Company Profile
City of Portland Water Bureau
Company Overview
If you're interested in joining an award-winning public utility where employees thrive on the pride of delivering a life-essential product with world class customer service, the Portland Water Bureau might be just the place for you.
The Water Bureau is a recognized leader in the utility industry. We've achieved this success by investing in the very best people and empowering them to find new and better ways to meet our customer's needs.
The Water Bureau currently employs approximately 560 people. All current job postings with the City of Portland are posted online, and updated weekly. We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
The Portland Water Bureau is a rate-financed, City-owned utility, operating the water supply system to deliver high quality drinking water to nearly one million people who live in the City of Portland and surrounding metropolitan area.
Company History
The Water Bureau has delivered drinking water from the forest to customers’ faucets since 1895. Portland’s high quality water comes primarily from the Bull Run Watershed, an unfiltered surface water supply with rainfall that generates a highly reliable source for the region with two reservoirs and a capacity of more than 200 million gallons per day. In addition, the bureau is fortunate to have a robust secondary source with the Columbia South Shore Well Field, which is another high quality source of water that serves to augment supply during summer months, allows the bureau to manage turbidity issues in the Bull Run watershed, and can meet the daily demand of the City on its own when necessary.
Benefits
The Portland Water Bureau offers meaningful work, career and development
opportunities, an environment that recognizes and balances personal and work
needs, and competitive pay and benefits.
• Full medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family with
flexible spending account options
• Generous vacation package, including 10 paid annual holidays
• Continued education and professional development opportunities
• Onsite fitness centers and wellness programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• Outstanding PERS retirement program, including a deferred compensation program
• Incentives for alternative commute options (bicycling, mass transit,
carpooling, and walking)
• Life insurance and long-term disability insurance