Division Manager, Wastewater Treatment Plant Maintenance, Metro Vancouver

Metro Vancouver is a vibrant, richly diverse region focused on liveability and ensuring quality of life for the region’s residents, both now and for generations to come.

Metro Vancouver Regional District is a partnership of 21 municipalities, one Electoral Area and one Treaty First Nation that collaboratively plans for and delivers regional-scale services to 2.

5 million residents. Its core services are providing drinking water, wastewater treatment and solid waste management. Metro Vancouver also regulates air quality, plans for urban growth, manages a regional parks system and provides affordable housing.

The regional district is governed by a Board of Directors of elected officials from each local authority. Metro Vancouver employees serve and help share one of Canada’s most desirable regions.

Metro Vancouver’s wastewater treatment division is comprised of five regional wastewater treatment plants which process over 1 billion litres of wastewater generated every day by residents, businesses and industries to protect public health and the environment.

Reporting to the Director, Wastewater Treatment & Residuals Management, Operations & Maintenance, the Division Manager, Wastewater Treatment Plant Maintenance will lead the growth of the division as Metro Vancouver plans to expand and upgrade several of their treatment plants across the next 10 years.

The Division Manager will be analytically driven with a focus on optimizing the performance of the team to ensure that as systems are growing, the maintenance division works to adopt industry best practices that service the ever-growing demand.

Supporting the growth of the workforce, the Division Manager will act as a collaborator and mentor to their team of approximately 80 staff.

With a university degree in engineering, or other relevant field, as well as 10 years of recent, related progressive experience, the ideal candidate has extensive technical expertise in the maintenance of utility systems related to wastewater operations (including drainage);

superior understanding of maintenance aspects affecting the design, construction, and operations and maintenance of wastewater facilities, safety requirements, regulatory requirements, and relevant municipal by laws.

The incumbent should also possess a formal professional or technical designation in an appropriate area of expertise.

Metro Vancouver is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with the Accessible Canada Act, 2019 and all applicable provincial accessibility standards, upon request, accommodation will be provided by both Odgers Berndtson and Metro Vancouverthroughout the recruitment, selection and / or assessment process to applicants with disabilities.

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