Senior Project Manager, Water​/Wastewater Systems Planning - LRT

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• Job :
  Senior Project Manager, Water/Wastewater Systems Planning - LRT
• Union:
  Non-Union
• Job Description  #: A14592
• Close date:
  Interested applicants please submit your application online at  by 4:00 p.m. on March 11, 2026.
• Duration:
  Up to 24 months
• Vacancy type:
  This posting is for an existing vacancy
• Internal applicants should apply with your work e-mail address. External applicants are considered only after the internal posting process has been completed. Only applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted.

Reporting to the Manager of Water / Wastewater System Systems Planning ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).), the Senior Project Manager, Water/Wastewater Planning – LRT (SPM – LRT), will provide leadership to staff and consultants within a Business Unit. The SPM – LRT primary focus will be on the reviewing and approving of water and wastewater infrastructure designs, and capacities within the LRT corridor and within the adjacent connected networks of upstream and downstream water and sewer infrastructure.

The SPM will ensure that water and sewer designs are delivered in a cost effective, efficient and timely manner. The SPM – LRT will also ensure that the water and wastewater designs align with the goals and objectives of the LRT project while also providing flexibility in design to accommodate future growth needs of the City’s water and wastewater networks.

The SPM – LRT will work as part of a City team to develop a preliminary design for the LRT corridor that includes all side streets connecting to the LRT corridor. This team will define the alignment of the LRT and all utilities within the road corridor. The team will then work with a design/build contractor who will be responsible for advancing the preliminary design to a final design and then constructing the final works.

Assumes the day-to-day responsibilities for the delivery of a number of consultant assignments focussing on the design of water and sewer systems within and near the LRT corridor. A key element of this responsibility includes the project management of several complex engineering consultant contracts including the effective management of all contract scope, schedule and budget terms. The SPM – LRT is also responsible to oversee the collection of data, review and comment on work produced through these contracts, disseminate data and reports to stakeholders and consolidate comments received to ensure that all stakeholder concerns are adequately addressed in the final sewer and wastewater designs.

The design of the water and wastewater systems within the LRT corridor has significant implications to other strategic water and wastewater initiatives including the Water and Wastewater Master Plan and the Flooding and Drainage Servicing Study as examples. The SPM-LRT will work collaboratively with our consultants to ensure the LRT servicing designs have been developed with consideration to those strategic initiatives.

The Senior Project Manager has a key responsibility including mentoring staff and providing day to day guidance. Leadership tasks also include participation in, and contributions to the Sectional Management Team with peer Senior Project Managers and the section Manager. Developing, monitoring and reporting Sectional key performance indicators-KPI, and related metrics is also a responsibility of the Senior Project Manager.

Participates in teams comprised of staff not only from Public Works, but from other City Departments and outside agencies to address operation/optimization of existing systems, development, redevelopment…