Senior Engineering Associates perform intermediate to complex engineering and project management work. Work involves applying advanced technical engineering knowledge to the solution of municipal engineering problems in the planning, design, construction and maintenance of the City's infrastructure: water, sewage, drainage, streets, parks and traffic management systems. Senior Engineering Associates are responsible for managing several projects at once. Work is performed independently but under the direction of a professional engineer. Some positions may require a valid state driver's license.

The current vacancies exist in the Portland Bureau of Transportation, Bureau of Environmental Services, as well as the Portland Water Bureau. The Bureau of Development Services (BDS) also staff Senior Engineering Associate positions. The resulting eligible list may be used to fill future vacancies in this classification at ANY of these bureaus.

This classification is represented by PTE 17 (Formerly COPPEA) To view this labor agreement, please go to https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bhr/27840 and click on the appropriate link.