Project Hydrogeologist

1 month ago

Kitchener, Canada Region of Waterloo Full time

Project Hydrogeologist

**Job Number**:2071

**Job Type**: Temporary Full-Time
**Temp Contract Length**: Up to 24 months
**Location**: 150 Frederick St - Regional Admin Headquarters
**Number of Positions**:1
**Department**: Hydrogeology 3
**Division**: Engineering and Environmental Services
**Hours of Work**: 35
**Union**: Management/Management Support
**Grade**: Management/Management Support Grade 05
**Salary Range**: $81,718.00 - $102,138.40 annually**About Us**

The Region of Waterloo is a thriving, diverse community committed to fostering opportunities for current and future generations. Home to over 674,000 residents and expected to grow to nearly one million by 2051. Guided by our 2023-2027 Strategic Plan, “Growing with Care,” we focus on equity, inclusion, and sustainability. Our mission is to provide essential services that enhance the quality of life for all residents, while our core values emphasize caring for people and the land we share. Join us and be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful difference in our community.

Dish with One Spoon Wampum:
- Waterloo Region is part of the Dish with One Spoon wampum, a treaty guiding our commitment to:
- Recognizing our shared humanity and land
- Taking only what we need
- Leaving some for others
- Keeping the dish clean
- This agreement underpins our vision, mission, and core values, and reinforces our dedication to meaningful reconciliation and equity.

**The Role**
- Assists in the planning, design, management of the provision of hydrogeologic services for municipal groundwater supplies; provides technical expertise and advice on the quantity, quality and protection of the Region’s municipal groundwater supply sources; and assists in the design and implementation of source water protection programs.

**Duties/Responsibilities**
- Works individually or as part of project teams regarding conceptual program and design studies, and development of risk management programs to meet regulations. Occasionally monitors the work of other Regional staff assigned to projects, including: Design & Construction project managers, inspectors, and surveyors; Water Services project managers and coordinators; and students. Administers contracts with consultants and contractors.
- Assists in the planning, design, and management of hydrogeologic investigations to define the quantity and quality of groundwater resources, sources of surface and groundwater contamination, and supply well rehabilitation/maintenance programs. Assists in the public consultation process.
- and short-term impacts on the Region’s municipal groundwater supply sources. Communicates adequacies and inadequacies with same to define and negotiate issues, terms of reference, technical requirements, studies, and resolutions. Defends professional scientific/technical opinion and position regarding same.
- Assists with vulnerability and activity risk assessments to meet legislative requirements, including delineation and scoring of protection areas, and assessing presence of activities creating water quality and quantity risks.
- Provides technical support in the development of policies and programs to reduce the risk that land use activities could impact municipal drinking water sources, including monitoring, incentive, inspection, and awareness programs.
- Assists in the preparation of submissions to the Ministry and conditions on supply well water taking permits. Compiles and interprets hydrogeologic data, and prepares documentation for submission, tracks progress and compliance requirements.
- Implements hydrogeologic water quantity and quality monitoring programs. Reviews supply well performance, determines monitoring locations, parameters and monitoring frequency, analyses and tracks results, and recommends construction of new monitoring infrastructure. Assists in negotiating land access agreements with land owners for related infrastructure and monitoring network.
- Assists in the implementation and maintenance of a data management system. Coordinates transfer of data and information from the hydrogeologic data management system to consultants and incorporation of project outcomes and monitoring data into same. Ensures proper handling of confidential and sensitive data.
- Assists in the implementation of a supply well maintenance program. Analyses and tracks well performance, and reviews tests and rehabilitation results.
- **Additional Duties/Responsibilities**
- Researches, monitors, and evaluates hydrogeology and source water management and protection trends, legislation, practices, and technological developments.
- Identifies and estimates capital project costs for assigned projects and provides same for Senior Hydrogeologist for inclusion into ten-year capital program and operating budget. Provides recommendations for monitoring equipment purchases.
- Participates on project teams and working groups. Presents hydrogeologic information to divisions and departments. Occasionally make

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