Senior Water Utility Technician

Senior Water Utility Technician

Salary

$35.45 - $47.51 Hourly

Location

8777 SW Burnham, Tigard, Oregon 97223, OR

Job Type

Full-time

Job Number

2025-00173

Department

Public Works

Division

Water

Opening Date

09/17/2026

Closing Date

9/24/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

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Overview

At the City of Tigard, our talented, industrious, and innovative municipal government professionals have been providing essential services and recreational spaces to Tigard's growing community for over 60 years. City of Tigard team members enjoy meaningful work, a diverse and inclusive culture of belonging, job specific flexibility and opportunities for growth and advancement. Incorporated in 1961, Tigard is Oregon's 12th largest city and is part of the Portland metropolitan area.

OUR VALUES

At Team Tigard, we are the ambassadors of our municipal services to the members of our community. We aspire to treat all people with dignity, respect, and care; to demonstrate the equitable and sustainable practices that are environmentally and fiscally sound, and to engage with each other as trusted colleagues to achieve excellence in all we do. We do the right things, and we get things done.

Examples of Duties

• Will assist as technical lead in Aquifer Storage and Recovery projects including well pump/motor/motor control center rehabilitation.
• Assist as technical lead implementing capital maintenance projects.
• Will take part and assist as technical lead in operating and maintaining the water distribution system hydraulic network
• Assist in implementing a new preventive maintenance program in our Asset Maintenance Management System (AMMS) over the next year.
• Provides technical and functional direction to assigned water utility technicians and utility worker maintenance staff; reviews and controls quality of work; participates in performing routine to complex maintenance and repair work.
• Inspects and repairs underground water pipes, valves, meters, and associated appurtenances to locate leaks, breaks, and infiltration on a scheduled preventive as well as corrective maintenance basis.
• Responds to customer calls regarding leaks, questions, or complaints about reported water usage, water quality, and other customer-related issues.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience:

Any combination of training and experience, which would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

• Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth (12th) grade supplemented by two (2) years of college-level coursework or specialized technical training in a related field and four (4) years of increasingly responsible experience performing skilled maintenance experience in water distribution systems.

Supplemental Information

Union Representation: SEIU

Schedule: General working days are Monday thru Thursday one week (9-hour shifts) and Friday off. The following week will be Monday thru Thursday (9-hour shifts) and an 8-hour shift on Friday. This schedule provides a three-day weekend every other week.

How to apply: Please apply online. We do not accept applications via email. Applications must be received by Human Resources by the closing time/date.

IMPORTANT: In lieu of resumes and cover letters, the City of Tigard evaluates each applicants work history and responses to supplemental questions. Please complete the application and answer the supplemental questions thoroughly to ensure our subject matter experts can appropriately evaluate your experience.

ATTENTION VETERANS: To receive veterans preference, please upload your DD214/Separation documentation

In addition to being a great place to work, the City of Tigard offers competitive employee benefits for full-time and part-time employees working 20 or more hours per week:

Choice of health and dental plans

Generous retirement plan

City-paid HRA-VEBA

Paid vacation and sick leave

10 paid holidays plus 28 hours of floating holiday (3.5 days of floating holiday)

Life and disability insurance

Universal transit pass through TriMet

This job classification is represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), OPEU Local 503

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01

Which of the following best describes your highest level of education?

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Associates Degree
• Associates Degree and additional coursework
• Bachelors Degree
• Bachelors Degree and additional coursework
• Masters Degree or higher

02

Which best describes your years of increasingly responsible experience performing skilled maintenance experience in water distribution systems?

• less than 2 years
• 2-3 years
• 3-4 years
• 4 or more years

03

Please describe your experience and knowledge related to municipal water operation. Maintenance, and construction, including any prior work experience in water pumps, wells, motor control panels, water pipe construction, SCADA or other software control systems and other related water distribution components.

04

Please describe any work experience as a senior lead or project lead completing work on water distribution system components.

Required Question

Employer City of Tigard

Address 13125 SW Hall Blvd

Tigard, Oregon, 97223

Website http://www.tigard-or.gov