SENIOR ENGINEER

• Job ID: 56087
• Job Category: Engineering & Technical
• Division & Section: Toronto Water, Water Infrastructure Management
• Work Location: Metro Hall, 55 John St. Toronto, ON M5V 0C4 
• Job Type & Duration: 1 Permanent, Full-Time Vacancy

• Salary Range: $113,683.00 - $155,216.00

  Hiring Zone: $127,728.00 - $138,484.00

• Shift Information: Monday to Friday, 35 Hours per week
• Affiliation: Non-Union
• Number of Positions Open: 1
• Posting Period: 23-Mar-2026 to 7-Apr-2026

Job Description

As a Senior Engineer reporting to the Manager, Water Infrastructure Management, you will be responsible for coordinating and undertaking the technical review of new, replacement, and relocated water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure related to transit expansion projects. The position will focus on supporting transit projects being delivered by Metrolinx including Subways, LRT, Regional Express Rail, Smart Track,and other projects as required.

Major Responsibilities:

• Provide technical advice and expertise related to Toronto Water infrastructure by evaluating established guidelines, procedures and policies, devising new approaches, applying existing criteria in new manners and drawing conclusions from comparative situations.
• Conduct technical problem investigations of complex engineering problems ensuring that such analysis takes into account developments within the field, corporate policies and practices, legislation and initiatives by other levels of government.
• Ensure planning and delivery of transit projects consider City policies, programs, technical design guidelines and requirements, and by-laws related to stormwater management, water resources, environmental protection, water distribution, and wastewater collection.
• Coordinate and review Toronto Water matters, and interfaces and responses to transit projects, from conception to opening, including input into project scope, Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) and Environmental Assessment (EA), conceptual design, design review at relevant stages, and contract documentation review.
• Lead the divisional review and coordination of comments and input from across Toronto Water related to transit projects.
• Prepare Committee and Council reports; presentations to senior staff, elected officials and the public; technical reports and presentations to professional audiences and provide content for public education/communication purposes.
• Review and track project progress and issues, formulating and agreeing upon approaches to resolve these, including regular reporting to manager.
• Manage assigned projects, assit the manager to motivate and train the unit’s staff, ensuring effective teamwork, high standards of work quality and organizational performance, continuous learning, and innovation in service delivery.
• Represent Toronto Water as a technical specialist at meetings with Community Councils, standing committees, elected officials, internal staff, and external agencies; consults with members of the public, external clients and consultants.
• Lead multi-disciplinary project teams and provides direct technical supervision to staff in the Water Infrastructure Management section and other project team members on a project basis.
• Manage assigned projects, ensuring effective teamwork and communication, high standards of work quality and organizational performance and continuous learning.
• Prepare capital business cases, project charters, RFPs, RFQs, REOls, terms of reference, and scope of work for consultant assignments, including selection and direction of consultants undertaking professional services for Toronto Water.
• Assist the manager in defining and allocating work and setting goals.
• Ensure that project expenditures are controlled and maintained within approved budget limitations.
• Prepare capital business cases, project charters, RFPs, RFQs, REOls, terms of reference, and scope of work for consultant assignments, including selection and direction of consultants undertaking professional services for Toronto Water.
• Ensure that project expenditures are controlled and maintained within approved budget limitations.
  
  

Key Qualifications:

You should bring the following minimum qualifications:

1. Licensed as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in good standing with Professional Engineers Ontario(PEO).
2. Extensive experience in engineering analysis, planning, modelling and design of municipal sewers, drainage and stormwater management systems and/or watermain infrastructure, with a focus on growth management and infrastructure servicing.
3. Considerable experience in water distribution system hydraulic modeling (i.e., InfoWater) and review, hydraulic/hydrologic sewer system modeling (i.e., InfoWorks), and/or Geographic Information Systems (GIS) spatial analysis as decision-making tools in support of capacity assessment studies and planning related to development and growth.
4. Considerable experience in water, wastewater and stormwater management infrastructure asset management, including developing and maintaining infrastructure inventory databases, infrastructure condition assessment, life cycle costing, risk assessment, studies, infrastructure renewal costing and priority setting.
5. Significant experience in and understanding of review, exemption and approval processes related to site-servicing infrastructure, alterations to municipal water and sewer infrastructure, and experience in applying municipal guidelines (e.g., Wet Weather Flow Management Guidelines, Sewer Capacity Assessment Guidelines), design criteria (e.g., Design Criteria for Watermains and Sewers), policies(e.g., Foundation Drainage Policy) and by-laws (e.g., Water Supply and Sewers-Use) for development and growth projects.

In addition, the following skills and experiences would be advantageous:

• Considerable experience with communication and analytical skills to write policy documents, technical reports, briefing notes, reports to Committee and Council, and responses to inquiries by external agencies and the public, and presentation abilities.
• Project and stakeholder management skills to plan, lead, manage and implement multidisciplinary projects of varied scope.
• Proficiency in various competencies, including highly developed interpersonal, employee relations, negotiation, conflict resolution, leadership and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization and to forge solid internal and external relationships.
• Understanding of applicable Provincial and Federal acts, codes, and guidelines including Safe Drinking Water Act, Ontario Water Resources Act, Environmental Protection Act, Procedure F5-5, Stormwater Management Planning and Design Manual, Design Guidelines for Sewage Works, etc.
• Experience in review and understanding of engineering documentation needs and requirements relevant to water and sewer infrastructure (e.g., Servicing Report, Stormwater Management Report, etc.), including familiarity with development review process under Planning Act.
• Familiarity with infrastructure planning, capital planning, scheduling and budgeting of projects.
• Understanding of infrastructure construction methods & feasibility, and impact analysis.
• Experience in providing technical evidence, testimony, or conditions to support legal agreements and/or cases.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

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Accommodation

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