Project Engineer - Water/Wastewater
Kennedy Jenks
Portland, OR · $90k–$135k a year · Posted November 6, 2026
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Where Portland, OR ranks
Where Portland, OR placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Cities where the biggest share of jobs do not need a four-year degree in the Pacific Northwest19% · of 12
- #2Cities with the most hybrid jobs in the Pacific Northwest14% · of 16
- #3Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the Pacific Northwest102 jobs · of 8
- #4Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Pacific Northwest136 openings · of 14
- #5Best college towns for junior jobs in the Pacific Northwest29% · of 13
- #6Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in the Pacific Northwest0.8% · of 16
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $112,500 a year. Across 327 open project engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $85,000 to $117,000 and the median is $99,500. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 13% above the median.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among civil engineers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for civil engineers: 1% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...and a culture of continuous improvement, we deliver exceptional engineering, environmental consulting, and construction management services... ...disciplines and design efforts: Collaborate with process, civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation...