Location

Location: Thorold, ON

Division

Water & Wastewater

Important Notices & Amendments

This position currently falls within our hybrid model, allowing the employee to typically work a minimum of 50% of your time at your regular work location and the other 50% of time at home.

As an employer of choice, Niagara Region offers competitive salaries and benefits, a defined benefit pension plan, a corporate wellness centre, access to the Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP), mentorship and training programs, employee recognition programs, and more. In addition, the Region recognizes the value of having flexible work arrangements to support better work-life balance for our employees. Hybrid work arrangements may vary from one employee to another and may also differ in the number of remote workdays. These opportunities remain subject to the alignment of operational needs, business requirements, and customer service expectations.

Job Description

Job Summary

Reporting to the Manager Capital Projects Water and Wastewater Engineering, the Project Coordinator Water & Wastewater will assist in various day-to-day activities associated with managing capital projects.They will coordinate with various individuals (internal and/or external), as advised by the Manager, to facilitate planning, execution, monitoring and reporting for capital projects as well the Water and Wastewater Engineering team. They are responsible for financial, project coordination and administrative support for complex and sensitive projects to allow the Manager Capital Projects to focus on high level and complex tasks. The Project Coordinator will be responsible for project specific communication & collaboration, within cross functional teams. They will also independently manage some tier 2 and 3 projects.

Education

• Post-secondary diploma in Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical or Environmental Engineering or a related discipline.
• Post-secondary degree in Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Environmental Engineering or a related discipline is preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education, experience and qualifications may be considered.
• 2 to 5 years of project coordination experience, preferably in municipal infrastructure.
• Knowledge of project management tools/software.
• Knowledge of MS Office MS Outlook, MS Project or other Project Tracking Systems
• Knowledge file management, transcription, and other administrative procedures.
• 2+ years of experience in project management, preferably in municipal infrastructure is preferred.
• Required to become a Certified Engineering Technologist, Licenced Engineering Technologist or Professional Engineer upon completion of the requisite work experience.

Knowledge

• Registered as Professional Engineer with the Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) is preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) designation is considered to be an asset.
• Working knowledge of water and wastewater delivery, collection systems and treatment is considered to be an asset.

Responsibilities

Provide administrative and project coordination support to Manager Capital Projects working on Tier 1 and 2 complex and sensitive projects and other initiatives which support the W&WW Engineering team. (45% of the time)

• Ensure all documentation and records adhere to frameworks and requirements applicable, are properly formatted, versioned and stored in the correct location and are maintained and completed throughout the project lifecycle.