Operations Engineer (Treatment Facilities)

Regular, Full Time

Competition #

Department

Water Services

Primary Function

- The Treatment Operations Engineer, reporting to the Senior Manager, Water and Wastewater Treatment, is responsible to play a leadership role in water and wastewater treatment operations. They are responsible for providing engineering support to operating programs and projects in the Operations Department. They will plan, develop, review and monitor operating programs, practices and services standards, consistent with corporate objectives. The Operations Engineer plays a key role in advancing Halifax Water’s operational resiliency for water and wastewater treatment, including risk assessment, mitigation planning, emergency preparedness, and continuity of critical treatment services. The Operations Engineer maintains an expert knowledge in key functional areas such as Water and/or Wastewater Treatment, Reliability and Resiliency Engineering, and Asset Management.

Duties & Responsibilities

- Serve as Halifax Water’s knowledge lead and prime technical resource on water and wastewater treatment operations. Maintain knowledge of the operation of water and wastewater treatment and provide guidance to Managers on strategies for system operation.
- Lead and support facility-level risk and vulnerability assessments and develop and maintain facility resiliency plans including single-point-of-failure identification, redundancy strategies, emergency response planning, and business continuity planning.
- Provide engineering advice and project management services for projects undertaken within the Treatment section.




- Provide leadership to Halifax Water’s research initiatives. Keep up to date with the state of industry knowledge and assume a technical leadership role within Halifax Water.
- Develop standard operating procedures, service standards and safe work practices for water and wastewater treatment operations.
- Use operational data to identify emerging failure and compliance trends, support predictive maintenance strategies, and evaluate treatment performance under stress conditions (wet weather, peak flows, partial outages). Develop, review and monitor reports that support department initiatives and objectives.
- Provide leadership in liaison between water and wastewater treatment and other internal and external stakeholders.
- Act in a lead and coordinating role on behalf of water and wastewater treatment with other Halifax Water programs such as asset management, standards and specifications development, maintenance, managerial systems, and ISO management systems.
- Liaise with Engineering Department staff on the prioritization and delivery of capital projects related to Treatment Facilities.
- Play a leadership role on various Halifax Water committees related to water and wastewater treatment.
- Coordinate and review work of consultants engaged in water and wastewater treatment activities.




- Participate in a variety of management activities including hiring, performance management, discipline, budgeting, safety and labour relations matters.
- Participate in the Incident Command System and emergency response as necessary.
- Perform other related duties as assigned by the Senior Manager, Water and Wastewater Treatment.

Reporting Relationships

Reports to: Senior Manager, Water and Wastewater Treatment

Supervises: Others when assigned from time to time

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience

Education:

Post-secondary degree in a related engineering field with a Professional Engineering designation.

Experience:

- Minimum five years of progressive experience in a municipal engineering field including direct supervisory experience, preferably at the municipal level; Management and Supervisory experience considered an asset.

Other Requirements

Certificates / Licenses / Registrations:

- Must possess a valid Nova Scotia Driver’s License and be prepared to use a personal vehicle for Halifax Water business.
- Membership in the Association of Qualified Engineers of Nova Scotia, or eligible for membership.
- Must be willing to undertake and maintain the following safety training:
- First Aid
- Globally Harmonized System (GHS) (Formerly WHMIS)
- Additional safety training as identified based on legislative and operational requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

- Thorough knowledge of Provincial Acts, Utility Regulations, By-laws and Policies.
- Thorough knowledge of engineering principles and practices, policies and regulations relating to municipal system infrast

📌 Operations Engineer (Halifax Regional Municipality)
🏢 Halifax Water
📍 Halifax Regional Municipality