Roads Lead Operator

Posting Number: PC-26-20

Job Type: Permanent Full-time, Union

Salary Range: $75,878.40 to $90,937.60 per year

Final date to receive applications:
Monday, June 29, 2026 at 11:59 pm

The City of Barrie is an actively growing municipality with a variety of arterial, collector, local, rural, semi-rural, and urban roads, evolving stormwater collection, conveyance and treatment systems, and advanced methodologies to maintain assigned linear infrastructure throughout a wide range of climatic conditions. The City's Roads Operations Section is responsible for the effective and efficient operation and maintenance of all roads related linear infrastructure including road surfaces and structural base, curbs, sidewalks, walkways, sewer system access points and stormwater conveyance and treatment systems.

The Roads Section ensures that designated municipal infrastructure is operated and maintained in accordance with applicable legislation including but not limited to the Highway Traffic Act, Environmental Protection Act (EPA), Ontario Water Resources Act, Fisheries Act, and the Occupational Health and Safety ACT (OHSA).

As a member of the Roads Operations Section, the Roads Lead Operator is responsible for the day-to-day operation of all equipment, processes, and systems associated with assigned City of Barrie roads and stormwater infrastructure to ensure regulatory compliance, community safety, environmental sustainability, and resource conservation. This position acts in a leadership capacity for assigned related projects and utilizes performance data and instrumentation to monitor, evaluate, adjust, maintain and renew municipal roads related infrastructure.

Corporate Culture: Your workplace values align with our corporate values of Strive, Share and Care and you want to join us in providing exceptional services and programs to build a prosperous, growing and sustainable community.

Equally important to what we do is how we do it - your actions reflect our core accountabilities of Personal Awareness, Teamwork and Collaboration, Respect and Inclusion, Innovation, and Service Excellence, which define how we work together to succeed.

Education (degree/diploma/certifications)

• One (1) year College Certificate in Skilled Trades including Heavy Equipment Operation, Civil Engineering Technology, or post secondary training in municipal roads and infrastructure construction, operations and maintenance
• Front End Loader and Skid Steer Operator Training Certificate
• Backhoe Operator Training Certificate
• Heavy Duty Plow with Hopper Competence Certificate
• Ontario Good Roads Association Snow School Certificate
• T.J. Mahoney Road School Certificate (completed within 2 years of hire)
• C.S. Anderson Roads School Certificate (completed within 3 years of hire)

Don’t meet the credentials as outlined but have years of directly related experience? Please see the City’s Education Equivalency Policy to determine if you may qualify for equivalency. Further information is available at

• Position Equivalency Code: B

Experience

• Four (4) years of experience performing duties related to the major responsibilities of the position, including:
• Three (3) years of experience operating and maintaining municipal linear infrastructure, such as stormwater works, road surfaces and base, sidewalks, walkways and curbs
• Two (2) years of experience leading crews
• Two (2) years of experience in public sector roads winter maintenance activities
• Demonstrated experience operating a wide range of heavy and specialized equipment in a construction or public sector operations setting
• Demonstrated experience applying required safety protocols at construction sites including confined space entry and trench safety

Conditions of Employment

• Valid Ontario Class "D" Driver's Licence with a "Z" endorsement in good standing
• Satisfactory Criminal Record Check

Location: Operations Centre, 165 Ferndale Drive North, Barrie, Ontario

Hours: The normal hours of work are 40 hours per week in accordance with the Collective Agreement

What We Offer: This position includes a comprehensive union benefit plan, including but not limited to extended health and dental coverage, life and accident insurance, paid vacation and sick days, short/long term disability plans, OMERS Primary pension plan, access to the Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP), discounted rates for City Fitness Memberships and Transit Passes, and access to the Perkopolis Perks program, which provides exclusive access to discounts on a wide range of products and services available to all City employees.

How to Apply: