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Main Purpose and Function

The Senior Electrical Engineer manages the delivery of annual electrical work and manages the Electrical Design team, including delivery of electrical drafting, design and engineering services. The position establishes and implements electrical technical specifications, standards and related work processes.

The position reports directly to the Associate Director, Electrical Design.  The Senior Electrical Engineer is responsible to oversee the electrical design teams. This position is required to deliver timely, quality services to clients internal and external to the City of Vancouver, including but not exclusive to other sections within the Streets division, Electrical and Traffic Operations, Streets Activities, Sustainability and Utility Management Branch, Transportation Division, particularly the Traffic and Data Management branch and Transportation Design branch, other City Departments, and developers and consultants. The position also partners with external stakeholders with BIAs, BC Hydro, and Coast Mountain Bus Company.

Specific Duties/Responsibilities

• Leads the Electrical Design staff in delivering on strategic objectives and the continuous improvement of services related to the City’s electrical infrastructure. 

Asset Management:

• Assists in prioritization, administration and execution of the electrical infrastructure capital plan (approx. $4M annually), working in partnership with the Divisional Asset Manager/Engineer and Operations
• Ensures asset management strategies and plans are established for all electrical infrastructure

Operations Management / Financial:

• Assist in managing operating budget
• Assist in managing the capital budget, ensuring work plans are executed in order to fully spend annual capital allocations in alignment with priorities and needs
• Develops budget requests to optimize asset management principles while aligning with City priorities
• Explores and implement more cost effective ways of delivering services

Human Resources:

• Oversees and directs the work plans of exempt and unionized staff, assigning and re-distributing duties as required to ensure the efficiency and optimization of staff work plans
• Develops, implements and monitors quality control processes and procedures for all services provided by the electrical design section (PGA and PMF)
• Adopts and implement HR processes, including but not limited to, attendance management program and performance management requirements
• Ensures adherence to fair and consistent practices in alignment with the collective agreements, the Branch Community Agreement and the City wide policies

Programs and work plans:

• Develops and implements program work plans
• Partners with the other branches (such as Traffic and Data Management, Transportation Design, Streets Activities, Streets Use Management, Utility Management, Sustainability Branch etc and provide resources to deliver design/review and construction services
• Oversees and directs the delivery of electrical capital projects including the design and construction phases, in accordance with the Engineering Project Management Framework
• Coordinates with internal and external customers to ensure that design services are provided in a timely and suitable manner, meeting project schedules
• Develops business cases and provides strategic analysis to new and emerging initiatives
• Ensures use and sustainment of corporate IT systems to manage information, including asset management, financial management 

Technical work:

• Establishes and maintains the City’s electrical specifications and drafting standards
• Ensures all necessary regulatory requirements are met related to Electrical design

• Leads technical resource for electrical design related to street lighting, Traffic Signals and power-related design
• Manages the technical staff to ensure delivery in accordance with standards, regulations and specifications
• Ensures the delivery of electrical design aligns with the design and construction standards and requirements
• Seal (as a P.Eng.) electrical designs generated under direct supervision.  Serves as Engineer of Record for electrical designs.
• Conducts internal Audits and lead and prepare the team for external Audits

Safety and Training:

• Ensure safety program and standards are in place and followed by staff
• Ensure Remote work Book is current and Requirements are met.
• Make sure check in, check out times and supervisory checks are performed

Continuous Improvement:

• Sets, tracks and analyzes operational performance goals and metrics, including costs and turnaround times as well as corporate green operations targets.
• Identifies industry best practices in electrical design specifications and capital program delivery, and implement within section
• Engages staff, management, clients and partner departments about how Electrical design can improve and better serve stakeholders
• Provides ongoing review and decision making with respect to staffing and employee engagement

City Representation:

• Participates and partners with other government, public and private organizations related to the City’s practices with electrical design
• Prepares and presents Council reports on electrical engineering issues
• Represents the City on other committees and working groups
• Responds to FOI and legal services requests
• Responds to resident requests
• Other duties/responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with a Professional Engineer designation and minimum 6 years related experience in design and construction project engineering work, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Experience managing staff and HR issues in a union environment.
• Registration or eligibility for registration as a Professional Engineer in British Columbia.
• Project Management Credentials (PMP) or equivalent is preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Advanced knowledge of electrical engineering principles, standards, and specifications, as they relate to the municipal environment
• Working knowledge of Professional Governance Act – EGBC and Project Management Framework
• Ability to lead and review the work of a technical design team.[FF1] 
• Ability to manage and lead a diverse team in a unionized environment
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse internal and external stakeholders
• Organizational and time management skills in a high volume and fast paced environment
• Ability to provide excellent customer service
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work and think strategically, including experience with business case composition and evaluation, strategic planning and development and implementation of Key Performance Indicators
• Ability to work independently with little supervision from Associate Director

Where operationally appropriate and subject to change, the City of Vancouver has a Flexible Work Program. This program allows staff to work remotely 1 – 3 days a week from locations that are a daily commutable distance from their work at a City worksite.  At this time this position is eligible to be part of the Flexible Work Program. However please note that during the onboarding period, the position will be 5-days per week in office.

Business Unit/Department: Engineering Services (1300) 

Affiliation: Exempt 

Employment Type: Regular Full Time 

Position Start Date: January 2025

Salary Information: Pay Grade RNG-091: $111139 to $138924 per hour

Application Close: December 13 2025

Our Counter Sales Position ensures our customers remain our highest priority. They deliver exceptional customer service and act as the first point of contact for every walk-in customer. This is a tremendous opportunity for someone looking to grow their career in Sales.

What’s in it for you?

• Regular business hours Monday to Friday
• Comprehensive benefits with premiums fully paid for by the company for the “Core” package starting the first day of employment.
• Career development and training opportunities
• Life insurance, disability and wellness program
• Retirement savings programs including RRSP and DC pension with up to 5.25% employer contribution
• Paid vacation and sick time and day off on your birthday!
• Bonus programs that include annual performance and profit sharing
• Employee discounts on top brands of plumbing and HVAC/R products
• Education reimbursement for employees
• Employee referral program
• Safety shoe reimbursement

What you will do:

• As the first point of contact you will be required to offer prompt product knowledge and information to customers in a professional manner
• Respond to customers in a timely manner in person, by phone or email
• Prepare small order quotations on urgent contracting jobs
• Pick customer orders from warehouse
• Perform necessary product research in catalogues and online
• Verify all items are available for the customer as ordered and scheduled
• Responsible for building positive relationships with customers and associates
• Take initiative to maintain stock of the counter area as needed
• Offer help and assistance in the warehouse if required

What you will bring:

• Previous technical experience in sales or customer service in wholesale or distribution required
• Local market knowledge with HVAC and Plumbing will be an asset
• General computer skills including Microsoft Office required. Experience with AS400 an asset.
• Must have exceptional customer service and professional communication skills

Salary Range: $50,000 - $54,000

This position supports advanced administrative tasks in a fast-paced office and warehouse environment. Incumbent possesses advanced office support knowledge, strong analytical, oral/written communication, problem-solving, basic research, and time management skills. This position is proficient in using various word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications.

Job Type: Full-Time (Non-Union)
Work Location: 790 BELLGRAVE. DELTA, BC V3M 5R9
Shift: Tuesday - Saturday (5 days/Week) 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM PST (shifts can vary and/or extend due to operational requirements) 

Compensation: starting at $17.40 hourly

Responsibilities:

• Performs general office duties, i.e. answering telephone, data entry, filing, etc.
• Prepares reports and presentations.
• Prepares and/or coordinates information for internal use and distribution.
• Performs various ad hoc tasks.
• Provides coverage in other departments, during fluctuations in volume, vacation coverage, or leave of absence coverage and as required by business needs.

Qualifications:

• HS Diploma, GED, or International equivalent
• Minimum of six-months office support experience
• Demonstrates ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment under supervision with a high attention to detail
• Effective oral/written communication, problem-solving, basic research, and time management skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
• Accurate and rapid data entry

As a Dock Supervisor, you are accountable for ensuring that the dock employees are working in a safe and efficient manner. You are responsible to ensure smooth operations, efficiencies, people management, freight flow, change implementation, and safety, aligned to operational expectations and guidelines. This position is all about the effective management of freight flow through the management of people and safety, continuous improvement, problem solving and effective communication.

How You’ll Help: 

• Lead and manage a fast paced and high volume dock operation though a team of supervisors, lead hands, and front line employees to ensure the accurate and timely completion of all dock activities and supporting office tasks.
• Coach and develop team members using a positive attitude, collaboration, clear communication, and direction. Make informed decisions based on safety, service, and productivity standards, with an understanding of company processes, policies and procedures.
• Initiate and lead process and customer experience improvements, while meeting deadlines and controlling costs.
• Understand and use key metrics to manage terminal performance, including load factor, on-time delivery, LMS, and freight flow.
• Prioritize the unloading and loading of freight, moving all damaged freight and returns appropriately.
• Recognize risks and problems and work collaboratively with others to practical and speedy resolution. 
• Ensure and monitor the continuous flow of communications and information relating to freight delivery so the appropriate parties are aware of solutions/actions to be taken to ensure safe and timely operations. 
• Other related duties related as may be required.

Your Skills and Experience: 

• Minimum of secondary education, with preference of post-secondary education (general stream), or a combination of education and experience.
• Forklift certified
• Trained in the Transportation of Dangerous Goods
• WHMIS certified
• Previous Transportation or operational experience is preferred, various roles within transportation would be beneficial 
• 3-5 years’ experience in a terminal setting, preferably in the transportation industry.
• Experience leading a team of front line employees, managers, and supervisors
• Contributing to the development of and managing to an annual operating budget.
• Strong leadership skills, including the ability to get things done through others and people development.
• Computer skills with MS Office products and web based programs.  Experience with Truckmate a definite asset
• Safety oriented
• Good communication skills, verbal and written
• Strong problem solving skills
• Customer oriented
• Ability to multi task and prioritize workload

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