The City of Mississauga is seeking a highly experienced and detail-oriented Engineer, Transit Fleet. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in guiding the technical and financial transition towards a low- and zero-emission fleet, including both revenue and non-revenue vehicles, as well as other transit equipment.
Requirements
- Prepares and approves engineering designs and contract changes related to the transit fleet.
- Prepares, coordinates, and influences the development of technical requirements and procurements for transit vehicle assets.
- Responsible for addressing and developing programs and campaigns targeting operational issues, safety, and reliability of the transit fleet.
- Diagnose non-routine complex failures on a variety of electrical, multiplex, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and structural systems and components.
- Maintain control over installed firmware on electronically controlled systems and associated diagnostic software by monitoring OEM updates, reviewing their need and applicability, assessing interoperability issues and making appropriate arrangements for installation, documented processes and then training others.
- Provide direction for the diagnosis/repair of all systems in a safe manner, particularly with respect to potentially dangerous systems such as high voltage electrical, high pressure systems and those involving complex repairs.
- Initiates and leads complex technical feasibility and implementation studies to support transition to a zero emission transit fleet.
- Develops, oversees, and administers, capital and operating programs and strategies.
- Responsible for the development, review, and approval of sustainability and innovation policies, procedures, standards, and codes of practice.
- Initiates, evaluates, negotiates contracts with private industry and government officials.
- Assists in the development of capital and operating.
- Prepares justifications for expenditures and variances.
- Lead the development of MiWay’s ZEB Strategy.
- Responsible for the establishment, maintenance and monitoring of quality assurance and continuous improvement programs.
- Keeps abreast of all relevant federal and provincial legislation and regulations.
- Develops comprehensive test programs to provide data for important vehicle and equipment engineering decisions and performance-based procurement payment milestones.
- Ensures the timely reporting of project performance to the management team.
- Provides advice and documentation to all levels of management on investigative and Preventative Maintenance programs.
- Monitors developments and legislation related to the maintenance engineering of transit fleet vehicles; evaluating the impact on maintenance and engineering; recommending and implementing policy and procedural improvements.
- Ensures effective subsystems integration, allowing for real-time health monitoring of equipment.
- Working with maintenance training department to develop and deliver new curriculum related to electrical and mechanical repair.
- Analyzing various work process and procedures to provide sound recommendations to improve the efficiency of bus fleet maintenance.
- Coordinating the development and updates of procedures, guidelines and technical standards.
- Provides direction and guidance, information, and assisted leadership to staff within the Transit Fleet Engineering & Asset Management team.
- Oversees requirement that the appropriate training and guidance are kept current on industry technical requirements and legislative changes, as well as divisional goals and objectives.
- Manages a wide range of outside consultants, contractors, and vendors who provide program and/or project support for complex sustainability and innovation solutions.
- Provides project management, and policy expertise in the preparation, review, and approval of new sustainability and innovation systems and detailed designs.
Benefits
- Health and Dental Benefits
- Defined Benefit Pension Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Life Insurance
- Short Term Disability Insurance
- Long Term Disability Insurance
