Career Development Opportunities
Metro Vancouver is committed to leading the region to a sustainable common future. Our success depends on the knowledge and skills of our people. You’ll grow through your involvement in meaningful, diverse and innovative work. And you’ll learn through extensive opportunities we provide for your personal, technical and career development.

We have a broad range of development opportunities, including:

• external job-related training, conferences, workshops and seminars
• extensive internal training to support you in your daily work, career aspirations, and personal growth
• The Corporate Development Fund, including financial support for participating in programs that lead to further technical training, professional accreditation, a degree, diploma or additional certification 
• Lunch ‘n’ Learn sessions, covering corporate initiatives and general-interest issues
• The Leadership Development Program, aimed at future leaders and managers
• The Supervisory Development Program, providing supervisory skills enrichment
• The Coaching and Mentorship Programs, offering continual support
• Health and Safety training courses, such as Confined Space Entry and Occupational First Aid to ensure you and your team can work safely
• Skilled Trade Apprentices
• Engineer-In-Training Program, offering support, training and meaningful work for recently graduated students as they earn their P. Eng.

Rewarding the Best
Our competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits are just part of the full rewards package, which varies by employee group.

We provide:

• paid vacation
• sick leave
• BC Medical Services Plan
• extended health and dental
• life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Municipal Pension Plan - a defined benefit plan
• Employee Trip Reduction Program - includes discounts on Translink public transit passes
• Computer Purchase Plan - enables the purchase of computer equipment through an interest-free loan
• Employee Family Scholarship Program - provides four cash awards annually to employee family members based on a combination of scholastic achievement and contributions to their school and/or community
• Health & Wellness Program - includes a variety of resources, activities and events on a range of issues related to overall health and well-being
• Employee and Family Assistance Program - confidential counselling and referral service for employees and their families. EFAP counsellors can assist with personal, work-related and lifestyle concerns
• a wide variety of activities that support our employee community, such as charity fund-raisers, corporate events and more
• numerous other programs and initiatives that support employees in working smarter and living better