Senior Infrastructure Standards Technologist
Top Benefits
About the role
Posting Number: TC-25-27
Job Type: Temporary Full-time, Up to 15 Months, Union
Salary Range: $74,092.20 to $88,816.00 per year
Location: Barrie, ON - Hybrid (see below for more details)
Application Deadline: Friday, September 19, 2025 at 11:59 pm
The Corporate Asset Management Department is part of the Infrastructure and Growth Management Division. This department leads the City's long term infrastructure planning for growth and renewal and establishes Engineering Policies and Standards. In addition to infrastructure-specific work, CAM leads and advances asset management initiatives for all corporate assets, ensures compliance with Provincial asset management regulations and participates in coordinating the City's corporate capital plan.
Under the general guidance of the section supervisor the Senior Infrastructure Standards Technologist is responsible for the development, authoring, publishing, improvement, implementation, and quality management of the City's 200 plus Municipal Infrastructure Standards (Standards). Topics covered include a range of disciplines: Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Transportation, Right of Ways (vehicular and pedestrian), Parks, and other infrastructure systems/assets owned and managed by the City. Collectively these systems account for an investment of more than $4 billion dollars.
This position leads multidisciplinary teams of stakeholders and subject matter experts, and applies problem solving, technical writing skill and quality management principles to produce high quality, publicly available, requirements-based documents. Additionally, this position assesses opportunities for the City to improve its infrastructure by researching, evaluating, and making successful recommendations pertaining to new and emerging infrastructure technologies. This position also implements and provides quality control functions to the Standards and undertakes efforts to ensure the Standards communicate clear, concise, and consistent instructions that comply and conform to applicable Federal and Provincial regulations, align to industry best practices and achieve/adhere to the strategic objectives, goals, policies and By-laws of the City.
The Senior Infrastructure Standards Technologist provides leadership with regard to the Standards and champions asset management best practices to produce key deliverables (Standards and associated documentation) that allow the City to influence and improve its infrastructure systems, providing desired levels of service through effective balancing of risk and total life cycle cost.
Our Culture and Qualifications of the Job
Corporate Culture: Your workplace values align with our corporate values of Strive, Share and Care and you want to join us in providing exceptional services and programs to build a prosperous, growing and sustainable community.
Equally important to what we do is how we do it - your actions reflect our core accountabilities of Personal Awareness, Teamwork and Collaboration, Respect and Inclusion, Innovation, and Service Excellence, which define how we work together to succeed.
Education (degree/diploma/certifications)
- Three (3) year College Diploma in Civil Engineering or a closely related discipline
- Eligibility for and willingness to obtain a Certified Engineering Technologist (C.E.T.) Designation from the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT)
Don’t meet the education credentials as outlined above but have years of directly related experience? Please see the City’s Education Equivalency Policy to determine if you may qualify for equivalency. Further information is available at www.barrie.ca/JobOpps.
- Position Equivalency Code: D
Experience
- Five (5) years of experience performing duties related to the major responsibilities of the position
- Experience in a field of practice related to one of the following municipal infrastructure systems: drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and/or rights of way (pedestrian and vehicular)
- Experience authoring and publishing documents of a requirements nature
- Experience engaging and leading stakeholders from project kickoff through to project completion
- Experience conducting research, preparing reports and making effective recommendations
Conditions of Employment
- Full membership in the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT)
- Satisfactory Criminal Record Check
Location: City Hall, 70 Collier Street, Barrie, Ontario*
*Please note that the City has a Hybrid Work Program Procedure that may allow a hybrid work arrangement for employees who meet the eligibility requirements.
Hours: The normal hours of work are 35 hours per week in accordance with the Collective Agreement
What We Offer: This position includes extended health and dental benefits, optional enrollment in the OMERS Primary pension plan, prorated paid sick time based on the expected duration of employment, and prorated vacation time based on calendar year and in accordance with the Employment Standards Act, access to the Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP), discounted rates for City Fitness Memberships and Transit Passes, and access to the Perkopolis Perks program, which provides exclusive access to discounts on a wide range of products and services available to all City employees.
For full position details and to apply, please visit: https://barrie.hiringplatform.ca/processes/4a40ce5f-099d-411e-b7df-e96629223e6a?locale=en
About City of Barrie
The City of Barrie is a vibrant, progressive and growing community with deep connections to our heritage, to nature and to the opportunities surrounding us.
Our community values quality of life; the ability to play year-round with 300 hectares of park space, our beautiful waterfront, our lively downtown core and the nearby hills, wetlands and forests. We also value connections; to our neighbours and the community, to our road and rail network, and to the opportunity Barrie provides to enjoy life.
Everything Barrie has to offer, from the water we drink to the roads we travel on, has one thing in common - municipal workers. Joining a municipality is one of the most rewarding, engaging and exciting careers you could choose. It is a career you can take pride in knowing that every day you make a positive impact on an entire community. We are one team, with one goal and we all work together to continue making our community great.
