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Portland, OR mechanical construction jobs — current openings in commercial HVAC, plumbing, piping, sheet metal, building automation, and BIM/VDC. Every posting below is prefiltered to the Portland market and comes from a contractor actively hiring, not a job-board scrape.
Gulfstream Strategic Placements recruits project managers, superintendents, estimators, service managers, detailers, and HVAC/chiller technicians for Portland-area mechanical and HVAC contractors working Semiconductor / Cleanroom, Data Centers, Healthcare projects. Applications go straight to a recruiter who knows the market — most candidates hear back personally, and every search stays confidential.
Pay bands, live demand, and union scale for commercial mechanical construction in Portland, OR — updated from our open roles and published wage sheets.
Base ranges observed on Portland searches. Offers vary with project mix and scope — benchmark a specific role.
Journeyman scale as published by the local; last cross-checked 2026-10-05. Verify current rates with the business office before quoting an offer.
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Portland's commercial mechanical construction market is defined by semiconductor expansion (Intel and its ecosystem), healthcare, higher education, and a rapidly growing data center pipeline in Hillsboro and the surrounding metro. Gulfstream Strategic Placements works with Portland's leading mechanical, plumbing, and controls contractors to place PMs, estimators, service leaders, and VDC talent across the Portland-Vancouver metro.
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Ranges are recent placement data, not offers. Actual comp depends on scope, backlog, and region.
For senior roles, yes — semiconductor and cleanroom process piping experience is a strong differentiator in Portland.
Yes — Vancouver, WA is part of the Portland market and included in our search footprint.
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