Water Projects Engineer

Role Responsibilities

Transportation and Economic Corridors is seeking a purpose-driven Water Projects Engineer to lead the design and delivery of water infrastructure projects across Alberta’s southern region. In this impactful role, you will help protect agricultural livelihoods, strengthen environmental resilience, and improve community well-being through sustainable water management.

As a Water Projects Engineer reporting to the Team Lead, you’ll provide technical support and project oversight from initial planning through to final construction and asset transfer. You’ll coordinate multidisciplinary teams, oversee consultants and contractors, and ensure engineering work meets the highest standards of safety, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness. This role requires excellent communication, collaboration, and decision-making skills, along with the ability to manage multiple complex projects while maintaining strong relationships with internal partners, communities, and regulatory agencies.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Engaging and overseeing engineering consultants.
  • Preparing project scopes and selecting consultants through formal evaluation processes.
  • Managing consultant performance and ensuring adherence to design, safety, and contract requirements.
• Administering and reviewing design and construction activities.
  • Reviewing engineering designs, tender documents, and regulatory permit applications.
  • Conducting site visits to ensure compliance with technical, safety, and environmental standards.
  • Coordinating internal and external input to support design integrity and constructability.
• Leading construction oversight and contract administration.
  • Monitoring construction progress, participating in inspections, and ensuring regulatory compliance.
  • Addressing contractor claims, public inquiries, and stakeholder concerns.
  • Supporting dispute resolution and final acceptance processes.
• Contributing to departmental standards and technical leadership.
  • Participating in technical committees and cross-departmental working groups.
  • Incorporating lessons learned to improve future project delivery.
• Delivering effective project management.
  • Managing scope, budget, and timelines from concept to completion.
  • Coordinating non-engineering components such as land acquisition and stakeholder relations.
  • Ensuring accurate reporting and fiscal accountability.

This position requires regular travel throughout southern Alberta—typically about 30% 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.

The Job Description is provided for further details on 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.

The competencies required for this role are:

• Build Collaborative Environments: Collaborates with cross-functional teams and external partners with integrity and clarity. Builds trust and alignment among consultants, internal teams, and various stakeholders to deliver high-impact projects.
• Drive for Results: Demonstrates accountability for delivering complex projects on time and within budget. Applies project management best practices to ensure efficient use of public funds and long-term infrastructure sustainability.
• Creative Problem Solving: Applies innovative thinking to overcome construction and design challenges. Seeks input from experts, community partners, and regulatory agencies to find balanced and forward-thinking solutions.
• Systems Thinking: Considers how project decisions affect Alberta’s broader Water Management program, incorporating lifecycle costs, operational impacts, and policy alignment to support lasting outcomes.
  
  

Qualifications

Required:

• A related university degree (e.g., Civil Engineering).
• Eligible for in-training status 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.
• knowledge of engineering design and construction practices related to civil infrastructure.

Preferred:

• Related experience in heavy civil engineering projects, including planning, design, construction, and project management.
• Experience with water infrastructure projects, particularly in rehabilitation of dam, canal or other flood and drought mitigation structures.
• Experience with the Civil Works Master Specification (CWMS).

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification.

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).

Location: 3rd Floor, Provincial Administration Building, 909 - 3 Avenue North, Lethbridge, AB T1H 6R4.

Final candidates will be required to undergo a criminal records check (CRC).

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.

Links and information on what we have to offer:

• Working for the Alberta Public Service.
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP)
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information.
• Professional learning and development.
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool.
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.