The Position

Job Appointment: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8 am-5 pm. An alternate schedule may be available.
Work Location:2615A NW INDUSTRIAL ST, PORTLAND OR 97210
Benefits: Please check our benefit tab for an overview of benefits for this position.
Union Representation: Non-represented, no union affiliation. To view labor agreements, current and future, please visit theCurrent City Labor Agreementspage.

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 cover letter.

Are you a dedicated environmental professional and proven leader who recognizes the value of green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) in urban watershed health, sustainability, climate resilience, and environmental justice?
Are you committed to fostering inclusion and belonging in workplace culture while expanding and diversifying teams through workforce development?
Are you excited by the prospect of leading teams through change and transition while ensuring continuity of operations and service delivery?
Are you an adaptable problem-solver that can pivot to new emerging challenges while continuing to make progress on long-term priorities?
If so, you may be the Environmental Manager that we’re looking for!

POSITION SUMMARY
The City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) is seeking an experienced and dedicated Environmental Manager to lead the Green Stormwater Infrastructure Operations and Maintenance (GSI O&M) section in our Watershed Operations and Maintenance (WOM) division.

The Environmental Manager leads a dynamic team of knowledgeable and skilled environmental and natural resource professionals that manages and maintains BES’s large and growing portfolio of green stormwater assets, including approximately 2,600 green streets (planters and swales in the roadway right-of-way) and 150 larger water quality facilities (including wet ponds, dry ponds, constructed wetland, and large biorientation facilities located on tax lots). GSI O&M collaborates with bureau staff in Stormwater Maintenance Engineering, Design Engineering, Construction, Community Engagement (Stewardship), Regulatory Strategy, and other programs to ensure effective stormwater management and compliance with applicable local, state, and federal regulations and permits.

See www.portland.gov/bhr/class-comp/documents/environmental-manager/download for the complete Environmental Manager classification specification, including functions and duties and required minimum qualifications.

What you’ll get to do:

Recruit, hire, lead, and supervise a staff of environmental professionals; assign projects and duties, establish performance objectives and priorities; provide training, professional development, coaching, and/or mentoring.
Develop business case analyses, financial plans, and annual budgets to secure adequate staff and financial resources to support ongoing operations and proposed program improvements.
Authorize expenditures and monitor status of $2.7M materials & services budget.
Apply principles of infrastructure asset management to ensure effective management of a large portfolio of municipal stormwater assets.
Balance maintenance levels of service with available staff and budget resources to deliver cost-effective and responsive service to the community.
Apply technical knowledge and experience to work with staff to develop creative solutions to ongoing and emerging challenges of maintaining the condition and function of public green stormwater facilities in an urban environment.
Cultivate and implement new workforce development initiatives in collaboration with internal stakeholders and external partners, with an emphasis on promoting equity and workforce diversity.
Collaborate with other managers and subject matter experts in operations and maintenance, regulatory strategy, planning, design, construction, communications, and community engagement, and other work groups to promote effective feedback loops and strategic alignment of BES policies, programs, and processes.
Develop, improve, and implement policies and processes, including new technological applications, to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of program operations.
Prepare and submit reports or data for regulatory permit compliance and performance monitoring.
Negotiate and execute agreements with interagency, intergovernmental, vendors, and private sector partners.
Ensure responsive customer service and promote effective community engagement related to stewardship of public green stormwater infrastructure facilities.
Represent BES as member of Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange and in other formal and informal professional networks.
Lead by example and foster a positive workplace culture that values safety, equity, inclusion, collaboration, communication, quality, and productivity.

An ideal candidate will demonstrate through direct or transferrable experience:

The ability to manage subordinate staff (including at least one Supervisor) that comprise a high-performance team that focuses on the day-to-day management and maintenance of the city’s stormwater collection and treatment systems. Management includes setting staff priorities, mentoring staff, evaluating performance, providing opportunities, guidance, and resources, and administering discipline when needed.
The ability to apply the City Core Values of Anti-Racism, Equity, Transparency, Communication, Collaboration, and Fiscal Responsibility to all decisions and activities.
The ability to manage budgets and municipal procurement/contracting processes.

About the Bureau of Environmental Services
This is an exciting time to join the Bureau of Environmental Services (BES). Together we are reimagining 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 who 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

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

Knowledge of green stormwater infrastructure, including operations and maintenance, regulatory drivers, facility design and function, vegetation establishment and maintenance, and infrastructure asset management.
Knowledge of principles and standards of employee supervision and workforce development, including recruitment and hiring, training and professional development, scheduling, allocating and assigning work, performance evaluation, labor relations, discipline, coaching, and mentoring.
Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing; present information, reports, and recommendations clearly and persuasively, and communicate technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences; present information, proposals, and recommendations clearly and persuasively in professional and public settings.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with management, BES staff, staff of other Bureaus/Offices, representatives of other government agencies, vendors and contractors, community-based organizations, members of the public, and others encountered in the course of work.
Ability to apply an equity lens to program operations, service delivery, and workforce development and to promote environmental justice.

Additional Requirements
Education/Training: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in natural resource or utility management, environmental science, biological or physical science, engineering, planning, or related field;

AND
Experience: Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience developing, implementing, and managing water and environmental programs, projects and/or functions, including at least one (1) year of experience in a supervisory role;

OR
Equivalent combination of training and experience.

The Recruitment Process

STEP 1: Apply online between August 19 and September 16, 2024

Required Application Materials:

Resume
Cover Letter

Optional Application Materials:

Veteran documents to request for Veteran Preference (ex, DD214-Member 4, VA Benefit Letter, etc.)

Application Tips:

Your cover letter should include details describing your education, training and/or experience, and where obtained, which clearly reflects your qualifications for each of the numbered items in the "To Qualify" section of this announcement.
Your resume should support the details described in your cover letter.
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 materials not requested.
All completed applications for this position must be submitted no later than on the closing date and time of this recruitment.
All applications must be submitted via the City's online application process. E-mailed and/or faxed applications will not be accepted.

Step 2: Minimum Qualification Evaluation: Week of September 16, 2024

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

Step 3: Establishment of Eligible List: Week of September 23, 2024

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

Step 4: Selection (Interview): TBD

The hiring bureau will review and select candidates to 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: TBD

A start date will be determined after all conditions of employment have been met.

*Timeline is approximate and subject to change*

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