Senior Infrastructure Standards Technologist
Top Benefits
About the role
Posting Number: TC-25-27
Job Type: Temporary Full-time, Up to 15 Months, Union
Salary Range: $74,092.20 to $88,816.00 per year
Location: Barrie, ON - Hybrid (see below for more details)
Application Deadline: Friday, September 19, 2025 at 11:59 pm
The Corporate Asset Management Department is part of the Infrastructure and Growth Management Division. This department leads the City's long term infrastructure planning for growth and renewal and establishes Engineering Policies and Standards. In addition to infrastructure-specific work, CAM leads and advances asset management initiatives for all corporate assets, ensures compliance with Provincial asset management regulations and participates in coordinating the City's corporate capital plan.
Under the general guidance of the section supervisor the Senior Infrastructure Standards Technologist is responsible for the development, authoring, publishing, improvement, implementation, and quality management of the City's 200 plus Municipal Infrastructure Standards (Standards). Topics covered include a range of disciplines: Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Transportation, Right of Ways (vehicular and pedestrian), Parks, and other infrastructure systems/assets owned and managed by the City. Collectively these systems account for an investment of more than $4 billion dollars.
This position leads multidisciplinary teams of stakeholders and subject matter experts, and applies problem solving, technical writing skill and quality management principles to produce high quality, publicly available, requirements-based documents. Additionally, this position assesses opportunities for the City to improve its infrastructure by researching, evaluating, and making successful recommendations pertaining to new and emerging infrastructure technologies. This position also implements and provides quality control functions to the Standards and undertakes efforts to ensure the Standards communicate clear, concise, and consistent instructions that comply and conform to applicable Federal and Provincial regulations, align to industry best practices and achieve/adhere to the strategic objectives, goals, policies and By-laws of the City.
The Senior Infrastructure Standards Technologist provides leadership with regard to the Standards and champions asset management best practices to produce key deliverables (Standards and associated documentation) that allow the City to influence and improve its infrastructure systems, providing desired levels of service through effective balancing of risk and total life cycle cost.
Our Culture and Qualifications of the Job
Corporate Culture: Your workplace values align with our corporate values of Strive, Share and Care and you want to join us in providing exceptional services and programs to build a prosperous, growing and sustainable community.
Equally important to what we do is how we do it - your actions reflect our core accountabilities of Personal Awareness, Teamwork and Collaboration, Respect and Inclusion, Innovation, and Service Excellence, which define how we work together to succeed.
Education (degree/diploma/certifications)
- Three (3) year College Diploma in Civil Engineering or a closely related discipline
- Eligibility for and willingness to obtain a Certified Engineering Technologist (C.E.T.) Designation from the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT)
Don’t meet the education credentials as outlined above but have years of directly related experience? Please see the City’s Education Equivalency Policy to determine if you may qualify for equivalency. Further information is available at www.barrie.ca/JobOpps.
- Position Equivalency Code: D
Experience
- Five (5) years of experience performing duties related to the major responsibilities of the position
- Experience in a field of practice related to one of the following municipal infrastructure systems: drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and/or rights of way (pedestrian and vehicular)
- Experience authoring and publishing documents of a requirements nature
- Experience engaging and leading stakeholders from project kickoff through to project completion
- Experience conducting research, preparing reports and making effective recommendations
Conditions of Employment
- Full membership in the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT)
- Satisfactory Criminal Record Check
Location: City Hall, 70 Collier Street, Barrie, Ontario*
*Please note that the City has a Hybrid Work Program Procedure that may allow a hybrid work arrangement for employees who meet the eligibility requirements.
Hours: The normal hours of work are 35 hours per week in accordance with the Collective Agreement
What We Offer: This position includes extended health and dental benefits, optional enrollment in the OMERS Primary pension plan, prorated paid sick time based on the expected duration of employment, and prorated vacation time based on calendar year and in accordance with the Employment Standards Act, access to the Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP), discounted rates for City Fitness Memberships and Transit Passes, and access to the Perkopolis Perks program, which provides exclusive access to discounts on a wide range of products and services available to all City employees.
For full position details and to apply, please visit: https://barrie.hiringplatform.ca/processes/4a40ce5f-099d-411e-b7df-e96629223e6a?locale=en
About City of Barrie
The City of Barrie is a vibrant, progressive and growing community with deep connections to our heritage, to nature and to the opportunities surrounding us.
Our community values quality of life; the ability to play year-round with 300 hectares of park space, our beautiful waterfront, our lively downtown core and the nearby hills, wetlands and forests. We also value connections; to our neighbours and the community, to our road and rail network, and to the opportunity Barrie provides to enjoy life.
Everything Barrie has to offer, from the water we drink to the roads we travel on, has one thing in common - municipal workers. Joining a municipality is one of the most rewarding, engaging and exciting careers you could choose. It is a career you can take pride in knowing that every day you make a positive impact on an entire community. We are one team, with one goal and we all work together to continue making our community great.