Marine Maintenance Manager

The Position

We're hiring a Marine Maintenance Manager for the Port of Portland!

We're seeking a skilled and motivated Marine Maintenance Manager to lead our maintenance operations for our marine assets.

This role is crucial in ensuring the reliability, safety, and efficiency of our facilities and equipment. Join the team!!

About us :

The Port of Portland operates three marine terminals that handle Containerized, Breakbulk, Dry Bulk, and Auto cargoes that connect businesses across the region to global markets by shipping their products to countries around the world.

We provide a competitive advantage for shippers, connect people to the products they love, and support thousands of family-wage jobs!

Your role :

The primary responsibility is to manage and direct Port Marine Facilities Maintenance activities including services, assets, and systems critical to Marine day-to-day operations.

Your role also includes providing leadership to the various work groups under the DCTU collective bargaining agreement. And, provide fiscal, procedural, and administrative guidance and support to all marine maintenance managerial staff.

Essential Job Duties

• Manage maintenance functions to address diverse requirements of the operating division and / or tenants consistent with maintenance program parameters.
• Analyze and interpret multiple factors, including technical information, trade labor input, and outside resources to determine appropriate courses of action.
• Develop and recommend approaches, resource decisions, and maintenance strategies to the Senior Marine Facility Manager.
• Perform the duties of Senior Marine Facility Manager in their absence as directed.
• Develop and coordinate day-to-day plans and schedules in keeping with maintenance commitments in close coordination with other Port marine maintenance management and technical support staff.
• Create, maintain and report key metrics and analyses for specific maintenance activities.
• Manage and support Marine Facility Maintenance (MFM) superintendent(s), planner / schedulers, and trade foremen, and be a resource to them on day-to-day maintenance activity, personnel management, and prioritization decisions.
• Direct job assignments, staffing levels, and hiring practices for MFM group.
• Supervise skilled labor groups to facilitate maintenance of marine terminals.
• Administer labor work force in accordance with collective bargaining agreement and Port policies and procedures.
• Participate in the coordination with adjacent customer operations and construction projects to perform maintenance services.
• Also involved in the coordination and management of regulatory requirements, specifically safety and environmental law related to maintenance functions and services.
• Manage relationships with customers, contractors, consultants, and agencies.
• Provide input to maintenance capital and operating budgets and programs.
• Responsible for cost and contract management consistent with established budget.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and experience :

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Planning, or related field is preferred.
• Minimum seven (7) years of progressively more responsible experience in maintenance, including three (3) years of maintenance management / supervisory experience;

or the equivalent combination of education and / or relevant experience.

• Desired experience includes :
• High-level understanding of labor unions, including exposure to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU).
• Familiarity with the Port of Portland's marine terminal business and tenant relationships.
• Full understanding of the Port and Harbor Industrial contact lease and be familiar with their service and financial responsibilities.
• Maintain a valid state driver's license is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC) from the Federal government is required.

All licensing fees will be reimbursed by the Port of Portland.

Demonstrated skills and knowledge :

• Demonstrate commitment to valuing differences among individuals and a passion for being inclusive.
• Focus on safety improvements, and comply with safety and health policies and procedures.
• Show the utmost respect for others and act as a team player.
• Express ideas clearly in written and oral communication.
• Work effectively in collaboration with peers and team members.
• High level understanding of programs, operational requirements, and systems related to multiple maintenance functions in the marine operating division.
• Facilitate personalized training as well as group training sessions.
• Work independently, plan, and organize the work of others.
• Learn and apply a broad knowledge of administrative and operational procedures.
• Analyze and interpret technical and statistical data.

Supplemental and Selection Information

SELECTION PROCESS (tentative schedule) :

• A minimum qualification evaluation of education, training, and experience of submitted application packets will take place by Human Resources the week of November 4, 2024.
• A Subject Matter Expert (SME) Panel will perform an evaluation of experience and training taken from your employment application materials including any responses to the supplemental questionnaire.
• Our goal is to schedule first round of interviews with candidates that successfully passed the SME evaluation step as soon as possible.

About us :

At the Port of Portland, we use everything we have - our three airports, four marine terminals, five business parks, and all the resources, expertise, and experience behind them - to move with purpose, connecting people with powerful opportunities and creating value for our region.

We know that every person we hire, business we work with, contract we sign and decision we make is a chance to make someone's life better.

And we'll use our power and influence to pull down barriers, unlock new opportunities, ensure more people share in our region's success and include those who have been excluded in the past.

With YOUR help - together with our partners, customers, and community - we'll help drive meaningful change!

Do you have questions about this job?

Contact us : [email protected]

Safety : The Port promotes safety as a guiding principle and practice in accomplishing work by complying with safety and health policies and procedures and consistently seeking improvements that support operational excellence.

Diversity and Inclusion : At the Port, we don't just accept difference; we value and support it to create a culture of inclusiveness and fun.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

EEO / Affirmative Action Policy Statement : The Port of Portland is dedicated to maintaining and improving a work environment, which extends equal opportunity to all individuals, regardless of their race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability or sexual orientation.

Employment decisions shall be made in such a manner as to further the principle of equal employment opportunity and to comply with state, federal and local laws.

We affirm through this policy statement our continuing commitment to the principles of nondiscrimination and affirmative action.

Veterans Preference : Under Oregon law, qualified veterans may be eligible for veterans preference when applying for Port of Portland positions.

If you are a veteran and would like to be considered for a veterans preference for this job, please provide the qualifying documents as instructed during the application process.

Background Checks and Drug Testing : The Port of Portland will conduct background checks and / or drug tests for positions where such tests are required by regulation and for other safety-sensitive positions.

ADA Accommodation : Accommodations will be considered for applicants or candidates with a qualifying disability that prevents them from participating in this process.

Accommodations will be made where the Port can reasonably do so without imposing an undue hardship on the business or compromising the integrity of the recruitment process.

An applicant with any disability who believes that they need an accommodation should contact Human Resources : call 503-415-6690 or email [email protected].