Floating Waste Management - Barrie, Canada - City of Barrie

City of Barrie

Verified Company

Barrie, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Description

Posted:

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Friday, January 26, 2024

Job Number:

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COOP

-24-09

Job Type:

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Co-op, Temporary Full-time, Up to 4 Months, Union

Position Closing Date:

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Friday, February 16, 2024 at 11:59pm

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.

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 Coop program
Technical report required within Coop Placement

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 12inch rise.
Comfortable being around the water, and comfortable being in the water.

Conditions of Employment