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Position Description

Job posting closes: October 7th, 2025 at 5:00pm Yukon Standard Time

At our core, the City of Whitehorse is committed to cultivating an inclusive employee community and workspace, confronting racism and biases for fairness and equity, while advancing reconciliation and accessibility.

The City promotes work life balance for its employees and offers flexible work arrangements, such as work from home and compressed work weeks, subject to applicable administrative directives.

An Eligibility List may be established from this competition – the duration of the eligibility list may be up to 12 months. The eligibility list may be used to fill future permanent full-time, permanent part-time, temporary full-time, temporary part-time, term or casual vacancies within the same department and classification based on the organizational needs by going to the next highest ranked candidate until the eligibility list expires.

This position is covered by a collective agreement between the City of Whitehorse and the Public Service Alliance of Canada/Yukon Employees Union. 

The City wishes to thank all applicants for their interest but only those candidates selected to advance in the recruitment will be contacted.  Note that only those candidates eligible to legally work in Canada will be considered.

Officer, Engineering Projects

Job Code: 145

Department: Engineering Services

Job Summary:

The incumbent ensures and provides management, design and contract administration services for capital projects for the Engineering Services Department.

Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Oversees, completes, or coordinates the design and construction of in-house capital infrastructure projects or manages consultant controlled projects including reviewing all reports and designs to ensure compliance with City Servicing Standards and sound engineering principles.
2. Oversees and inspects capital projects including performance evaluation of consultants and contractors. Issues “stop-work” orders and recommends the issuance of construction completion and final acceptance certificates.
3. Prepares and controls project budgets, and contributes to the preparation and control of the Departmental operating budgets.
4. Recruits, directs, trains, schedules and appraises the performance of reporting staff projects under the incumbent’s control. Is authorized to issue verbal reprimands and contributes to higher level of discipline in accordance with the progressive discipline directive.
5. Collects and analyzes technical data, undertakes studies, researches, and prepares and presents reports for approval.  Reviews consultant or planning reports and provide comments based on technical knowledge and approved standards.
6. Under the direction of the Manager designs and prepares drawings, reports, local improvement bylaws, and contract specifications related to the improvement of the City’s water, sewer, drainage, and transportation infrastructures, ensuring environmental approvals as required.
7. Coordinates, manages and/or reviews the utility companies upgrading of power, telephone, cable TV, and data infrastructures as part of the City’s infrastructure renewal, or when proposed new utility upgrades impact existing infrastructures.
8. Prepares tenders, quotations and proposal calls; evaluates the same for completeness and compliance; and awards or recommends awards in accordance with City Purchasing Policy.
9. Reviews and recommends changes to City Engineering Servicing Standards.
10. Supplies technical expertise to other departments in relation to infrastructure design, construction and operation, and interprets City Engineering Standards for the public, consultants and contractors.
11. Reviews and recommends purchase of engineering equipment and software and maintains and updates database systems and models.
12. Coordinates, performs or assists in performing survey activities.
13. Identifies easement requirements and assists with negotiating Easement Agreements and land acquisitions with property owners.
14. Follows, and ensures reporting staff follows, so far as is reasonably practicable, established safety procedures and standards.
15. Acts as Manager, Engineering & Associate Manager Engineering Services as assigned; assumes the duties of other Engineering Technologists as required.

This description contains the elements necessary for identification and evaluation of the job.  The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties. 

Category Science & Related Occupation

Position Requirements

Working Condition:

Forty percent of time is in the office. The remainder of the time there is exposure to confined spaces, noise, dust, fumes, traffic, extreme temperatures, raw sewage, uneven terrain and construction sites.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelor of Applied Science Degree with Professional Engineer Designation and 5 years progressive municipal experience (preferred); or Civil Engineering Technology Diploma, with CET Designation and sufficient years of progressive municipal engineering experience to be able to obtain a Limited Licence to Practice as issued by the Association of Professional Engineers of the Yukon (minimum).
• Previous experience - 5 years progressive related municipal experience, including a minimum of 1 year supervisory experience.
• On –the- job experience - 6 months
• Coursework/training in Transportation, Traffic, Water, Sewer, and Drainage Infrastructures, Environmental Protection, and Landfill Systems
• Supervisory Courses
• Class 5 Driver’s License
• Standard First Aid with CPR Level C, Confined Space Entry, Electrical Hazards and Trenching Safety Certificates or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire
• Proven project management, decision-making/problem solving and interpersonal skills. 
• Strong customer service orientation, demonstrated ability to be self directed

An equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered.

Examples of Equipment to Operate:

Light transportation vehicle, canoe or small boat, survey instruments including survey data recorder, testing and recording equipment, computer with applications such as GIS, Word, data base systems, Excel, AutoCAD, flow meters, SCADA, Traffic Signal Controllers and Counters, various engineering software packages such as: EPANET (water model),transportation modeling and Eagle Point design software.

Accommodation Requests:

Shortlisted candidates who require accommodation or have accessibility needs during the selection process are encouraged to reach out to the Recruiter and make requests to ensure their full participation. The City of Whitehorse is committed to reviewing requests and making arrangements for reasonable accommodation and accessibility requests. You may email to name of recruiter @whitehorse.ca and careers@whitehorse.ca.

Other Details:

Job seekers are required to create an online profile and submit their application electronically through the City's online Applicant system via www.whitehorse.ca/careers. Instructions on applications are provided at  https://www.whitehorse.ca/our-government/employment/how-to-apply/. If you have any further questions regarding this posting, please contact the recruiter at HR@whitehorse.ca.

To apply for this position, you are required to submit your resume. 

Various tests and/or exams may be administered as part of the recruiting process. 

At the time this posting closes, candidates must have valid and current licenses/certifications/education that match the position requirements. Candidates who are selected to continue with the recruiting process will be required to provide proof of qualifications during their interview. 

Employment Contract YEU Local Y046

Range $51.14 - $61.34

Hours Per Week 5 X 7 Hours

Guaranteed Minimum Hours 35

Organizational Unit City of Whitehorse -> Operations -> Engineering Services

Location City of Whitehorse - Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1C2 CA (Primary)