Municipal Infrastructure Designer

Job Number:  4718
Job Type: Full-Time
Vacancy Reason:  Backfill
Temp Contract Length:

Location:

150 Frederick St - Regional Admin Headquarters
Job Category:  Other
Number of Positions: 1
Department:  Technical Services
Division:  Engineering and Environmental Services
Hours of Work:  35

Work Schedule:

Monday - Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Union:  CUPE 1883
Grade:  CUPE 1883 Grade 013
Salary Range:  $42.12 - $47.72 per hour
Posting Date:  August 6, 2026 at 12:00am

About Us!
The Region of Waterloo is a thriving, diverse community committed to fostering opportunities for current and future generations. Waterloo Region is part of the Dish with One Spoon wampum, a treaty guiding our commitment to:

Taking only what we need

Leaving some for others

Keeping the dish clean

This agreement underpins our vision, mission, and core value, and reinforces our dedication to meaningful reconciliation and equity.
Waterloo Region is home to over 674,000 residents and expected to grow to nearly one million by 2051. Guided by our  Strategic Plan , "Growing with Care," we prioritize homes for all, climate aligned growth, equitable services and opportunities and a resilient and future ready organization. Our mission is to provide essential services that enhance the quality of life for all residents, while our core value emphasizes caring for people and the land we share.

Join us and be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful difference in our community.

The Role
Plans, drafts and designs roads, sewers, water mains, and related municipal infrastructure for construction of regional roads and at landfill sites and the airport. Prepares detailed design drawings and quantity estimates for contract administration. Provides 3D models to maintain asset management databases and assist in construction. Provides design support to project management staff and others across the organization.

Duties/Responsibilities

Analyzes requirements and designs roads and intersections including roundabouts, bike lanes, sidewalks, multiuse trails, water mains, sanitary and storm sewer pipe systems. Creates Civil3D surface models to design elevations/grades for quantifying material volumes. Produces final quantity estimates for inclusion in tender documents. Creates detailed engineering contract drawings using corporate CADD styles and standards.

Assesses new infrastructure project plans and determines requirements for pre-engineering, functional, and final contract drawings.

Drafts and ensures contract drawings are accurate, constructible, and aligned with engineering standards.

Plans, reviews, analyses, integrates, and organizes information from topographic survey data, legal survey plans, utility locates, GIS datasets, and historical engineering drawings from various sources (e.g., area municipalities, utility companies) to develop accurate, comprehensive engineering base plans for internal teams and external agencies.

Develops functional engineering design alternatives for infrastructure projects, project team assessment, and generates rendering and display boards for public review. Participates in project team meetings to discuss project alternatives.

Creates presentation materials (e.g., display plans, maps, charts, signs, visual aids, 3D graphics) for project team meetings and public consultation centres. Assists project managers with presentation setup and evaluates effectiveness of displays and presentations.

Collaborates with the corporate GIS team to create, extract, translate, and validate GIS datasets to maintain corporate asset management databases.

Prepares and coordinates with others to generate designs, drawings, and reports to support pavement marking plans, traffic signal control plans, signage plans, 3D volumetric calculations, roundabout geometric parameters, and truck turning and sight distance reports.

Verifies and produces control point data and coordinate systems as part of contract administration, and establishes contractor layouts and quality assurance during construction. Determines and requests delivery of drone survey data files.

Conducts technical and design reviews of Ministry applications for approval of new/modified infrastructure projects. Verifies that calculations and designs comply with guidelines.

Analyses, calculates, and monitors landfill capacity volumes and works with Waste Management staff on design drawings for use by landfill operations staff. Prepares graphics for annual Ministry progress reports, solid waste master plan updates, and public presentations.

Orders and processes large scale print/scan requests for the Division and other departments. Implements updates for plotter machine. Occasionally provides guidance and assistance to project managers using the plotter machine.

Assists management to develop/maintain corporate design styles and drawing standards for engineering projects.

Revises drawings and inspection notes to represent as-built conditions, in collaboration with construction inspectors for project records. Maintains project records…