Job Opportunities

Tualatin Valley Irrigation District – Administrative Assistant

Posted: 11/10/2022
Salary: $23.77 – $26.45 DOE + Excellent Benefit Package
Closing Date: Open until filled

JOB SUMMARY: Performs administrative duties for the District and fulfills functions related to oversight of day-to-day operations of the District office. This position performs a wide range of bookkeeping and office support activities for the District Manager and the Board of Directors to facilitate the efficient operation of the organization. This is a full-time position.

 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The following duties and responsibilities are illustrative of the primary functions of this position and are not intended to be all-inclusive. This position may complete other duties as assigned.

 Bookkeeping:

• Handle bank deposits and invoice/billing requirements
• Update/maintain budgets via QuickBooks and Microsoft Excel
• Perform monthly, quarterly, and/or yearly account reconciliations and reports as needed
• Support yearly audits in conjunction with accounting firm
• Informs annual report and economic impact analyses as needed
• Manage TVID accounts and subscriptions such as Microsoft 365, Adobe Creative Suite, Streamline webpage services, etc.
• Ability to understand oral and written instructions
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team
• Ability to establish and maintain an effective working relationship with other employees, supervisors, outside contractors, and the public
• Interact with and strive to maintain good working relationships with water users

 Administrative Support:

• Organizing/maintaining electronic and paper files/records
• Answer, screen, and transfer inbound calls
• Support through general clerical duties such as photocopies, fax and mailings, ordering office supplies, and tracking inventory
• Prepare official documents as needed through drafting, editing, and distributing:
• Meeting agenda packages and minutes for Board meetings
• General correspondence, reports, and presentations as needed
• Assist District Manager in planning, scheduling, and attending meetings, conferences, events, open houses, and activities as needed
• Examples include creating and mailing quarterly newsletters, planning and organizing annual Holiday luncheon, preparing Board room for monthly meetings, etc.
• Public Relations
• Edit and update documents/information on website as needed
• Coordinate with Office Manager to resolve technology/software issues

For full position description and application visit our website at https://www.tvid.org/

ABOUT THE DISTRICT: The Tualatin Valley Irrigation District (TVID) operates and maintains the Tualatin Project, a US Bureau of Reclamation Project. TVID releases and delivers irrigation water from Scoggins Dam to up to 17,000-acres annually (per Reclamation repayment contract) to irrigators in the Tualatin Basin. The key features of the Tualatin Project are Scoggins Dam, TVID’s primary source of water supply, and two pumping plants: the Paton Valley plant and the Spring Hill plant.

TVID maintains approximately 120-miles of buried pressurized pipeline.  The pipeline system makes up nearly seventy percent of all irrigation water delivery, with direct river diversions from the Tualatin River making up the remaining deliveries.

TVID is an Oregon governmental Special District, non-profit Bureau of Reclamation Project, overseen by a five-member board of directors. The District operates in the best interest of both its lands and its patrons.

The Administrative Assistant position will have an opportunity to be a part of a well-established District with a dedicated and capable team of employees. This position is an essential part of supporting the supply of water to the local agricultural community.

Owyhee Irrigation District – Maintenance

Introduction
Owyhee Irrigation District (OID) has supplied the irrigation water to lands in Malheur County, including Adrian, Nyssa, and Ontario, Oregon, since 1932. The District was formed to provide agricultural water
to the entire Owyhee Project and today remains the largest irrigation district in Eastern Oregon.

Job Scope
• Operation of Large Equipment
• Tree Removal
• Concrete Work
• Structural Repairs
• Painting
• Special Miscellaneous Projects

Essential Functions
The Maintenance position require physical strength, in the upper and lower body. The road conditions that would be traveled with the large equipment are rough, gravelly, and many of the canal bank roadways are full of ruts. The equipment job may require long hours of sitting upright; which includes using the control levers that incorporate back and neck movement in looking forward and backward when operating equipment in a tight location, moving dirt or gravel and loading and unloading the machine. In an emergency situation the operation hours can be even longer. Responsibilities, in no particular order, include but are not limited to:
• Follow safety procedures and keep the work environment safe.
• Use of a shovel: dirt work
• Lifting, laying all sizes of pipe products, setting slings, chokers and chains, Some pipe may require the employee to be able to lift up to 150 pounds
• Use of chain saw, cutting and removing trees from canal banks, lifting and holding equipment on steep slopes, removing debris from canal to piles.
• Building forms, lifting heavy materials of up to 100 pounds above your head
• Work that requires working from ladders, scuffling, cleaning and preparing surfaces for coatings
• Operate hand and power tools
• Operate a two-way radio.
• Practice effective time management techniques.
• Prepare reports in a timely manner.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as required.

Qualifications
• Work independently
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Understand, use, and communicate technical information.
• Interpret and apply services and repairs.
• Operate Large equipment including but not limited to:
o Backhoes
o Dump trucks with trailers
o Road graders
o Front-end loaders
o Tractor mounted weed mowers
o Dozers and excavators
• Must be eighteen (18) years of age.
• A valid Driver’s License is required.

Experience and Education
Any combination of education, training, or experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the position’s essential functions.
• Mechanical: 1 year (Preferred)
• Maintenance: 1 year (Preferred)
• Large equipment operation: 1 year (Required)
• CDL: (Preferred)
• Experience: One (1) year of experience in a similar field
• Educatio:n: High s n c diploma or GED.

Compensation and Benefits
The starting salary is negotiable and will be dependent on the qualifications and experience of the
applicant.
The District offers a benefits package that includes:
• Paid – vacation, sick leave, and eight (8) holidays.
• Medical, vision, dental, and life insurance coverage for employee.
• Health Reimbursement Account (HRA).
• PERS Retirement.
• District vehicle provided.

Job Type
• Full-time
• Regular hours are:
o Monday-Friday 7:00 am – 3:30 pm during water season (April – October)
o Monday – Thursday 7:00am – 5:30pm during off season (October – April)

Medford Irrigation District – Ditch Rider/Relief Rider

Top candidates will receive an interview, and interviews will be held until the position is filled. The start date is flexible and negotiable, but candidates are encouraged to be ready, willing, and able to start as soon as possible. Appointment to the position is through an open competitive process and will be based on the General Manager and Field Manager’s evaluation of merit, qualification, experience, and character. The starting wage for this position is competitive with similar jobs in the County and negotiable depending on experience.

Starting Wage: $22 DOE
Benefits (After 120-days probationary period): Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, and life), PERS Retirement, Sick, and Vacation.
Location: 5045 Jacksonville Hwy., Central Point, OR 97502

Mandatory Job Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED.
• At least 2 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
• 2 years of experience working in the construction trades or an irrigation setting
• Valid Oregon Class A (CDL) driver’s license, with a clean, safe driving record.

Special Job Requirements:

• Employee must live within (30) minutes of District facilities (Medford, OR).
• Employee required to take off-hours emergency callouts (including weekends) during the irrigation season.
• Maintain CPR/AED and Standard First Aid certifications as applicable.

Essential Functions:

• Perform a variety of semi-skilled and skilled duties in the distribution, measurement, and delivery of irrigation water to irrigators.
• Measurement and balancing of water distribution using weirs, meters, and basic math.
• Perform repair work in, on, and around irrigation facilities including cleaning and maintenance of irrigation canals, ditches, trash racks, pipelines, and other structures as necessary to assure: (1) safe access to facilities, (2) proper operation of facilities (3) proper conveyance and distribution of irrigation water on time.
• Patrol assigned areas by motor vehicle, by foot, or any other management-approved manner to detect leaks, breaks, weak areas, obstructions, and damage to the irrigation system.
• Remove debris and make emergency repairs to banks, structures, and gates.
• Curtail unauthorized or excessive diversions.
• Repairs reinforce and modify service lines, buildings, vaults, meters, water tanks, steel cylinder pipelines, and other metal structures.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with co-workers, outside agencies, and the public.
• Regular attendance and adherence to prescribed work schedule to conduct job responsibilities.
• May work irregular or extended overtime hours.
• Participate in the On-call irrigation season rotation schedule.

Other Duties:

• May learn semi-skilled maintenance, repair, and construction work in an assigned work area.
• Responds to emergency repair requests.
• Performs related duties as assigned.
• Reads and interprets blueprints, water rights maps.
• Maintains records of maintenance and inventory of all assigned equipment.
• Ensures proper safety precautions are observed.

The specific statements shown in each section of this job description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements and criteria necessary to successfully perform the job and meet the needs of the district.