Stormwater Asset Maintenance Specialist

**Job Description**:
**Stormwater Asset Maintenance Specialist**

**Public Works - Transportation**

**Contract Full-Time; 18 Months**

**Salary Range: $89,469 - $111,834 per annum**

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**Work Mode**: Hybrid (Minimum 1-day onsite team day weekly, plus additional days based on operational requirements)

**Location**: 2 Copper Road, Brampton ON

**Hours of Work**: 35 hours per week (On call after hours and weekends as required)

**Who we are**:
Our team is responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient operation of our transportation infrastructure network through comprehensive asset maintenance and management. We oversee the upkeep of assets through regular inspections, preventative maintenance programs and repairs as needed. By prioritizing sustainable and resilient infrastructure we support the Peel’s growth and improve the quality of life for residents.

**The role**:
Reporting to the Supervisor of Asset Maintenance you will play a crucial role in overseeing the maintenance and state of good repair of all stormwater assets. Your responsibilities include leading specialized asset condition inspections and providing critical data to inform operating and capital investment plans and budgets. You'll offer expert advice while collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to identify and recommend repair and maintenance activities. Additionally, you will contribute to the detailed design of new projects from a maintenance perspective to optimize future upkeep.

This key position is essential for implementing the division’s asset management investment plan and multi-year state of good repair plan, ensuring resilient and sustainable storm water infrastructure.

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**What you will do in this role**:

- Coordinate and oversee asset inspections, create work plans for repair and maintenance of storm infrastructure assets. Develop the technical requirement and quantity estimates for preparing REOIs, RFPs, RFQs, terms of reference and specifications. May provide input in the evaluation of tendered bids/proposals and make recommendations for award of contracts for services and/or work related to asset maintenance and state of good repair.
- Monitor maintenance contractors including quality control in accordance with contract terms and scope and maintaining all inspection records and documentations.
- Contribute to vendor evaluation and lessons learned conversations to ensure comprehensive and proactive resolution of issues.
- Provide expertise to Managers, Project Managers, Supervisors and Technical Analysts to investigate on-demand situational conditions of roadway, structure, stormwater and snow storage facility assets.
- Deliver asset inspections and analysis/prioritization of minor repair and maintenance programs including data for State of Good Repair (SOGR) and life cycles for assets, operating equipment and related components in conjunction with internal and external business partners.
- Investigate and identify asset deficiencies and performance issues, provide specialized advice, and recommend technical solutions.
- Provide field data to develop comprehensive facility and asset condition reports to support the development of 1-year, 3-year and 10-year operating and capital plans to support program delivery based on sound knowledge of related legislation, asset life cycles, and project delivery capacity of the infrastructure section.
- Provide data to support life cycle cost analysis, condition assessment and risk assessments to prioritize asset management/state of good repair expenditures related to rehabilitation or replacement of assets by considering condition of assets or service delivery needs.
- Collect and provide field data to update asset management databases to ensure that Transportation asset data and equipment records are updated with current asset information.
- Collaborate with Real Property to provide input to encroachment agreement development, establish required maintenance easements and long-term property needs for maintenance activities.
- Complete analysis to determine trigger points and validate need to move forward with minor repair, maintenance or replacement of road and storm infrastructure.
- Assist program partners in the preparation of business cases for non-SOGR (program related) projects including scope of work and costing.
- Responsible for carrying out job duties in a safe and healthy manner and supporting the division’s on-call programs in winter maintenance.
- May provide on-call support (after hours and weekends) to support the sections winter and summer maintenance program.

**What the role requires**:

- University degree in Engineering or applied sciences or approved equivalent of education and experience. Minimum five (5) years’ experience in asset management infrastructure. An equivalent combination of education and experience in traffic operations/safety may also be considered.
- Knowledge of asset management, life cycle analysis, roadway, structur