ENGINEERING ASSOCIATE Full-time Job

The Engineer Associate will offer engineering support across various areas, including program management, project coordination, contract administration, technical evaluation, and engineering functions related to Major Infrastructure, Roadways, Bridges & Expressways, and Linear Underground Infrastructure.

This position is designed to provide valuable engineering work experience to individuals who are at or near the start of fulfilling the Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) experience requirements for licensure.

Major Responsibilities:

•  Develops and implements detailed plans and recommends policies/procedures regarding program specific requirements.
•  Conducts research into assigned area ensuring that such research takes into account developments within the field, corporate policies and practices, legislation and initiatives by other levels of government.
•  Ensures that the project expenditures are controlled and maintained within approved budget limitations.
•  Assists and works under the direction of Senior Engineers and/or managers in planning, investigating and documenting engineering/operational challenges of basic to moderate complexity.
•  Assists in the project management of the Division's transportation, water and wastewater projects to ensure proper and timely completion.
•  Arrange and attend project meetings and develops minutes of meetings.
•  Assists with developing purchase requisitions for the issuing of Purchase Orders.
•  Assists with developing procurement documents including RFPs, RFQs, REOIs.
•  Assists with developing staff reports.
•  Assists in conducting field work, site inspections (construction projects), technical investigations and studies, preparing reports and making related recommendations. Assists in project tracking and status reporting for the Division's capital program
•  Assists in the preparation of budgets and in the cost/benefit analysis of divisional operations
•  Assists in the review of draft contract specifications and drawings for completeness and accuracy.
•  Completes work assignments, seeks supervisory review of completed work and makes revisions as requested.
•  Liaises with other internal staff within Solid Waste Management Services, Toronto Water, Engineering and Construction Services, Transportation and other City of Toronto divisions, consultants and the public.
•  Assists in responding to customer inquiries and providing operational assistance. 
•  Maintains an up to date knowledge of technological developments in the field of engineering as it relates to municipal business focus.
•   Assists in the resolution of non-compliance issues according to the Occupational Health & Safety Act (designated substances: asbestos abatement mgmt., etc.)