Senior Engineer, Integrated Water Systems Review

JOB SUMMARY

The Asset Management Branch is responsible for the cost-effective management of the City’s $20 billion public works infrastructure assets, carrying out or overseeing the provision of planning, analysis and needs evaluation specifications, and Request for Proposal (RFP) development, evaluation and selection.

You are responsible for assessing and commenting on proposed stormwater management (SWM) systems in development applications that will become City of Ottawa assets. SWM systems may include but are not limited to wet ponds, dry ponds, wetlands, low impact development techniques, quality control structures and techniques, dual drainage systems, major overland flow routes, hydraulic grade lines, etc. Knowledge and experience in hydrology, hydraulics, and stormwater management models are required. You will collaborate with various planning, asset management, and operational groups within the City and on occasion external agencies like conservation authorities and provincial and federal governments. Knowledge in applicable computer modeling tools is required and includes, but is not limited to, understanding data requirements, predictive modeling techniques, modeling sensitivities, and results interpretation.

You will also be responsible for overseeing, coordinating and ensuring compliance with City of Ottawa’s Consolidated Linear Infrastructure Environmental Compliance Approvals (CLI ECAs) for both sanitary infrastructure and stormwater management systems. You will lead, organize and collaborate on various CLI ECA tasks and projects with cross departmental teams composed of City groups, who plan, approve, construct, inspect, and maintain these City assets, to ensure the City of Ottawa is in compliance with the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) approved CLI ECAs. You will interpret provincial legislation, regulations and guidelines. You will coordinate communications between the MECP and the City and oversee and resolve all corporate coordination and compliance issues. 

Your role may include being a formal or informal supervisor of junior and/or intermediate staff working on the same projects described above.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Completion of 4 year university degree in Civil Engineering or a related Applied Sciences program

Minimum of 8 years of related professional experience in water, wastewater and storm water infrastructure including planning, analysis and design

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES

KNOWLEDGE

• Fundamental knowledge of hydrology and hydraulics as it relates to water resources
• Complex municipal systems
• Applicable legislation and practices governing water, wastewater and storm water infrastructure planning and implementation, such as, Planning Act, Municipal Act, Water Resources Act, Environmental Assessment Act, Federal Fisheries Act, City Official Plan, City Master Plans, Class Environmental Assessment process, Development Charges process
• Analytical techniques for water, wastewater and storm water system analysis that are in current practice
• Municipal infrastructure planning principles
• Public consultation process
• Project management principles
• Capital and operating budget process
• Process management concepts and principles
• Strong knowledge of computer modeling tools including data requirements, results interpretation, model sensitivities, predictive modeling techniques and calibration techniques
• Must be familiar with all applicable health and safety legislation, have knowledge of any potential or actual danger to health or safety in the work place, and have knowledge of appropriate actions to be taken in order to ensure the health and safety of staff in accordance with applicable legislation and City policies and procedures

Desirable Qualifications:

• Expert knowledge in applicable technical specialty (i.e. hydrology, hydraulics, computer modeling, storm water management, etc.) as demonstrated by advanced academic qualifications or significant direct experience
• Knowledge of operation of water and wastewater systems

COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

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Leadership Competencies
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