Maintenance Contract Inspector

Posting Date: Dec 12, 2024

Location: Pincher Creek, AB

Company: Government of Alberta

Job Information
Job Title: Maintenance Contract Inspector 
Job Requisition ID: 65269
Ministry: Transportation and Economic Corridors
Location: Pincher Creek
Full or Part-Time: Full Time 
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent 
Scope: Open Competition 
Closing Date: January 2, 2025
Classification: Technologies 7 
Salary: $2,885.79 to $3,799.43 bi-weekly ($75,319 - $99,165 /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 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 strive 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 avital 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

 

For more information, visit https://www.alberta.ca/transportation.aspx.
 

Role Responsibilities

Are you looking for a diverse career where you can make a difference for Albertans?  Then consider joining our highway operations team in Pincher Creek as the Maintenance Contract Inspector (MCI) for Contract Maintenance Area 522 (CMA 522) and help us keep our highways safe.
 

Reporting to the Operations Manager, this position is primarily responsible for administering the road maintenance program in CMA 522 in addition to managing CMA highway operations, to ensure the safety and convenience of the motoring public.
 

The MCI for CMA 522 will plan, order, oversee, and monitor the road maintenance programs to ensure that the work carried out by the Highway Maintenance Contractor is in accordance with the contractual agreement. The MCI will be responsible to manage a budget of approximately $10 to $12 million annually and can be expected to liaise with the public, contractors, officials of other provincial departments and municipal government officials. In this role you will patrol area roads and bridges to observe highway conditions, identify maintenance requirements, and authorize and monitor the work in progress within approved budget allocations. 
 

In addition, you will contribute to highway design and construction, roadside development and highway improvement projects. As the ideal candidate, in addition to your technical ability you will be capable of providing creative and innovative solutions to complex maintenance and construction problems, effective communication skills, and demonstrate the ability to set priorities and schedules to balance multiple tasks on an ongoing basis.
 

Join us! If you have the materials, Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors has the road to support you in your professional transportation engineering career.
 

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.

 

  • Systems Thinking – Taking a long-term view towards organization’s objectives and how to achieve them with alignment to APS goals.
  • Creative Problem Solving – Engages the community and resources at hand to address issues.  Engages perspective to seek root causes while employing resources from other areas to solve problems. 
  • Agility – Proactively incorporates change into processes. Creates opportunities for improvement while being aware of and adapting to changing priorities. 
  • Develop Networks – Collaborating with a wide range of parties to achieve outcomes.

Qualifications

Required:

 

  • Two-year technical diploma in a related field plus seven years related experience as described below.

 

Required experience for this position:

 

  • Experience and extensive knowledge of highway maintenance activities and budgeting, roadway design and structure, and management of traffic safety issues.
  • Identifying roadway failure and recommending appropriate economic solutions.
  • Project planning, supervising contractors and work scheduling.

 

Equivalency: Directly related education or experience considered based on:

 

  • 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or
  • 1 year of experience for 1 year of education.

 

Assets:

 

  • Directly related experience in highway maintenance, construction/design and roadside development is preferred
  • Supervisory and contract administration experience is an asset
  • Strong ability to problem solve in unique situations with creative and innovative solutions for all aspects of highway construction and maintenance
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal 
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite applications

 

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

This role is a permanent, full time position with the standard work hours as 36.25 Monday to Friday

Final candidates for this position will be asked to undergo pre-employment checks (including a criminal record check)

 

Travel is required in this position so candidates must  possess a valid driver’s license.  
 

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 the GoA has to offer to prospective employees.
 

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