Closing Date: November 6, 2026 at 4:30 pm EST

Hours:

35 hrs/week, Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Salary:

$ 76,288 to $86,691 per year (depending on experience and qualifications)

Number of Vacancies:

1 (vacancy for an existing position)

Saugeen Shores: Both city and town, wrapped in a village.

Choosing to work and live in Saugeen Shores gives you an unparalleled choice of easy-going lifestyles, economic opportunities and nature at every turn. You can truly create your own village in this growing, diverse community of neighbourhoods and amenities. You can replace long commutes with easy lakeshore rides. You can choose to be as active or relaxed as you want to be. You can make all these great choices without sacrificing family life, schools, and even access to the wide world. Nestled on the shores of Lake Huron with forests and farms all around, Saugeen Shores is the promise of both cities and towns, wrapped in a village.

The Team:

We take our team-first culture so seriously; we wrote a Team Saugeen Charter to celebrate and protect it. Our shared role is to keep Saugeen Shores safe, well-serviced, growing and vibrant in ways that respect the public and reflect our team. We develop careers from the inside first. We engage each other personally and professionally. We welcome change. we embrace new ideas. We do more than live with work processes; we seek to continuously improve them. And we have each other's backs - because that is what excellent teams do.

What we offer you:

10 paid personal days in addition to a generous number of vacation days per year.

- Comprehensive extended health and dental benefits, including an Employee and Family Assistance Plan.




- Enrollment in the OMERS pension plan.
- Access to an Employee and Family Assistance Program.
- A passion for investing in our workforce through continuous learning and development.
- Employee Access to the Pryde Aquatic & Wellness Centre

About the Role:

We are searching for an analytical and motivated individual to join our team. As the GIS Coordinator, reporting to the Asset Management Supervisor, you are responsible for all GIS related work within the Town, this includes data management, map creation and updates, app building and maintenance, and spatial analysis for all departments. You will work closely with the Asset Management Coordinator to maintain long term data for planning and future development and provide detailed information on municipal assets as requested.

Key Responsibilities:

Administrator of GIS related software (Cityworks, Digsmart, IRIS, etc).

Maintain and update ESRI Suite of Products (e.g. ArcGIS Pro/Desktop)

Communicate with all departments to receive necessary data (e.g. as-builts).

Coordinate data input received from field staff and external companies using advanced GIS technologies.

Manage the inventory of municipal assets including all attribute information and spatial data.

Assist with the integration of the Asset Management Plan (AMP) by providing technical information.





Create custom maps and update maps as needed for all departments, Tourism and Business Improvement Associations, and external contractors

Digitize CAD drawings into GIS for department use to visualize the assets for reference, spatial design, reports, presentations, etc.

- Perform data analysis and provide results to various departments as requested.
- Provide numbers for use in various reports through querying, modelling, and analysis.
- Ensure data integrity using topology to analyze spatial relationships.
- Create models/scripts to increase efficiency in workflows and work processes. E.g. models to calculate replacement costs or conditions for Asset Management Plan.
- Build/create and maintain apps as needed for internal and external use.
- Remain aware of new app development opportunities and research applicable uses.
- Participate in GIS community activities.

Competencies and skills you bring to the role:

- Adaptability: You can adapt efficiently and effectively in response to new processes and changing circumstances.
- Analytical: You can collect and analyze information and apply logic and rationale when solving problems and making decisions.
- Attention to Detail: You attend to details and pursue quality in the accomplishment of tasks, regardless of the volume of duties encountered.
- Collaborative: You exhibit strong interpersonal skills and are effective at building relationships, networking, facilitating, and collaborating with others.
- Communication: You have proven ability to communicate successfully and confidently both verbally and in writing.
- Organizational Skills: Yo

📌 GIS Coordinator (Port Elgin)
🏢 Town of Saugeen Shores
📍 Port Elgin