Senior Engineer

The Region of Waterloo is a thriving, diverse community committed to fostering opportunities for current and future generations. Our mission is to provide essential services that enhance the quality of life for all residents, while our core value emphasizes caring for people and the land we share.

The Role:

• Plans, designs, manages, and authorizes the provision of engineering services, operations, and assets in the Division for large scale, high profile/complex/politically sensitive projects.
• Chairs project teams on high profile/complex projects. Establishes project scope and requirements. Takes full responsibility for project from conception to completion.
• Conducts assessments and studies required for large-scale project planning and optimization projects.
• Designs capital projects that are high profile/complex/politically sensitive, involving multi-disciplinary engineering areas/activities.
• Develops and manages schedules and budgets (up to multi-million).
• Identifies need for and manages property transactions access agreements and approvals, involving multiple stakeholders.
• Supervises Engineering & Planning Coordinators (Water), a Water Analyst (Asset Management) engineers and engineering interns, as assigned; provides guidance to same.
• Participates in the training, development and mentoring of engineers and engineering interns.
• Administers contracts. Interprets documents with contractors. Authorizes payments, changes and extra work.
• Negotiates and obtains approvals (e.g., Municipal, Ministry).
• Visits construction sites to assess quality and progress of work.
• Chairs/conducts public meetings and consultations as the project lead.
• Assumes professional engineering responsibility for work within professional scope of practice including application of a professional seal and signature, if required.
• Provides broad technical subject matter expertise.
• Writes/reviews technical reports.
• Represents the Region in dealings with stakeholders including area municipalities, elected officials, utility companies, federal and provincial Ministries, the media, and public.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of municipal engineering, normally acquired through a degree in engineering or applied science, plus progressively responsible related experience in a municipal or project management environment.
• Must be licensed and in good standing as a Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario.
• Knowledge of and ability to comply with corporate policies and procedures, related legislation, Ontario Provincial Standards, Canadian Standards, Ministry guidelines, contract law, and engineering standards.
• Ability to work independently on concurrent projects.
• Computer skills with ability to use software such as Microsoft Office, computer aided design, specialized systems, and computer models.
• Communication and human relation skills to direct and guide contractors, consultants and staff.
• Ability to write project correspondence, reports, contracts, agreements and project definition reports.
• Ability to travel within Waterloo Region.
• Ability to adjust hours to attend open houses and deal with emergencies.

Region of Waterloo is committed to building a workforce through fair, equitable, and accessible hiring practices that allow us to hire qualified staff who reflect the diversity of the community we serve.