Address: 6295 Northam Drive, Unit 1, Mississauga, ON L4V 1W8 with deployments to projects within and beyond North America
Number of openings: 1
About a quarter of the world’s drinking water leaks out of aging underground pipes before reaching anyone’s tap. Echologics, A Division of Mueller Company, is helping to lead a global charge to change this through technological innovation. Our innovative technology and services allow water utilities to manage their pipelines based on reliable information about their condition simply by placing sensors on valves and fire hydrants. With custom-engineered technologies for detecting and locating leaks, as well as distinguishing healthy pipes from degraded ones, Echologics offers our customers a truly unique set of information-gathering tools. Our environment of technical innovation, professional integrity, individual achievement, and personal growth has allowed Echologics’ team to rapidly grow a large presence in North America, where there is a tremendous demand for our technology. We are looking for a full time permanent Senior Project Specialist to help execute our rapidly growing volume of work and help water utilities with pipeline condition assessment and leak detection.
Why Echologics:
Cutting edge technology within the niche industry of leak detection
LeakFinderST selected as Outstanding Innovation 2014 by Water Industry Achievement Awards
Smart Water Summit Award 2014
EchoShore was deemed as a top ten water technology at AWWA ACE 2014
Outside the box thinking colleagues with whom to collaborate and have fun
Energetic, diverse, and inclusive culture
Diverse global network of resources with visibility and support of a unique regional client base
Demonstrated record of developing team members professionally and personally to reach their career goals and potential
A Division of Mueller Company, a large and stable US company listed on the New York Stock Exchange with over 150 years of history
The successful candidate will participate in a broad range of projects within and beyond North America. This position will involve a mix of field testing, administrative tasks, data analysis, reporting, client management, and project management. This opportunity will involve up to 75% travel. Most of the work will be outdoors, conducting leak detection and condition assessment tests on water pipelines, with analysis and reporting duties between deployments.
Responsibilities for the position are:
Client management and customer service
Project logistics planning and coordination from a safety, technical and productive standpoint
Conducting leak detection surveys of distribution and transmission water mains
Conducting condition assessment measurements on distribution mains
Management of installation, commissioning, reading, and maintenance of various measurement devices on water mains and networks
Project budget tracking and monitoring
Management of equipment inventories
Administrative duties such as invoicing, time tracking, expense tracking, contract coordination, purchasing, and sales.
Trouble shooting problems from customer, site, technical and people management perspectives
Administrative duties such as invoicing, time tracking, expense tracking, contract coordination, purchasing, and technical sales.
Management and care of equipment inventories and vehicle fleet
Educating clients in formal and informal presentations to drive and support sales
Deal professionally with employees, customers, external contractors and other industry contacts
Working in compliance with all health and safety and environmental legislation including, but not limited to, the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations and Echologics’ Policies, Procedures and Code of Conduct
Other duties assigned by management
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications:
Minimum 5 years’ experience in leak detection of water systems and advanced acoustic leak detection equipment
Experience in Water Supply Distributions and Operations systems in North America and Europe
Unrivalled knowledge of the establishment of District Meter Areas, including use of step testing, Non Revenue Water assessment
Extensive experience in the use of numerous manufacturers’ leak noise correlators and other associated technology
Experience with programming and deployment of noise loggers
Special experience in the training and retraining of staff, at all levels, in the many and various techniques and methods of leakage control & detection using existing and new technology equipment
Experience in the design and setting up of pressure zones, using existing and new technology
Trunk main flow monitoring using Pito Rod and EM, and Ultrasonic insertion flow meters
Familiarity with water system design in the UK, US, Middle East, and Southeast Asia related to application of leakage control and flow monitoring techniques
Experience in the commissioning and monitoring of EchoShore TX and DX
Experience with ePulse condition assessment technology and EchoWave leak detection technology
Fully experienced in managing and administering distribution workload
Experience in the operation of LeakfinderRT, specifically in measuring acoustic wave velocity
Familiarity with techniques used in pipe condition assessment
International experience an asset as the position will entail some business development
Proven ability to manage large and technically complex projects on time and on budget
Educational requirements are flexible, but must include:
Formal leak detection training
DMA Flow meter training
Presser Management training
Pipe locating training
Confined Space Entry
In return you are offered a salary of $75,273 basic plus benefits including healthcare, vision, dental, employee assistance program, employee stock purchase plan and a registered retirement savings plan. You will have the opportunity to work for a truly innovative organisation with real potential for growth and advancement.
TO APPLY:
If you meet the above requirements and qualifications, please apply by sending your resume with the job title in the subject line to recruiting@echologics.com. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for interview will be contacted.