Advisor, Water and Wastewater Strategic Infrastructure Planning

**Job Description**:
**Advisor,**Water and Wastewater Strategic Infrastructure Planning**

**Public Works - Water and Wastewater**

**Status: Three (3) Regular Full Time positions**

**Salary Range: $114,196 to $142,747**per annum (plus comprehensive benefits)

**Work Mode: Hybrid; 2 Onsite days per week **_see below for more details about this work mode._**

**Location: 10 Peel Centre Drive, Brampton**

**Hours of work: 35 Hours per week**

**Who we are**:
Peel is known as a leading water and wastewater service provider. We deliver exceptional service to our customers by ensuring the community is provided with a safe and dependable drinking water supply, wastewater is efficiently collected and properly treated, and both the environment and long-term financial management is considered into every decision we make.

Join our diverse team and be part of our vision. Think big. Channel your creativity. **Make a difference.** At Peel Region, we can **create** lasting impact, together.

Are you passionate about strategic infrastructure planning and asset management and want to join an organization that manages 27 Billion worth of water and wastewater infrastructure and plans to build another 5 Billion worth of water and wastewater infrastructure in the next 20 years? These opportunities may be what you are looking for

We are recruiting for three (3) positions supporting the following portfolios of work:

- Water and Wastewater Asset Management Advisor (Strategic Asset Management in W&WW)
- Linear State of Good Repair Planning (for Transmission, Sub-transmission watermains)
- Vertical State of Good Repair Planning (for Facilities such as Water Pumping Stations, Reservoirs and Elevated Tanks, Wastewater Pumping Stations, Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants and Production Wells)

The Advisors will review and provide input and recommendations for linear or vertical water and wastewater assets’ long term management, renewal and replacement plans, inspection strategy, financial plans, business plans, processes and strategies. In particular, the positions are responsible for developing and compiling the linear or vertical water and wastewater capital budget planning in coordination with water/wastewater engineering, and operations teams. The Advisors provide strategic and expert advice for optimization of inspection programs and long-term asset management approach. The Advisors are a resource for the section and the divisions on all aspects related to infrastructure State of Good Repair or Asset Management planning, and will provide regular coaching and mentoring of staff and students.

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

- Responsible for annually coordinating and developing the linear, vertical or divisional asset management water and wastewater capital budget for the divisions and present the plans to the managers, directors and general manager for approval.
- Deliver large diameter linear and vertical inspection plans to the Condition Assessment &Rehabilitation group as well as the Engineering teams for execution.
- Utilize linear or vertical water and wastewater inspection deliverables from the operations and capital groups to inform the capital budget.
- Deliver the capital budget needs to the Engineering teams for detailed design and execution.
- Develop, maintain and analyze information from the decision support system (DSS), computerized maintenance management system(s) (CMMS), long term financial forecasting tools and provide strategic advice to leadership team and Council to support modeling of financial requirements to inform long-term utility rate planning and enhance Engineering and Operations coordination of future works.
- Continuous improvement of the DSS to service linear and vertical water and wastewater State of Good Repair infrastructure needs.
- Support asset management, inspection, condition and performance standards, inspection and condition assessment plans in collaboration with water/wastewater engineering, reliability, operations.
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive collection of life-cycle curves, deterioration curves, for water and wastewater linear and vertical assets based on industry research, studies and Peel specific data.
- Provide expert guidance to other Public Works divisions such as transportation, waste management, operations support in maturing their state of good repair or asset management program and developing capital plans as it relates to water and wastewater infrastructure.
- Liaise with other departments, divisions and sections within the Region, external agencies and municipalities. Participation in various internal stakeholder committees

**What the role requires**:

- Undergraduate degree in Civil, Chemical or Environmental Engineering or a related field with a minimum of five to eight years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Preference is given to those with an Asset Management and/or Project Management certificatio