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SalaryUnder Review
Requisition ID: 11555
Department: Infrastructure & Water Services Department
Service: Water Linear & Customer Services
Branch: Water Utility Customer Services Branch
Employment Type: 1 Full-time Temporary (up to 1 year)
Work Hours: 40.00 hours per week
Affiliation: CUPE 503 Inside/Outside
Salary Information: $32.502 - $38.027 per hour (2024 rates of pay)
Location: 951 Clyde Avenue
City: Ottawa, ON
Job Category: Maintenance and Trades
Application Close: 04/04/2024
JOB SUMMARY
You are responsible for conducting planned locates of the City's buried water and sewer infrastructure and providing other support related to the City's water and sewer infrastructure.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Completion of Grade 12
Minimum of 3 years of experience in an operational environment
Training and experience providing underground utility locates is desirable
CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES
KNOWLEDGE
- Understanding of relevant sections of provincial legislation and regulations and City of Ottawa by-laws pertaining to drinking water
- Unit and Section Standard Operating Procedures, operations manuals, processes and other documentation
- Equipment and techniques used to locate underground infrastructure, and an awareness of underground utility lines and other infrastructure
- Understanding of plumbing
- Knowledge of applicable health and safety legislation, including but not limited to the rights and duties of workers, Commercial Vehicle Operator Registration and MOL Hours of Work regulation.
COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Complete all on-the-job training (e.g. confined space entry, driver training, roadway safety, etc.)
- Effectively operate personal and handheld computers and related software (e.g. MS Office, Maintenance Management Systems software)
- Meet deadlines
- Review and understand maps, diagrams and sketches that show IWSD's buried infrastructure (e.g. water distribution system, wastewater and stormwater collection systems)
- Prepare sketches of IWSD's buried infrastructure
- Strong customer service skills, including the ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with contractors, homeowners, property owners, site supervisors of new residential developments and other staff
- Good communication skills (oral and writing)
- Work well independently and in a team environment
- Troubleshooting and organizational skills
- Willing to work overtime and on-call, as needed
- Positive attitude
- Punctual and reliable
- Self-motivated and conscientious
- Patient, calm, tactful and polite
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Prepare legal documentation
- Able to lift 100 lbs
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Language Requirement: English oral, reading, writing
- Police Record Check: The successful candidate will be required to complete a Criminal Records and Judicial Matters Check with the Police Services detachment in their jurisdiction to the City of Ottawa’s satisfaction.; Police record checks completed by a third-party company will not be accepted.
- You may initially be paid 95% of your starting rate of pay, in accordance with the collective agreement.
- Experience and formal training combined with demonstrated performance and ability may substitute for stipulated academic requirements.
- Please save a copy of the job poster. Once the closing date has passed, it will no longer be available.
We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
The City of Ottawa promotes the principles of diversity and inclusion and adheres to the tenets of the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We encourage applications from members of Indigenous, Black and other racialized communities, persons with disabilities, women and non-binary persons, persons of all ethnic origins, religions, sexual orientations, classes, gender identities and expressions.
Candidates are encouraged to self-identify as a member of one or more designated employment equity groups in the self-identification questionnaire.
The City of Ottawa provides accommodation during all parts of the hiring process, upon request, to applicants with disabilities. If contacted to proceed to the selection process, please advise us if you require any accommodation.
Accessible formats and communication supports are available upon request. Please contact the HR Service Centre at 613-580-2424, extension 47411.
