Water Operations & Maintenance Supervisor

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.

As the ideal candidate for the Water Operations and Maintenance Supervisor position within the Water Infrastructure Operations branch, you will possess: 

• 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.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications such as Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint etc.

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.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following 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, including with water management infrastructure.
• Experience with industrial monitoring and data management systems such as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems.
• C.E.T or C. Tech designation with ASET, or certified Trades designation.
• Working knowledge of dam and canal system operations.
• Contract management experience.
• Familiarity with Alberta’s Water Act, and Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulation, and Code.
   

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

Division/Branch: Primary Agriculture/ Water Infrastructure Operations.

This position works a 40-hour week, Monday to Friday. 

Travel within the community will be necessary, therefore reliable transportation and a valid Class 5 Driver’s License is required.  Further, the incumbent will be required to reside within a 30-minute response time to provide timely response for emergency callouts during normal and flood operations while on the  standby rotations.

An on- call shift (24/7) may be required on a rotational basis approximately every fourth week throughout the year after initial training has been completed.

This position requires working alone during regular working hours, and while on standby and it may require working in adverse weather conditions.

All costs associated with the recruitment process including documentation fees and travel expenses are the candidate’s responsibility. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the documents requested above from the province they reside in. 

Successful candidate will be required to complete pre-employment checks including Criminal Record Check, Academic Check and provide a 3 year Driver’s Abstract.

Links and information on what the GoA has to offer to prospective employees:

• Working for the Alberta Public Service –  https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx. 
• Comprehensive benefits plan - myAPS Benefits plans.
• Pension plans: Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) – https://www.pspp.ca.
• Leadership and mentorship programs 
• Professional learning and development 
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance