Water Operator OIT Job Aurora area,Ontario Canada,Trades / Skilled Labor

Employment Type: CUPE,Permanent, Full Time

Location: Aurora, Ontario
Salary Range: $26.94-$37.90 hourly (rate will commensurate with qualifications)

Closing Deadline: September 23, 2026

The Town of Aurora is located in the heart of York Region and just 30 kilometers north of Toronto. Our vision is to become a progressive community with a small-Town charm and our mission is to deliver exceptional services that make people proud to call Aurora home. Our workforce is talented, diverse, and committed to fostering a culture that exemplifies teamwork, embraces innovation, and values diversity, equity, and inclusion to achieve mission excellence.

It is important that our workforce reflects t he citizens we serve. Come join us at the Town of Aurora, “You’re in Good Company”.

Position Summary

Responsible to perform various duties related to municipal drinking water distribution system including, contract administration and water meter services including installing, inspecting, constructing, repairing and reading water meters, conducting locates and pressure tests, swabbing, tapping, flushing, water sampling and other infrastructure servicing operations, repairing main breaks, checking valves, service boxes, and fire hydrants to ensure same are operational. Ensuring compliance with Ontario Regulation 170/03 of the Safe Water Drinking Act.

Accountable for associate documentation and reporting and maintaining municipal wastewater collection system including responding to emergencies during business/after hours for sewer backups. Providing back-up support to other Public Works Section functions; and for assisting with annual snow removal and salting operations, as assigned.

Responsibilities

1. The (Water) Operator will perform the duties of an OIC (Operator in Charge) or ORO (Overall Responsible Operator) as assigned installs and/or repairs water meters as required, including performing necessary site preparation work, removing/placing, connecting, and tag and meters, testing same, and recording and reporting identification and reading information to appropriate staff, assisting contractors with commercial meter change outs and back flow device installations.

2. Reads water meters as assigned, including recording and reporting reading information to Financial department; performs water shut-off duties as directed by the Financial Services and responding to and investigating high consumption/low water pressure complaints.

3. Responds to enquiries from, and/or liaises with homeowners, businesses, institutions, utilities, other Departments/levels of government, suppliers, contractors, builders and/or other contacts as required, on water meter inspections, installation, reading, servicing/repair and/or shut-off matters, utility locates including locating and marking water, sanitary and stormwater services utilizing locating equipment and/or file records, as required; and tests water services tracing wire installations in new subdivisions and documents and reports findings to Engineering Division, as assigned.

4. Conducts water service utility locates including locating and marking water, sanitary and stormwater services utilizing locating equipment and/or file records, as required; and tests water services tracing wire installations in new subdivisions and documents and reports findings to Engineering Division, as assigned.

5. Inspects valves, service boxes, fire hydrants and/or other related water service installations to ensure operational, replaces same as required.

6. Performs valve inspections including exercising, documenting deficiencies, provide input on required repairs and provide contract administration for repairs.

7. Collects water/wastewater samples, store/transport samples for quality…