Posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Job Number: COOP -23-18

Job Type: Co-op, Temporary Full-time, Up to 6 Months, Union

Position Closing Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Choose Barrie

The City of Barrie is a vibrant, progressive, and growing community with deep connections to our heritage, to nature and to the opportunities surrounding us.

Our community values quality of life; the ability to play year-round with 300 hectares of park space, our beautiful waterfront, our lively downtown core and the nearby hills, wetlands, and forests. We also value connections; to our neighbours and the community, to our road and rail network, and to the opportunity Barrie provides to enjoy life.

Everything Barrie has to offer, from the water we drink to the roads we travel on, has one thing in common - municipal workers. Joining a municipality is one of the most rewarding, engaging, and exciting careers you could choose. It is a career you can take pride in knowing that every day you make a positive impact on an entire community. We are one team, with one goal and we all work together to continue making our community great.

The Opportunity

Corporate Facilities provides the City of Barrie with expertise in four key service areas: facility planning, design and construction; maintenance and property management, facility asset management and energy management. As a Centre of Excellence for a large and complex inventory of physical assets, the department comprises all the necessary functions and lines of business to ensure the full life-cycle management of the City of Barrie's facility and property portfolios.

Under the general guidance and direction of the Marina Facility Supervisor, the Floating Waste Management - Marina Co-op Student position has a sole responsibility to collect, track, report, and support new environmental initiatives. Specifically, this position will operate our Seabin’s and floating boom waste and audit the results collecting data on a monthly frequency. This data will be analyzed to promote public relations, environmental initiatives, and support diversion ideas. The Floating Waste Management Co-op is a new position that will work collaboratively with the Marina Blue Flag Committee supporting forward thinking initiatives and driving positive change. Overall, this position plays and integral role in maintaining a high standard for water quality and bringing awareness to all.

Successful Candidate would be assisting with the following tasks:

• Management of Seabin initiative at the City of Barrie two marinas (YouTube: How Seabins Work - Vancouver Plastic Cleanup)
• Wind analysis of floating waste, and floating waste tracking.
• Waste audits, data tracking, recommendations, diversion ideas, and reporting.
• Support the marina on Blue Flag certification and environmental initiatives.
• Support City of Barrie public relations (PR) on floating waste information.
• Ability to learn additional responsibilities to support the marina operation

Our Culture and Qualifications of the Job

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

Education (degree/diploma/certifications)

• Currently enrolled in or is a student in a recognized College or University*
• Working towards the completion of a Post Secondary Diploma in an Environmental program or related discpline.
• Enrolled in a recognized College or University Co-op program
• Technical report required within Coop Place

Experience

• Demonstrated experience responding to questions and inquiries and dealing with people in a volunteer or extracurricular capacity

Knowledge/Skill/Ability

• Demonstrate the Ability to:

  • Work collaboratively in a group setting to achieve a desired objective, goal, or outcome.
  • Analize data, build a report, and provide improvement ideas.
  • Interact effectively and courteously with all levels of staff, and community
  • Develop, promote, and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Intermediate skills include: Analytical; Interpersonal; Organizational; Problem Solving; Time Management; Verbal Communication; Written Communication;
  • Comfortable performing a waste audit.
  • Be Self Motivated.
  • Basic customer service skills
  • Basic Computer Skills (Excel, word, Powerpoint).
  • Demonstrated ability to exert effort to lift, push, pull or carry objects weighing up to 10 kg
  • Demonstrated ability to exert effort to perform physical tasks such as raking, shoveling, and sweeping.
  • Demonstrated ability to maintain balance when walking on floating docks, unsteady surfaces and stepping up and down a 12-inch rise.
  • Comfortable being around the water, and comfortable being in the water.

Conditions of Employment

• Have a valid Ontario Class “G” Driver's Licence in good standing
• Satisfactory Criminal Record Check*

Other Important Information

Work Term: May 1 - October 31, 2023.

Wage: $20.43 per hour

Hours: The normal hours of work are 35 hours per week in accordance with the Collective Agreement

Location: City Marina, 55 Lakeshore Dr, Barrie, ON

The City of Barrie is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to creating a workplace culture of inclusiveness and welcomes applications from qualified individuals of diverse backgrounds. We are committed to providing barrier-free and accessible employment practices and we will accommodate the needs of applicants under the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. If contacted for an employment opportunity, please advise if you require Code-protected accommodation and we will work with you to meet your needs.

We thank all applicants and advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.