Engineering Manager, Mechanical Utilities

Advantages
- Excellent compensation and benefits (including pension)
- Opportunities for career advancement

Responsibilities
-Provides senior leadership and management for Management and Professional, and unionized staff, including: design engineering, mechanical trades, scheduling, estimating, customer service initiatives, performance goals and objectives, strategic business planning milestones and measurement.

-Participates in strategic planning sessions with the department and leads planning sessions within own division; develops, implements and monitors procedures and policies; directs consultants and reviews their work.

-Manages and routinely updates engineering models for Potable Water, Sanitary, Stormwater, and Natural Gas distribution systems. Ensures and verifies all data is accurate and is routinely updated.

-Sets and manages the five-year capital plan and a 20-year infrastructure plan for Mechanical Utility services and systems. These plans, which co-ordinates with the goals and objectives of the University, will set out future vision for Mechanical Utilities.

-Assists in preparing the annual commodities budget.

-Continually monitors expenses of the mechanical section to control expenditures within budget. Develops projections for water, gas and sanitary consumption and costs, and prepares reports which analyze performance.

-Develops Utilities Management Plans (UMP) as part of Routine Capital replacement planning and implementation strategies, including: audits, condition assessments, standards development, staffing and funding levels, data base management and inventory control.

-Provides the oversight and technical direction for seismic mitigation and compliance regarding mechanical utility distribution systems.

-Develops and oversees policies, procedures, and standards of practice for Emergency Response Plans for all mechanical utility distribution systems.

-Represents department at Regional Engineers Advisory Committee (REAC) Metro Vancouver water meetings, Landscape and External Infrastructure Committee, Emergency Preparedness Committee, and others as necessary.

-Technically develops and monitors all work involving Mechanical Utilities trades involved in operations and Routine Capital replacement to ensure maximum quality and value which results in a minimum of down time and disruption to activities.

-Ensures a high standard of quality control and appropriate codes, regulations, and safety standards are adhered to.

-Responsible for prioritizing, planning, co-coordinating, and implementing complex projects for reinvestment, upgrade, or expansion to existing Mechanical Utilities infrastructure.

-Develops specifications and tender for contract work and administers such contracts, including both service and construction types.

-Provides information on system capacity, sizing loads, and co-ordinates plans and projects to coincide with efforts of other University departments to minimize disruption to the campus community.

-Participates in the negotiation of purchase agreements, and with service and supply problems.

-Liaises with municipal, regional, provincial and federal authorities on code and regulatory matters that affect Mechanical Utilities systems and services.

-Provides advice and co-ordinates as the subject matter expert to all University departments for mechanical utility distribution systems relating to or being part of planning, constructing, operating and maintaining new or existing campus facilities.

-Leads all health, safety and environmental compliance programs for the division as required, including: safety committees, environmental reviews and corrective action, WorkSafe BC (WSBC) compliance and to fulfill managerial and supervisory requirements as per WSBC and University policy.

-Expected to keep current with respect to scheduling concepts, project management techniques, preventive maintenance strategies, engineering principles and government regulations and codes pertaining to Mechanical Utilities Distribution engineering management and to keep all procedural manuals/systems documentation up to date.

-Directs the selection of consultants and contractors for various engineering and operations projects within purchasing guidelines. Monitors and ensures contractor and consultant performance.

-Develops business models/cases, including financial feasibility, financial and operations system needs, cash flow projections, return on investment, market studies, organization, resource and strategic plans for mechanical utility systems.


Qualifications
-Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline. Eligibility for professional registration in Engineers and Geoscientists BC. Minimum of ten years of related experience involving the management of professionals, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

- Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own

- Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Preferred Qualifications

-Combination of education and experience in: a field related to civil engineering with a background in utility systems; project planning and control, including labor and material cost estimating experience; and management of staff. This includes a comprehensive knowledge of Mechanical Utility systems best practices and construction.

-Experience in engineering management/construction and business planning & development in a municipal or energy utility environment.

-Experience working with energy systems (natural gas, and familiarity with electric utilities), pressurized compressible and incompressible pipelines, hydrology and open channel flows, and environmental issues (air, water, and land).

-This position demands multi-disciplinary skills and experience in Civil Engineering (water and sewers), Mechanical Engineering (natural gas), environmental/resource sciences, and general management (business management, operations management, and technical management).

-Must be able to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously.

-Excellent communication skills (oral and written), negotiation, conflict resolution and interpersonal skills are necessary.

-Working knowledge of applicable government codes and regulations, and a knowledge and understanding of utility structures, markets and how they are applied at utility operations.

-Experience with MS-Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Mail, and Scheduler), AutoCAD, engineering modeling, energy consumption, analysis and forecasting software.

-Familiarity with engineering modeling software such as Gasworks (gas distribution), Bentley or InfoWater (water), XPSWMM or related software would be an asset.

-Valid Class 5 driver’s license with a satisfactory driving record.

Summary
If you would like to be considered for this opportunity please forward your resume via email to Nick Paraskeva nick.paraskeva@randstad.ca

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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