Location: North York, ON (Hybrid – 2–3 days onsite per week)
Contract Duration: Up to 2 years, with potential for extension
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week
Equipment Requirement: Candidates must have and use their own personal computer.
Pay Rate: $50-65/hour (Open to discuss)
Job Title: Standards Technologist
Position Overview
We are seeking a detail-oriented Standards Technologist to support the review, development, revision, and maintenance of engineering design standards and technical documentation within a transit infrastructure environment.
The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating design standards revisions, reviewing technical specifications and drawings, managing stakeholder feedback, and ensuring documentation complies with established standards, procedures, and formatting requirements.
This position requires strong technical documentation skills, attention to detail, and the ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Review and analyze engineering design standards documentation, including Master Specifications, Design Manuals, Standard Drawings, and Directive Drawings, to ensure accuracy, completeness, consistency, and compliance with established guidelines and templates.
- Coordinate technical, administrative, and documentation activities associated with the design standards revision process.
- Implement approved revisions and markups to technical documents, ensuring accuracy, proper formatting, and adherence to established standards.
- Proofread and perform quality checks on revised specifications, drawings, and other technical documentation before finalization.
- Collaborate with engineering designers and stakeholders across multiple disciplines, including Plant Maintenance, Track and Structures, Streetcar Infrastructure, Safety and Environment, and other departments.
- Coordinate stakeholder reviews, consolidate feedback, track comments, and ensure all review comments are appropriately addressed.
- Prepare, circulate, and track documentation requiring internal reviews, approvals, and signatures.
- Monitor revision activities, maintain task tracking records, and provide regular progress updates to the Standards Manager and project team.
- Prepare and maintain status reports, technical records, and other supporting documentation.
- Assist with maintaining and updating the organization's specified Product List.
- Support continuous improvement of technical documentation processes and standards management practices.
- Perform additional related duties as required.
Qualifications and Experience
Education and Technical Background
- Post-secondary diploma or degree in Architectural Technology, Engineering Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline. An equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience will also be considered.
- Experience working with engineering design standards, technical specifications, construction documentation, or related technical records.
- Understanding of architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering disciplines and how they interact within infrastructure projects.
- Knowledge of engineering design and construction practices, including relevant industry codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Familiarity with technical specification writing, document review processes, and specification research methodologies.
- Understanding of engineering design office procedures, document control practices, and technical records management.
- Experience within transit, transportation, or infrastructure environments is an asset.
Technical Skills
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel, particularly for technical document formatting, editing, tracking, and reporting.
- Experience using Microsoft SharePoint for document management, collaboration, and workflow processes.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Strong computer proficiency, keyboarding skills, and ability to manage large volumes of technical documentation.
- Excellent proofreading, editing, and document quality assurance skills.
- Ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, and engineering documentation.
Communication and Organizational Skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with strong grammar, spelling, and proofreading abilities.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to identify inconsistencies, omissions, and formatting errors in technical documentation.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple document revisions and competing priorities.
- Strong interpersonal and stakeholder coordination skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Sound judgment, a service-oriented approach, and demonstrated ability to follow established procedures while meeting deadlines.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a hybrid work environment.
