Dir, Geotechnical

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 53335
Ministry: Transportation and Economic Corridors
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: March 25, 2024
Classification: Senior Manager Zone 2 (M42Z2)

**Salary**: $4,149.76 to $5,269.59 bi-weekly ($108,308 - $137,536/year)

Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors (TEC) is a centre of excellence for transportation in North America. We contribute to Alberta's prosperity and quality of life by providing and supporting a safe, innovative and sustainable provincial transportation system and water management infrastructure. With Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors, you can engage in a fulfilling career with diverse room to grow. We believe in building careers, providing opportunities for growth within the organization, and striving to provide our staff with a work-life balance including reasonable hours of work to ensure time with family and to accommodate outside interests.

The ministry promotes a vital and diverse economy by:

- Managing transportation safety
- Supporting municipalities with public transportation and water/wastewater facilities
- Expanding and enhancing a well-integrated transportation system and enabling market access
- Preserving and developing the provincial highway network and water management infrastructure

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**Role Responsibilities**:
As the Director of Geotechnical and Utilities Engineering, you will direct the development of standards, specifications, guidelines and best practices for geotechnical, roadside development and utility issues, and some aspects of materials engineering. You will provide expert advice to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders in matters involving complex roadside development, utility, and geotechnical issues. You will ensure that geotechnical designs are cost-effective, adopt appropriate risk management values and adequately address risk to the public and infrastructure.

Your responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

- Developing geotechnical standards, best management practices, and expertise within the Department.
- Working with regional staff to raise awareness of geohazards and ensuring regional staff assigned to geotechnical projects are fully engaged and informed to meet the often unique aspects of geotechnical project delivery.
- Initiating, directing and reviewing external consultant designs to ensure they are adequate and effective, in the context of geotechnical cost and risk management.
- Providing expert advice on roadside development topics such as highway signage, Highway Vicinity Management Agreements (HVMA), Highways Development and Protection Act (HDPA) issues and access management issues and hot topics.
- Providing input into and developing standards, practices and policies for utility topics (related to telecommunications, electrical, oil and gas, water and sewer utilities); utility relocation and payment agreements, HDPA, pipe materials, crossing permits, geotechnical requirements, utilities within the right of way, cross-jurisdictional pipeline approvals.
- Chairing the TEC Innovation Evaluation Group (new product committee)
- Informing product suppliers/manufacturers of requirements for inclusion on Products List, inform same regarding removal from product list.
- Managing the monitoring and assessment of geohazard sites, for which there are currently approximately 250 sites, with a combined liability of more than $250 Million.
- Directing and encouraging geotechnical designs to be innovative and leverage new technologies when practical.
- Managing the budget for the Geohazard Risk Management Program.

To be successful in this position, you will demonstrate:

- The ability to innovate, to solve complex, time sensitive problems.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, negotiation and documentation skills.
- Flexibility, adaptability, commitment and teamwork, ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
- Agility and responsiveness to adapt to changing priorities while remaining objective under pressure.
- The ability to handle very complex, multidisciplinary projects involving external technical experts, consultants, contractors, department staff and occasionally academics.

**APS Competencies**:
Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:
Agility: you will be supportive of continuous improvement and actively and regularly review processes to promote innovation and adapt to changes in government policy and direction.

Develop Networks: your involvement and leadership within professional societies, regular p