Salary Range: $5,453 – $8,345
Agency: Department of Environmental Quality
Position Type: Employee, full time, hybrid optional
Location: Portland | DEQ | Multnomah Street
Position Title: Drinking Water Protection Specialist (Natural Resource Specialist 3)
Initial Posting Date: 08/31/2026
Application Deadline: 09/07/2026
Full Job Ad: Drinking Water Protection Specialist (Natural Resource Specialist 3)
Job Description:
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality strives to build and sustain an inclusive and equitable environment that embraces and values diversity. Employees at all levels of the agency work together to foster fairness, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We strive to be a workplace where we share our authentic identities, while advancing our individual professional goals, and while collaborating to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment for current and future generations. We celebrate and appreciate diversity, champion equity, and treat each other with respect and dignity.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, veteran status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, age, or physical or mental disability in the administration of our programs and activities. Visit DEQ’s Civil Rights and Environmental Justice page.
Are you passionate about preserving, enhancing, and protecting Oregon’s environment? If so, please consider a career with the State of Oregon at the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). At DEQ, employees have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and supportive team of mission-focused individuals tasked with maintaining, restoring, and enhancing the quality of Oregon’s air, land, and water.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has a full-time opportunity available for a Drinking Water Protection Specialist (Natural Resource Specialist 3). This position will be located in Portland, Oregon.
This is limited duration through June 30, 2027 with the potential of being extended and/or made permanent pending Budget and Legislature approval.
Please consider joining an innovative team, and work to advance our agency’s mission to protect and improve Oregon’s environmental quality.
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