Supervisor, Gis

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent has an opening for a temporary full-time Supervisor, GIS with the Chatham-Kent Public Utilities Commission. This temporary full-time opportunity is for the period of April 2023 to October 2024.

Internal employees are defined as permanent, temporary, full-time, part-time, seasonal, casual, and contract employees with the Corporation of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Please note that family and friends of employees are not eligible unless they are already employed by the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.

Job description

Essential responsibilities

Demonstrate Chatham-Kent’s core values and competencies

Direct a team consisting of UNIFOR union members, seasonal staff and non-union staff

Supervise staff carrying out OntarioOneCall locate requests for water, sanitary sewers and fibre optics throughout the Municipality of Chatham-Kent (approximately 10,000 locate requests are received annually).

Ensure the CKPUC GIS water and wastewater system is maintained and upgraded to meet GIS strategic planning recommendations

Participate in software upgrades and modifications including testing, sign-off, training, documentation and security set-up as required to ensure satisfactory transition to the upgrade or new software

Communicate changes, enhancements and modifications to stakeholders to ensure understanding of issues and solutions

Maintain and manage the water/wastewater data model based on industry standards and business need

Assess and optimize business processes and data management workflows

Implement automated quality control processes

Implement solutions to automate and streamline data transfer and data change processes, especially between the office and field teams

Provide technical support to consumers of geospatial solutions including administration and technical team members

Perform data maintenance tasks, including collection of data in the field using GPS technology

Work with other areas of ITS and business units to resolve service issues

Develop, maintain and administer the Chatham-Kent Public Utilities Commission (CK PUC) database, including ensuring data accuracy, quality and integrity in the GIS system through scheduled data improvement exercises

Examine the PUC data model against CSA standards and implement data model changes to support standardized model

Develop (and maintain) data quality assurance/quality control processes

Manage ArcSDE and ArcFM in a multi-user, multi-versioned environment

Research, develop strategy, plan, coordinate and support ArcGIS and ArcFM software upgrades

Implement standards and process for CAD drawing submission to support seamless CAD/GIS integration

Ensures all vehicles, equipment and machinery are maintained in good safe working order, complete with record management

Essential qualifications

This position requires a minimum formal education of a three-year university degree or a three-year college diploma in a geographic information systems, engineering, geography or computer science program

This position requires two to four years experience developing and implementing GIS solutions, preferably in the water/wastewater utility industry

Experience implementing new technology in both office and field environments

Experience with utility models, data model reviews and testing data model changes

Experience implementing, modifying and maintaining custom code solutions

Experience converting data into the ArcGIS/FM platform

Experience interpreting engineering information for entry into water/wastewater utility data model

Practical experience with ESRI ArcGIS, ArcGIS Online, and the ArcFM extension

Required to be available outside normal business hours to assist with major incidents

Experience working in a unionized environment

Certifications, memberships, licenses

Health & Safety Competency training is required within 6 months of hire date and will be maintained through refresher training once every 4 years

ESRI ArcGIS Desktop Associate is an asset

ESRI ArcGIS GeoData Management Associate is an asset

Work environment/hours of work

This position works mostly indoors

This position works weekdays with occasional evening and weekend hours

Driver’s license/vehicle requirements

Background check requirements

Essential physical and/or safety requirements

**Walking**: frequent walking on level surface (less than 4.55 kgs or 10 lbs.) (around PUC Head Office for the most part, or another building; need to travel over sidewalks and uneven grass to locate assets which may be covered or hidden. Surfaces can be slippery or uneven requiring balance)

**Sitting**: frequently sitting in a chair (office time would require sitting in a chair; field inventory work could be conducted anywhere in Chatham-Kent driving distance)

**Reaching**: occasional reaching below shoulder, forward, backward, handling (in office environment handling paperwork, plans and surveys)

**Lifting**: frequent carrying (less than 4.55 kgs or