Engineering Technician
City of Portland
The Position
Job Appointment: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 6:00 am -2:30 pm. An alternate schedule may be available.
Work Location: 1120 SW 5TH AVE, PORTLAND OR 97204
Benefits: Please check our benefits tab for an overview of the benefits for this position.
Union Representation: PTE - 17
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.
Engineer Tech I- (Temporary Signage Installers) are responsible for the installation of temporary signage for space reservations within the public right-of-way. Duties include signage setup and removal, permit compliance, and public interaction to ensure safe and efficient street use.
This position performs semi-skilled tasks focusing on installing temporary signage and managing temporary street use permits. Ensures compliance with city codes and maintains accurate records for enforcement and legal proceedings.
Engineer Tech I’s will perform independent tasks in the field while maintaining a high level of communication with other group members.
About The Division
The Temporary Street Use Permitting (TSUP) office issues around 22,000 permits annually for temporary use of the public right of way. These permits allow applicants to reserve parking, close travel lanes, sidewalks, or streets. Temporary street use permits allow for residential or commercial moves, property maintenance, construction, utility work, loading and unloading passengers or equipment during an event.
Who You Are
Organized: Able to use a digital dashboard to track tasks, statuses, and deadlines.
Problem Solver: You can identify problems early and value collaboration. You utilize active listening and effective communication. Are willing to utilize others to find resolutions.
Excellent Communicator: You are a strong communicator to both technical and non-technical individuals, and proficient verbally and in writing.
Innovative: You have an aptitude for continuous improvement and can excel in change. You demonstrate the ability to remain flexible, agile, and calm in a highly paced environment that relies on quick and stable decision making.
Comfortable and Productive in Outdoor Environments: You prefer hands-on work in outdoor environments. Can value field work overtime at a desk.
Terrol Johnson
Senior Recruiter
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To Qualify
Education
Applicants must specifically address and demonstrate in their resume and responses to the supplemental questions how their education, training, and/or experience meets each of the following:
- Experience responding to customer and/or public inquiries by explaining and interpreting a variety of regulations and procedures. For example, codes, policies, standards, fees, and procedures to the public
- Experience searching and obtaining information from engineering or architectural documents. For example: drawings, regulations, reports, application forms, property records, specifications and various kinds of maps, graphs and construction plans; gathering, recording and analyzing data to prepare files, documents and recommendations.
- Experience operating standard office software. For example: Word, Excel, and Access.
- Experience providing customer service and establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with people of diverse backgrounds
- Ability to work under general supervision and perform detailed work in a time-sensitive and fast-paced environment.
The Recruitment Process
STEP 1: Apply online between June 8 , 2026, and June 22, 2026
Required Application Materials
- Resume
- Answer to the Supplemental Questions (click on the Questions tab to preview the 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 responses to the supplemental questions 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 résumé should support the details described in your responses 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 and paid and unpaid experience, as demonstrated in their resume and supplemental questions, weighted 100%.
- Your résumé and responses to the supplemental questions 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 .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 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, 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
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.
