Geomatics Plan Technician

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Are you an enthusiastic and experienced Geomatics Technician looking to be part of a dynamic, progressive team? Would you like to work in a technically advanced shop, using your skills and knowledge to support the design, construction and maintenance of Ontario's highways? If so, this job with the Ministry of Transportation is for you!

NOTE: Effective, January 1, 2022, the updated salary range for this position is $1,186.94 to $1,450.11 per week in alignment with the recently ratified OPSEU Unified 2022-2024 collective agreement.

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About the job

In this challenging and technically diverse role, you will:

• create and assess legal and engineering survey products
• process and review engineering survey and legal survey products
• assist in data management and data analysis
• produce themes, maps, and spatial databases
• research engineering and title records
• assist project staff by providing technical guidance and support.

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What you bring to the team

Technical expertise:

• demonstrated knowledge of CAD and GIS software to produce and review themes, maps, spatial databases and shape files
• demonstrated knowledge of GIS technology and practices
• proficiency using common office productivity software

Land and engineering survey knowledge:

• demonstrated knowledge of legal survey plans and practices, with ability to interpret relevant legislation
• demonstrated knowledge of land registry records and practices, with ability to prepare legal survey plans and associated documents
• demonstrated knowledge of engineering survey principles, practices and procedures, such as control surveys, digital terrain modelling and alignments

Essential skills:

• strong interpersonal and communication skills to explain technical terminology in a clear way, to provide advice and guidance, and to prepare reports
• excellent analytical and research skills, including the evaluation of survey information
• organizational skills to coordinate and organize own work activities on multiple projects with varying levels of complexity within deadlines

OPS Commitment to diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and anti-racism

We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

Visit theOPS Anti-Racism Policy and the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.

We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's Human Rights Code. Refer to the application instructions below if you require a disability-related accommodation.

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Additional information:

Note:

• T-MT-179525/22
  
  The information that you provide for the purpose of this competition and the results from this competition may be used to fill other positions. These positions may be of various tenures, including short-term assignments. Your information and the results from this competition will be retained for the purpose of filling vacancies in accordance with the applicable collective agreement or policy provisions.
  
  Effective October 1, 2021, the OPS COVID-19 Safe Workplace Directive requires all Ontario Public Service employees to provide proof they are fully vaccinated, meaning they are fully vaccinated as defined by the Ministry of Health (refer to: COVID-19 Fully Vaccinated Status in Ontario), including 14 calendar days have passed since receiving their final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
  
  Employees who do not provide proof of full vaccination will be deemed ‘not vaccinated' under the Directive and will be required to attend a vaccine education program and undergo regular rapid antigen testing. Employees who are not vaccinated under the policy with a valid medical exemption will not be required to attend a vaccine education program but must undergo regular rapid antigen testing.

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Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.