Engineering Assistant III - Sewers Utility Drafter

City of Vancouver; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 55,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work program

Job summary

City of Vancouver is recruiting an Engineering Assistant III - Sewers Utility Drafter to help renew and manage the sewer and drainage network. The role focuses on creating and maintaining sewer construction drawings, performing survey work, and providing technical information to the public, staff, and external partners.

The position involves collaboration within the Engineering Services team and potential flexible/hybrid work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Completion of Grade 12 plus relevant technical courses.

Responsibilities

• Create sewer design drawings using GIS/AutoCAD/TopoBase.
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Skills

Sewer design knowledge

GIS & AutoCAD

Civil 3D

Survey methods

Analytical skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Technical reading

Communication

Field survey

Education

Grade 12 + tech courses

Equivalent training/experience

Tools

TopoBase

Hansen

AutoCAD Map 3D

Civil 3D

Job description

Engineering Assistant III - Sewers Utility Drafter - REPOST

Requisition ID: 46701

Vancouver is consistently ranked as one of the world’s most liveable and environmentally sustainable cities. Recognized among BC’s Top Employers and Canada’s Greenest Employers, the City of Vancouver is seeking colleagues who can help advance our core commitments to exceptional public service, sustainability, equity, and an outstanding quality of life for all residents.

With a strong commitment to being a City of Reconciliation, we invite you to join our dedicated team and become part of an innovative, inclusive, and engaging workplace. A career with the City of Vancouver and within the broader public service, offers meaningful work where you play a key role in ensuring equitable access to services, upholding ethical governance, and supporting the needs of citizens with integrity and dedication.

Main Purpose and Function

The Sewers Utility Drafter is part of a team responsible for the renewal, design, construction and management of the City’s integrated sewage and drainage network.

The position is responsible for creating and maintaining sewer infrastructure construction drawings and as-built information; performing survey work; and providing research, technical information and responding to inquiries to the public, private companies, outside agencies and other City branches.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Creates sewer design construction drawings using GIS/AutoCAD/TopoBase environment using departmental paper records and electronic databases
• Updates GIS as-built information
• Researches and provides technical and other information regarding sewer and water infrastructure for the public, city staff and private companies, providing written correspondence as required
• Undertakes quality control processes related to existing GIS data
• Makes recommendations to improve branch processes and information access needs
• Carries out survey work to collect as-built field information as required
• Carries out confined space entry procedures
• Carries out design and construction technical assignments
• Communicates and corresponds with the public, private companies, outside agencies and other City branches
• Other duties/responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Completion of Grade 12, supplemented by technical courses related to the work, or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Experience preparing AutoCAD construction drawings in Civil 3D.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Good knowledge of municipal design and construction of sewer systems
• Knowledge of surveyor methods and techniques
• Working knowledge of standard engineering concepts and terminology
• Strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a focus on customer service
• Ability to perform accurate survey work, draft simple designs, and make routine office and field engineering computations
• Ability to read and interpret engineering plans and understand specifications
• Ability to problem solve with accuracy in a technical environment;
• Ability to work efficiently in a team environment with little supervision and under tight time lines
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to work outdoors in inclement weather
• Proficient in the use of software applications, geographical information systems and databases such as TopoBase, Hansen, AutoCAD Map 3D, and Civil 3D
• Ability to arrange suitable transportation to various work locations

Where operationally appropriate and subject to change, the City of Vancouver has a Flexible Work Program. This program allows staff to work a hybrid work week from locations that are a daily commutable distance from their work at a City worksite. At this time this position is eligible to be part of the Flexible Work Program.

Business Unit/Department: Engineering Services

Affiliation: CUPE 15 Non Pks

Employment Type: Regular Full Time

Position Start Date: November, 2026

Salary Information: Pay Grade GR-021: $39.66 to $46.67 per hour

Application Close: October 18, 2026

At the City of Vancouver, we are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce that represents the community we so proudly serve. Indigenous peoples, people of colour, 2SLGBTQ+ persons including all gendersand persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.Accommodations will be provided upon request during the selection process.

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The City of Vancouver acknowledges that it is situated on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation).

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