The District
has an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled Engineering Technician I. This position provides technical support and manages infrastructure improvement projects, coordinates infrastructure capacity analysis assessments, reviews design submissions, develops conceptual designs of municipal services, prepares technical reports, and assists in establishing programs, policies and procedures relating to operating functions of the department.
The successful candidate will have strong organizational and interpersonal skills, be able to communicate effectively verballyand in writing to exercise considerable courtesy, tact and diplomacy. The applicant should have necessary knowledge of AutoCAD, GIS, MS Office and related software, civil engineering principles, terminology, practices and techniques relating to municipal infrastructure, project management practices and necessary knowledge of municipal budgetary practices, bylaws, and procedures and an ability to prepare cost estimates and a variety of preliminary budgets.

Required training and experience include:
Senior Secondary School education supplemented by completion of two-year program in civil engineering technology.
Minimum of three years related municipal engineering experience.
Eligibility for membership and actively pursuing an Applied Science Technologist Certificate with ASTTBC. Valid BC Driver’s License — Class 5
This is a CUPE position and the rate of pay is $40.67 per hour (may be subject to a probation scale) aswell as a competitive benefits package and pension.

The full job description can be viewed on our website at www.summerland.ca/jobs.
Qualified applicants are encouraged to submit their resume and cover letter (in PDF format) quoting competition number 21-30 to hr@summerland.ca by 4pm on Sunday, August 22, 2021.