Job posting closes: April 18, 2025, at 05:00 p.m. (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.

Private Development Technologist II

Job Code:152
Department: Engineering Services

Job Summary:

The incumbent reviews land development projects, ensures compliance with standards, and manages capital projects.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Reviews detailed design drawings, contract specifications, and reports submitted by private developers and/or consultants to ensure compliance with Servicing Standards Manual and sound engineering principles.
2. Completes, manages, or coordinates the design and construction of in-house capital infrastructure projects to be completed by contractors or City forces or manages consultant controlled projects including reviewing reports and designs to ensure compliance with City Servicing Standards and sound engineering principles.
3. Oversees and inspects capital projects, evaluates performance of consultants and contractors. Issues “stop-work” orders and recommends the issuance of construction completion and final acceptance certificates.
4. Supplies professional expertise in relation to infrastructure construction and interprets City Engineering Servicing Standards for the public, private developers, contractors and consultants.
5. Initiates development of and/or revisions to the City’s Servicing Standards manuals including research into new products and construction procedures.
6. Prepares and negotiates development agreements with private developers and ensures compliance with the agreement.
7. Drafts engineering, detailed design and specialized drawings.
8. Prepares and evaluates tenders, quotations, proposal calls and reports, and recommends awards in accordance with City Purchasing Policy.
9. Collects and analyses technical data, undertakes studies, and researches and prepares and presents reports for approval.
10. Coordinates, performs or assists in performing survey activities.
11. Assists with preparing the Engineering Services Departmental budgets, prepares and controls project budgets, and calculates charges as outlined in the Local Improvement Bylaw.
12. Follows, so far as is reasonably practicable, established safety procedures and standards and ensures contractors/consultants/workers follow the same on work sites.
13. Directs and trains seasonal staff and contributes to their recruitment, performance appraisals, and disciplinary action.
14. Acts as Manager of Engineering Services or Engineering Projects Officer as assigned.

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

Working Conditions:

Sixty 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.

Required Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:

• Completion of a Diploma in Civil Engineering Technology
• Professional Certification in Engineering Technology
• Valid Class 5 Driver’s License
• Standard First Aid, Confined Space Entry, Electrical Hazards and Trenching Safety Certificates, or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire
• Previous Experience - 5 years related
• On-the-job experience - 6 months
• Ability to communicate complex information in a clear, concise, easily understood manner
• Proven project management, decision-making/problem solving, and interpersonal skills,
• Strong customer service orientation and 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, testing and recording equipment, engineering calculator, whiteprint machine, communications and office equipment, computer with applications including Outlook, GIS, Word, Excel, Power Point, ERP, AutoCAD, various engineering software packages, such as water and sewer computer models, survey instrument with data recorder, and Traffic Counters and signals, and pump house and lift station equipment.

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.