Team Lead - Regulatory
Posting Date: Aug 13, 2025
Location: Edmonton or Calgary, AB
Company: Government of Alberta
Job Information
Job Title: Team Lead (Regulatory), Major Capital Projects (Water Infrastructure)
Job Requisition ID: 74315
Ministry: Transportation and Economic Corridors
Location: Edmonton or Calgary
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: August 27, 2025
Classification: Engineering & Related Level 4
Salary: $3,841.39 - $5,098.99 bi-weekly ($100,260 - $133,084/year)
The Government of Alberta is committed to a diverse and inclusive public service that reflects the population we serve to best meet the needs of Albertans. Consider joining a team where diversity, inclusion and innovation are valued and supported. For more information on diversity and inclusion, please visit: https://www.alberta.ca/diversity-inclusion-policy.aspx.
Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors (TEC) serves as a North American leader in transportation systems, contributing to Alberta’s prosperity through safe, innovative, and sustainable infrastructure. TEC offers a rewarding environment with growth opportunities, work-life balance, and the chance to make an impact on Alberta’s transportation network. For more information, visit https://www.alberta.ca/transportation-and-economic-corridors.
Role Responsibilities
Are you ready to lead transformative infrastructure projects that ensure the safety and sustainability of Alberta’s water systems? As a Team Lead (Regulatory) for the Major Capital Projects Branch, you will have the opportunity to deliver high-profile projects, such as the Ghost Reservoir Infrastructure Project, that directly impact Alberta’s communities. This role offers a chance to work on complex, meaningful projects that shape the province’s future.
Reporting to the Project Director, you will oversee the successful delivery of major water infrastructure projects, managing all phases from design to construction. Leading multidisciplinary teams and coordinating with stakeholders, you will ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of quality and safety. Your expertise in project management and problem-solving will play a vital role in addressing Alberta’s water infrastructure challenges, including flood protection and drought mitigation.
Your key responsibilities include:
- Managing the administration of large-scale infrastructure projects, ensuring scope, cost, time, and quality objectives are met.
- Leading the project approval application process by coordinating with federal and provincial governments, Indigenous groups, and other internal and external stakeholders.
- Leading development of railway and utility agreements from both a technical and commercial lens.
- Leading multidisciplinary teams, including experts in engineering, environmental issues, Indigenous relations, and legal matters, to achieve project goals.
- Developing and maintaining risk registers, resolving construction issues, and ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and policies.
- Building relationships with stakeholders, such as federal and provincial governments, Indigenous groups, landowners, and contractors to ensure alignment and project success.
- Participating in public consultations and mediating disputes to address stakeholder concerns while maintaining project progress.
- Reviewing contractor designs, construction plans, and consultant deliverables to ensure they meet standards and specifications.
- Monitoring construction progress, managing contracts, and resolving field design changes or non-conformances.
- Contributing to the development of best practices and processes for alternative delivery methods, such as Design-Build (DB) and Design-Build-Finance-Operate (DBFO).
- Leading procurement activities, including preparing RFPs, evaluating proposals, and drafting agreements.
- Guiding and mentoring junior team members to foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and professional growth.
This position requires travel throughout Alberta—typically up to 25% of the work schedule. It offers a varied work environment that includes both field and office-based activities, ideal for individuals who enjoy a flexible and hands-on approach to their work.
Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.
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: https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.
- Build Collaborative Environments: You foster strong partnerships with stakeholders, ensuring alignment, consensus, and shared success in achieving project goals.
- Drive for Results: You are committed to delivering projects on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards, minimizing risks and maximizing value.
- Agility: You adapt to unexpected challenges with calm, fact-based decision-making, balancing competing priorities to keep projects on track.
- Creative Problem Solving: You develop innovative solutions to resolve construction challenges, drawing on expertise, collaboration, and out-of-the-box thinking.
- Systems Thinking: You assess how project decisions impact Alberta’s water systems over the long term, ensuring sustainable, efficient solutions that serve the province’s needs for decades to come.
Qualifications
Required:
- A related university degree (e.g., Civil Engineering), and a minimum of ten (10) years of related experience in civil project delivery. Equivalencies may be considered.
- Demonstrated experience in leading or managing a team of professionals.
- Registered or eligible for Professional Engineer (P.Eng) membership with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA).
- Valid Alberta Class 5 driver’s licence or equivalent, and ability to travel within Alberta
Preferred:
- Experience delivering Design-Build (DB) or Design-Build-Finance-Operate (DBFO) projects.
- Knowledge of water management infrastructure design, permitting, and environmental regulations.
Equivalency:
- Additional related education is considered in lieu of experience on a one-for-one basis.
Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. Refer to: https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.
Notes
Additional Position Details:
- This position is a permanent, full-time role with the standard weekly work hours of 36.25, Monday to Friday (8:15 am – 4:30 pm).
Recruitment Process:
- Pre-employment checks will be conducted to assess candidates’ suitability. These checks may include (but are not limited to): references, academic verification, criminal record check, driver’s abstract, etc.
- Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.
- Candidates with lesser qualifications may be considered at a lower classification and salary.
Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.
- Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx.
- Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) - https://www.pspp.ca.
- Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits.
- Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive.
- Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca.
- Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week
- Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.
- Leadership and mentorship programs.
How To Apply
Applicants are advised to provide information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience, and relevant examples of required competencies.
Candidates are required to apply for a job online. Please visit https://www.alberta.ca/job-application-resources#before for more information. Please visit Recruitment Principles, for more information.
It is recommended applicants who have completed post-secondary studies from outside of Canada obtain an evaluation of their credentials from the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS)(https://www.alberta.ca/international-qualifications-assessment.aspx) or from a recognized Canadian Credential Evaluator; please visit the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada for more information (https://canalliance.org/en/default.html).
It is recommended that applicants include the assessment certificate from IQAS or any other educational assessment service as part of their application.
Closing Statement
This competition may be used to fill future vacancies, across the Government of Alberta, at the same or lower classification level.
We thank all applicants for their interest. All applications will be reviewed to determine which candidates' qualifications most closely match the advertised requirements. Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.
If you require any further information on this job posting or require an accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Tomasz Gruszka at tomasz.gruszka@gov.ab.ca.