Project Manager Tw

**Job ID**: 49379

**Job Category**:Project Management

**Division & Section**:Toronto Water, Technology & Customer Experience

**Work Location**:435 Kipling Avenue

**Job Type & Duration**:Full-time, Permanent vacancy

**Salary**:$93,734.00 - $123,449.00, wage grade 6.5

**Shift Information**: Monday to Friday, 35 Hours per week

**Affiliation**: Non-Union

**Number of Positions Open**: 1

**Posting Period**: 01-Nov-2024 to 15-Nov-2024

As a member of Toronto Water's Technology & Customer Experience Team, the Project Manager in the PCS unit is responsible to provide project management and specialized technical support related to complex process control systems involving high level of process automation in the water plants, wastewater treatment plants, and distribution/collection environment.

Reporting to the Senior Systems Infrastructure Specialist, the Project Manager oversees, reviews, and directs the work of staff and engineering consultants related to compliance and implementation of the Division's local and wide area network services, including projects related to structured cabling, wireless system infrastructure, network performance, cybersecurity practices, procurement/implementation of network devices and interdivisional coordination with Technology Services and third-party telecommunication service providers.

**Major Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for participating in and carrying out varied assignments related to Process Control Systems and process automation within a broad field of Municipal infrastructure design and construction.
- Manages and provides leadership for assigned projects from inception to completion. Assesses funding, schedule, scope requirements, develops Terms of Reference, fully defines project deliverables and manages change conditions. Ensures effective teamwork, communication, high standards of work quality, organizational performance, documentation and continuous learning.
- Oversees and evaluates the work performance of external service providers with respect to quality, timeline, cost and completion of required tasks. Finalizes contract payments and implements quality control/quality assurance, finalizes contract payments and ensures project expenditures are controlled and maintained within approved budgets.
- Acts as first point of contact, providing Process Control System / SCADA network related support and coordination to the various water, wastewater, and dsitribution/collection units within Toronto Water.
- Collect, track and update Process Control System/ SCADA assets data and related record documentations.
- Administers, coordinates, and provides guidance to process automation projects including planning, design, installation, and commissioning.
- Conducts investigations, both business and technical, for the analysis and evaluation of existing and proposed PCS modifications, including written and oral assessments of performance, cost benefit analysis, legislated requirements, and recommends changes accordingly.
- Provides support and tracks issues related to the Automadted Meter Program assigning/delegating to the appropreate parties where required.
- Provides support to the capital works budgeting process, and assist in controlling expenditures of consultants, contractors, and internal staff.
- Troubleshoots and provides guidance to facility staff in investigations related to network usage and performance.
- Maintains an up to date level of expertise in water and wastewater process control automation, SCADA/PCS networking, and related technologies.
- Oversees the integration of complex technical and process equipment installations; testing and acceptance/approvals, including guidance of assigned internal and external resources.
- Investigates and prepares analysis/recommendations concerning Communmication issues of varying complexity and/or assists unit Manager, Senior Project Manager, or Senior Engineer to resolve more complex Connectivity performance issues, including designing solutions.
- Ensures quality assurance procedures and quality control measures are adhered to in the management of PCS design and construction activities. Ensures that the PCS performance objectives comply with the established Toronto Water ‘Goals of Automation’.
- All designs and solutions should be grounded in first principles, ensuring that they are built from a fundamental understanding of core concepts and tailored to address the root causes of challenges.
- Tracks procedures and policy compliance associated with PCS deliverables and contractual documentation.
- Participates in preliminary design, detailed design and implementation of capital work projects, and works with City of Toronto staff, consultants and contractors during construction and commissioning stages to ensure quality workmanship and compliance with Toronto Water's PCS goals and guidelines.
- Provides input and supports the development/implementation of technical standards and policies associated with manag