At PGE, we care about your professional growth and career development. We work hard to help you find the path that best fits your interests, skills and goals.
At Portland General Electric we care about our employees’ growth and career development. Beyond our traditional career paths, we provide a mentorship program that allows you to connect with an experienced member of any department, or even a more senior member of your own department. Where there’s an interest, we’ll help you find the best path towards it.
Not everyone here wears a hard hat and climbs service poles. Some would rather climb the corporate ladder. If a professional career sounds like the path you’d like to follow, here’s an example of how a new college graduate with a degree in finance, accounting or related field might advance from zero through eight years of experience.
If you’re interested in becoming a Journeyman Lineman, PGE’s trades career path is considered one of the best. You’ll start out as a pre-apprentice for a couple of years. If you’re successful, you’ll advance to an apprentice, where you’ll gain valuable skills and experience over four more years before becoming a card-carrying Journeyman. In this career path you earn and learn along the way.
Of all the careers at PGE, generating electricity is at the core. To become a qualified plant equipment operator at one of our power plants, you’ll start by becoming a Plant Equipment Operator Trainee. This usually lasts 18 months before you advance to a Plant Equipment Operator. What’s next? A Shift Supervisor. Here, you’ll manage operators and trainees, gaining leadership and management experience.
Are you ready to join our team? Here’s where you’ll find all our current job listings. Or if you’ve already applied, you can check the status of your application.
