Primary Function

The Supervisor, Distribution and Collections, provides leadership and supervision to work crews and oversees the development, implementation, scheduling and control of all municipal water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure.

The salary band for this NU job is Band 8 ($87,311 to $109,138).

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Education:

- Minimum two-year post-secondary education in Construction Technology, Engineering, or related field.
- A combination of industry recognized wastewater/water collection and distribution, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, or instrumentation training and experience may be considered.

Experience:

- A minimum of seven (7) years broad based knowledge and experience in municipal-wastewater, and stormwater system operations and maintenance with demonstrated supervisory experience.

Other Requirements

- Certificates / Licenses / Registrations:
- Must have Level II Wastewater Collection Certification
- A valid NS driver's license with recent drivers' abstract is required.
- Must be willing to undertake and maintain the safety training in accordance with HW (Halifax Water) requirement

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

- Possess a comprehensive knowledge of water utility practices, system operations, stock materials, construction and repair practices, municipal service delivery and excavation experience.
- Robust public relations and communication (written and verbal) skills including the ability to represent the utility in a professional manner.
- Thorough knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety procedures, regulations, current certification in WHMIS, Temporary Workplace Traffic Control and Signage Entry to Confined Spaces, Trench Safety,



Accident/Incident Investigation, Hazard Identification, gas meters and related safety procedures
- Desire to learn and ability to fully utilize emerging Computer systems such as GIS, Cityworks, Microsoft products, SCADA, and other related applications
- Ability to coordinate multiple initiatives and activities in a rapidly changing environment.
- Experience in dealing with a unionized environment is considered an asset.
- Must be able to accurately interpret contracts, legislation, and technical standards. Must be able to keep accurate and well-documented records.
- Must be able to analyze emergency and alarm conditions quickly and take immediate appropriate action to reduce environmental threats.
- Demonstrated capability to maintain accurate records, respond to emergencies, service calls and other related duties in a competent and efficient manner.

Responsibilities

Process / Technical:

- Responsible for assignment of work to crews and supervision of work including planning, scheduling, organizing, implementing operational programs, including repair, inspections and maintenance of the linear systems providing uninterrupted service. This includes creating, completing, and closing of work orders in the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
- Responsible for ensuring that all water, wastewater,



and stormwater infrastructure is operated for their intended use in accordance with all relevant guidelines, approvals, and regulations.
- Full understanding and navigation of the SCADA system and any non-SCADA related systems in order to determine issues and recommend upgrades (as required) for all relevant system infrastructure.
- Facilitates effective work planning processes, actions-results based plans, maximizes available resources, and uses innovation to access new resources, monitors results and adjusts accordingly.
- Identifies and evaluates risks related to the infrastructure consistent with the Halifax Water Enterprise Risk Management System.
- Ensures ongoing compliance with Halifax Water's Environmental Management System (EMS), to maintain ISO 14001 certification, by maintaining knowledge of Halifax Water's environmental policy and scope. Safeguards compliance with the policy from staff, visitors, consultants, and contractors. Oversees compliance with ISO 14001 certification by identifying significant environmental aspects, development and maintenance of operational controls, such as SOPs and forms, as well as proper QA/QC for any instrumentation or equipment. Responsible for timely and accurate reporting of environmental incidents or non-conformities, as well as defining and implementing corrective actions.
- Administer and assist with capital programs and asset management plans. Participates and provides recommendation in the asset management planning process.
- Responsible for the construction and commissioning of capital projects in collaboration with the Engineering and Technical Services.
- Work

📌 Supervisor, Distribution (Bedford)
🏢 Halifax Water
📍 Bedford