025, and September 8, 2025. Required Application Materials:

• Cover letter
• Resume
• Answer to three (3) Supplemental Questions
• Optional Application Materials:
• If you would like to request Veteran's Preference, please submit your Veteran documents (ex, DD214-Member 4, VA Benefit Letter, etc.) by the closing date of the recruitment.

Application Tips:

• Your cover letter can exceed one page but no more than three, to ensure you can provide detailed information for every qualification.
• Your résumé should support the details described in your cover letter.
• The City of Portland is covered by 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.
• E-mailed and/or faxed applications will not be accepted.
• 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.
• You can use AI tools to assist with your job application, but please make sure to personalize your responses to supplemental questions. Avoid copying and pasting.
• All applications must be submitted via the City's online application process.

Step 2: Minimum Qualification Evaluation: Week of September 8, 2025

Step 3: Establishment of Eligible List: Week of September 15, 2025

Step 4: Selection (Interview): TBD

Step 5: Offer of Employment: TBD

Step 6: Start Date: TBD

*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.

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

A Career with the City of Portland offers many Employee Benefits:

• Health Care (Medical, Vision and Dental)
• Carrot Fertility
• Wellness Benefits
• Life Insurance
• Long-term disability coverage to eligible employees and their families
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Retirement
• Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), including contributions 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.

Thank you for your interest in the City of Portland. We value your time and hope to make your application experience as positive as possible.

Your Cover Letter and Resume are an important step to assist us in the review for minimum qualifications for the posted vacancy. In your Cover Letter, write specific and unique responses to address each of the minimum qualification listed in the "To Qualify" section. The information you provide must correctly reflect your work history/resume. A lack of information in your application materials to each of the minimum qualifications may result in elimination from the recruitment.

Note: Request for veterans' preference, please add a copy of your DD214 and/or Veteran's Benefit letter. All documents must be uploaded by the closing date and time of this announcement.

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