Water Resource Planning

JOB SUMMARY

The mandate for the Water Resources Planning and Engineering Branch is to provide hydraulic and hydrologic analysis to support infrastructure planning and growth, operations, and infrastructure renewal. The branch is also responsible for various geoscience-related activities, including oversight of hydrogeological analyses and maintaining and sustaining the geoscience information platform. The branch is responsible for source water protection, in accordance with the Clean Water Act.
The Branch develops and implements operational plans for the cost effective and sustainable management of the City’s infrastructure assets and supports the development of the strategic plan.
You are responsible for climate impact assessment and risk management while planning and facilitating all growth-related infrastructure pertaining to water, wastewater and stormwater in urban, suburban and rural areas.
You are responsible for managing, evaluating and improving Water Resources Planning & Engineering programs, services, projects and operations, and the development, implementation and evaluation of related plans, policies, guidelines, systems, processes and procedures.

Programs, services, projects and activities include:

• a sustainable Intensification strategy and program to anticipate and facilitate growth, coordinate with the capital renewal program while maintaining an acceptable level of service to the community
• planning and facilitating the growth of infrastructure pertaining to water, wastewater and stormwater
• review of technical reports supporting development applications
• geoscience and hydrogeological centre of expertise
• source water protection and directing field work and testing
• data management and integrity to support the City’s asset management systems and enable risk management and decision-making at the highest corporate level
• system analysis, studies and hydraulic and hydrologic modelling and studies

You are also responsible for managing financial and human resources including contracted services, and stakeholder and partner relationships.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Completion of a 4-year university degree in Engineering

Minimum of 8 years of related experience in managing water resources planning and engineering, including a minimum of 5 years in the management of human and financial resources

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES

KNOWLEDGE

KNOWLEDGE

• Municipal infrastructure planning principles and design
• Development approvals process; development charges strategy
• The City of Ottawa’s organizational, governance and administrative structures
• Legislation, regulations, policies, standards and guidelines relevant to the work including Environmental Act; Assessment Act; Planning Act; Municipal Act
• Business administration concepts, theories, principles and methodologies
• Corporate policies, guidelines and practices
• The various Collective Agreements in place at the City
• MS Office
• Understanding of the programs/services and operations of other City areas, and the inter-relationships between them and own work area
• Must be familiar with applicable health and safety legislation, have knowledge of any potential or actual danger to health or safety in the workplace, 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

COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Leadership Competencies
The key competencies that describe the skills and behaviours expected to be demonstrated by managers and supervisors at the City of Ottawa are available on Ozone. The seven Leadership Competencies, which align with Servant Leadership, are:

• Strategic Leadership – Sets/implements the strategic direction, understands internal and external trends, the political sensitivities of the organization and applies this knowledge to support the long-term vision and success of the City
• Demonstrates Business Sense – Understands the impact of decisions on the business and the ability to strive to improve business performance; requires an awareness of business issues, processes and outcomes as they impact the community, the City’s reputation and strategic direction
• Builds Collaborative Relationships – Proactively communicates, builds and utilizes professional relationships and partnerships with all internal and external stakeholders
• Fosters Innovation and Change – Develops an environment that embraces innovation and efficiently integrates change into the organization
• Engages Employees – Leads, coaches, mentors and develops an engaged, diverse workforce of individuals and teams, where work is performed in a safe, respectful environment and successes are recognized and celebrated regularly
• Delivers Results – Creates effective plans and performance measures, holds themselves and others accountable for measurable, high quality, timely and cost-effective results
• Client-centric Focus – Serves the client interest through focusing individual, team and organization effort on identifying and meeting key and diverse client needs (the term “client” includes both internal and external clients)