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As the Supervisor, Forestry Capital Delivery, you'll be at the heart of Mississauga's mission to sustain, renew, and expand its uran forest. This role offers the opportunity to lead the planning and delivery of the forestry capital program. This includes the planting and establishment of new and replacement trees and their associated infrastructure on street, parks, and in hardscape and softscape.- turning your vision into thriving urban forest ecosystems.

You'll oversee the full lifecycle of forestry capital programming, from strategic planning to hands-on implementation, and monitoring. Whether managing contracts, motivating staff, or ensuring innovation and best practices, you'll bring technical expertise and leadership to every step. Collaboration is key: you'll be a key member of the Forestry Leadership Team, you'll forge strong partnerships across city divisions and with external stakeholders to drive urban forest outcomes.

This is more than a job-it's a chance to shape the future of Mississauga's urban forest. If you're passionate about trees, urban forest resilience, and making a tangible impact, this role puts you where it matters most.

• Supervise the renewal, expansion, and sustainability of the urban forest through the planning and delivery of the forestry capital program, including the development and forecasting of the forestry capital plan
• Supervise the planting and establishment of new and replacement trees and their associated infrastructure on streets, parks, and City property, and in hardscape and softscape.
• Supervise the planning, procurement, coordination, scheduling and supervision of contractors, consultants, services, personnel, equipment, supplies, and materials to ensure the most efficient and effective use of in-house and contracted resources.
• Sets operational priorities and objectives within the business unit, including milestones, timelines, and performance measures
• Supervise, motivate, mentor, and train assigned staff, including recruitment and hiring, scheduling, assigning, and reviewing of work. Authorizes and coordinates standby, overtime, and leave requests. Determines staff training and development needs, monitors and evaluate staff performance, providing coaching, performance management, and taking disciplinary action when necessary.
• Develops, recommends and administers the annual operating and capital budget for the unit, and ensures that the unit's expenditures are controlled and maintained within approved budget
• Supervise the procurement and ongoing contract management of vendors, contractors, and consultants
• Develops and implements operational plans, policies, procedures, service standards, service level agreements, and special initiatives
• Evaluates operational effectiveness and efficiency, monitors performance, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence
• Ensures the timely delivery of quality customer service and resolutions to service requests, complaints, and inquiries from the public, elected officials, or other City staff.
• Develops, prepares, and submits correspondence, reports, briefing notes, memoranda, and presentations for leadership and Council
• Cultivates effective working relationships with internal and external partners, including members of Council and their staff, other departments, divisions, and sections, and members of the public
• Represents the Division at public meetings, committees of Council, inter-divisional, and inter-departmental meetings
• Leads, participates and/or contributes to working groups, committees, task forces, and project teams
• Develops and fosters a strong culture of health and safety and ensures compliance with all applicable health and safety legislation and policies (i.e. Occupational Health and Safety Act)
• Ensures quality of work and services meets legislated, corporate, departmental, divisional, and section standards

• Post-secondary degree in urban forestry, forestry, arboriculture, or landscape architecture, or related discipline
• Must be an ISA Certified Arborist and hold the Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ). ISA Certied Urban Forest Professional or ISA Board Certified Master Arborist or Registered Professional Forester (R.P.F.) or a Landscape Architect (OALA) would be an asset.
• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in urban forestry
• Must have extensive knowledge of urban forestry, arboriculture, and landscape construction principles and practices
• Extensive experience with tree planting and establishment on streets, parks, and City property, on hardscape and softscape
• Demonstrated experience overseeing projects and contractors, including developing procurement documents, budget control, meeting deadlines and deliverables, contractor quality control, working with/on project teams and working groups
• Demonstrated interpersonal and leadership skills to provide direction to staff and contractors
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact with residents, stakeholders and elected officials effectively
• Sound knowledge of applicable legislation, regulations, and policies (i.e. Occupational Health and Safety Act)
• Must hold a valid Ontario G Driver's License or higher with an acceptable driving record