Protect Ontario's water—and shape its future. Join a team that safeguards our lakes, rivers, and communities by ensuring wastewater infrastructure meets the highest environmental standards. Your expertise will help reduce pollution, support sustainable development, and improve public health across the province.
About the job
• Use your engineering expertise to assess wastewater and stormwater systems and help ensure they meet Ontario's environmental standards and protect public health.
• Apply environmental laws and policies to develop clear, enforceable approvals that guide how infrastructure is built and operated across the province.
• Lead complex projects from start to finish, working with technical experts, Indigenous communities, and other stakeholders to deliver timely, high-quality decisions.
• Analyze risks and solve problems by reviewing technical designs and data, identifying environmental concerns, and recommending practical solutions.
• Communicate clearly and build strong relationships with clients, consultants, and the public—translating technical information into plain language and supporting informed decisions.
What you bring to the team
Mandatory requirements
• You are a Professional Engineer, licensed with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).
Environmental Engineering and Legislative Knowledge:
• Demonstrated knowledge of wastewater and stormwater treatment technologies, effluent criteria, and site-specific pollution control methods.
• Ability to apply engineering principles to evaluate environmental impacts and ensure technical soundness and regulatory compliance.
• Skill in interpreting and applying environmental legislation, regulations, and ministry policies to complex engineering scenarios.
• Ability to develop enforceable approval conditions that align with legal and policy frameworks while protecting public health and the environment.
Analytical Thinking and Risk Assessment
• Ability to assess technical submissions and identify gaps, risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Competence in evaluating ill-defined or novel issues and formulating evidence-based recommendations under regulatory constraints.
Project and Stakeholder Management
• Skill in coordinating multi-disciplinary input and managing concurrent engineering projects to meet service standards.
• Ability to build consensus and maintain productive relationships with diverse stakeholders, including Indigenous communities and technical experts.
Communication and Relationship Building
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Competence in preparing professional documentation and fostering collaborative relationships across sectors and communities.
Don't meet every qualification?
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!
How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility
We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's
Human Rights Code and the
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer
accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please
contact us.Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace: