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**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 70532
Ministry: Agriculture and Irrigation
Location: Vulcan
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 40 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: May 12, 2025
Classification: Technologies 5 / 126TNC

**Salary**: $2,773.20 to $3,652.66/ bi-weekly ($72,381 to 95,334 yearly)
Please Note: The salary indicated is based on a 40-hour workweek, which is not reflected in the Minimum Recruitment Standard (MRS).

We support Albertans in being proud stewards of air, land, water, and biodiversity by leading the work required for the desired environmental outcomes and sustainable development of natural resources.

**Role Responsibilities**:
If you have a strong mechanical aptitude and are interested in contributing to water management in the southern Alberta, then we have an opportunity for you as a Water Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Supervisor.

Reporting to the area Team Lead, this position is responsible for implementing the normal operating plans, flood action plans, geotechnical instrumentation data collection workflows, surveillance inspections and emergency response plans for water infrastructure projects located in the Bow Basin - Vulcan area that includes river diversions, weirs, embankment canals and dams, large hydraulic structures including canal check/drops and spillways, and complex electromechanical, data acquisition and controls systems.

Primary responsibilities include but not limited to:

- Operation of water infrastructure systems to provide a secured supply of water for licensed water users including Irrigation Districts, municipalities, industry, the aquatic environment, and recreational users.
- Conducting infrastructure inspections, identifying and documenting deficiencies and coordinating follow-up corrective maintenance and repair work orders.
- Participating in the dam safety monitoring and surveillance program, including collecting geotechnical instrumentation field data.
- Participating in emergency preparedness planning, exercises, and stakeholder engagement for potential flood or dam structural emergencies.
- Conducting preventative maintenance and repair projects and coordinating with contractors.
- Participating in a standby/on-call rotation for the critical infrastructure systems as required.
- Providing operational input into capital rehabilitation projects, engineering investigations, and dam safety assessments.
- Supervising and leading one or more direct report technologists.
- Experience with operation and maintenance of water management infrastructure (dams, canals, hydraulic regulating structures) or related industrial facilities and civil infrastructure.
- Proficiency in monitoring and data management systems such as SCADA - Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition.
- Ability to supervise staff and contractors, manage performance, and ensure operational compliance in a similar operational or maintenance environment.
- Capability to participate in flood routing exercises and provide support during hgh-water events.

**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:

- **Creative Problem Solving**: Engages the community and resources at hand to address issues by understanding the root causes, finding ways to improve complex systems etc.
- **Agility**: Proactively incorporates change into processes by creating opportunities for improvement, adapting to changing priorities and remaining objective under pressure.
- **Drive for Results**: Takes and delegates responsibility for outcomes by using variety of resources to monitor own performance standards and reaching goals consistent with APS direction.
- **Building Collaborative Environment**: Collaborates across functional areas and proactively addresses conflict by encouraging broad thinking on projects and eliminating any barriers in communication and collaboration.

**Qualifications**:
A two-year technical diploma from an accredited institution in Engineering, Sciences, Water Resources, the Trades, or a closely related discipline, supplemented by four (4) years of hands-on operation and maintenance experience or equivalent as described below.

Equivalencies:

- Equivalent related experience with other industrial facilities, large civil/mechanical infrastructure projects will be considered.
- Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of 1 year of experience for 1 year of education; or 1 year of education for 1 year of experience.

Additional assets will be considered as follows:

- Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) training or certification such as First Aid, fall protection and/or confined space entry.
- Supervisory experience