JOB DESCRIPTION

Supervisor, Development Engineering & GIS
Posting #: NU-2025-22
Posting Period: May 16 - 29, 2025
Employer Group: Non-Union
Reporting to: Manager, Planning & Development
Grade: 10
Wage Range Annually: $98,244 - $119,556
Position Status: Permanent full-time
Work Hours: 35 per week
Location: Cayuga, ON (Haldimand County Administration Building)

POSITION SUMMARY

The Supervisor, Development Engineering and GIS will oversee and direct the Development and GIS staff within the Planning and Development division, as well as ensuring all new development proposals meet the standards and policies of the County and the regulatory and professional standards. Additionally, this role will provide supervision, guidance and support to the Planning and Development Division staff, including the development application processing, planning and engineering requirements and mapping/GIS functions, and development-related regulatory frameworks (design criteria, development permits, urban design standards, and approvals).

EDUCATION

• Post-secondary degree or diploma in Civil Engineering or related field
• Current membership with the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians & Technologists
• Designation as a P.Eng or CET is considered an asset

EXPERIENCE

• 5 years or more of current related experience including supervisory or project management experience and work experience in a municipal setting, specifically, in the area of development review preferably within an integrated planning / engineering structure

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

• Good understanding of municipal government, its operations and services and legislation that affects divisional responsibilities
• Sound knowledge of various Provincial Acts, including the Planning Act, Drainage Act, Municipal Act, Clean Water Act and their regulations, legislation and other relevant law
• Sound knowledge of all aspects of planning and development processes
• Sound knowledge of engineering principles including Ontario Provincial Standards and Ministry of Environment guidelines and aspects of the municipal criteria including the Design Criteria
• Sound knowledge of division operations and relevant current management, technical and operating practices
• Valid Ontario Driver’s License and access to a reliable vehicle.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability influence, motivate, provide training, using flexible communication styles and to ensure suitable agreement, decisions are reached
• Demonstrated initiative, and ability to make decisions involving broadly defined work, affecting major functions
• Demonstrated ability to work independently within broader policies, and measured by results
• Demonstrated ability to exercise significant discretion and sensitivity involving regular work with confidential information
• Proven ability to influence financial decisions, including authorizing discretionary expenditures
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills involving regular ingenuity, and development of complex, new and improved methods, procedures, systems, etc.
• Demonstrated capability to supervise and coordinate functional groups
• Organizational skills with conscientiousness, to avoid errors and ability to meet deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to work effectively in a team environment and guide interdisciplinary team-based discussions to increase staff morale, team building, collaboration, and community pride, including managing conflict and emergencies using tact, diplomacy, empathy, and conflict resolution skills to resolve issues
• Technology Aptitude
• Demonstrated intermediate computer skills to utilize various technological devices and programs while adhering to cybersecurity and best practices are followed.
• Intermediate knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Computer proficiency in CityView and Bluebeam

RESPONSIBILITIES

The incumbent is responsible for, but not limited to: