Multnomah County Drainage District is Recruiting for Two Positions

MCDD helps protect lives and property from flooding by operating and maintaining stormwater and flood management systems for nearly 13,000 acres of land along the Columbia Slough and the lower Columbia River. There are two positions available as follows;

• PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACT SPECIALIST

Contracting and procurement is an integral part of how MCDD performs its work and meets its mission of flood risk-reduction. The Procurement and Contract Specialist will conduct analysis of existing processes, help improve procedures, and use public procurement and contracting best practices to assist with projects, design and construction, goods, and services in the four (4) districts and an intergovernmental agency managed by MCDD. If you’re looking to apply your strong  procurement experience to build up the contracting practices of a growing public agency, then this is the perfect position for you!

• OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT TECHNICIAN (TEMPORARY)

The O&M Assistant will perform a variety of tasks independently and in collaboration with MCDD Operations Team to support the annual maintenance of our flood control infrastructure. This includes operating vehicles and heavy-duty equipment such as trucks and trailers, herbicide spray tanks, and hydro-seeders; servicing and conducting minor repairs to tools and equipment; working on manual labor tasks with small equipment and hand tools, performing building maintenance and application of herbicides; and completing paperwork associated with different administrative tasks. . The position reports to the Crew Leader.

Both positions will be first reviewed on May 15th, 2020.

Anticipated start date: June 2020

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