KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Position 1: Project and Inspection Support
Primary Responsibilities (60%):
- Assist with project delivery, including site coordination, inspections and design support
- Conduct warranty inspections and monitoring for completed Capital Projects
- Observe construction activities to ensure adherence to project plans and safety requirements
- Maintain and update project records, and document project progress
Secondary Responsibilities (40%):
- Participate in rail crossing assessments and inspections
- Assist with traffic-related project tasks and field data collection as assigned
- Support signage inspection as assigned and as time allows
Position 2: Drainage Asset Management
Primary Responsibilities (80%):
- Conduct inspections of County drainage infrastructure, focusing on culvert and registered ditches as part of a five-year inspection cycle
- Survey/document asset condition and input data into GIS to support asset management and operational/capital work planning
- Support Transportation and Engineering Staff with drainage surveys and evaluations as required
Secondary Responsibilities (20%):
- Assist with roadside infrastructure inspections as required
- Support the drainage element of Capital Project delivery
- Contribute to project delivery support as required
Position 3: Traffic Data Collection
Primary Responsibilities (80%):
- Complete traffic counts and intersection assessments as part of the Traffic Data Program
- Manage the scheduling and execution of data collection to ensure that all required counts are collected in alignment with the planned inspection cycle
- Process and analyze traffic data, and input into GIS to support Capital Planning and other County program areas
- Operate and troubleshoot traffic counting hardware and software
Secondary Responsibilities (20%):
- Assist with intersection studies and other traffic related tasks as required
- Support project planning and engineering, specifically in relation to traffic impacts on design
Position 4: Capital Program and Infrastructure Support
Primary Responsibilities (80%):
- Work collaboratively with the Traffic Data Collection Student, as well as the Drainage Asset Management Student to ensure that inspection and data collection objectives for each area are achieved
- Independently manage guardrail condition inspection and GIS data entry
- Assist with curb and gutter assessments as required
- Broadly support infrastructure data collection across all areas and provide program delivery support as required.
- Assist with project delivery, including site coordination, inspections and design support.
- Observe construction activities to ensure adherence to capital project plans and safety requirements.
Secondary Responsibilities (20%):
- Provide flagging and safety support to other students as required
- Support signage and rail cross inspections as time allows
General Responsibilities (All positions)
- Assists Transportation and Engineering staff as required, and work collaboratively with the other Engineering Students as a team to ensure the successful completion of all assigned tasks
- Update and development of a year-end report/student manual as required to assist future Engineering students with their role
- Performs other related duties as required by the Supervisor.
- Adheres to all of Sturgeon County’s policies, bylaws, procedures, and processes, as well as aligns work to the Sturgeon County values.
- Adheres to applicable responsibilities and accountabilities as outlined in the Sturgeon County Health and Safety Management System.
