Job Type:  Management / Administration
Organization:  Sturgeon County
Competition Number:  #48-2015

Job Description:

As a key member of Sturgeon County’s Municipal Services Division, your expertise is in the maintenance of Roads and Transportation Facilities. You will have demonstrated skill in the areas of strategic planning, leadership, project management, communication and organization. Does this sound like you? Please read on…

Reporting directly to the General Manager of Municipal Services, you will lead a large team focusing on the department’s operations and strategic plans. To be successful in this position, you will be experienced in managing large teams responsible for the organization’s construction and maintenance of municipal roadways.

Your skill set will include:

A great attitude
Leadership and mentoring
Strategic Planning and budgeting
Building Customer relationships
Ability to communicate at all organizational levels
A proactive approach to problem solving
Strong mediation and conflict resolution skills
Ability to think outside the box

As the ideal candidate, you will have 10 years’ experience in roadway construction/maintenance field including a minimum of five years’ in administrative activities in a supervisory capacity and a certificate of engineering technology or a related field.

Sturgeon County is a vibrant municipality that offers a great deal in the residential, agricultural and industrial sector.  Located just 20 minutes north of the City of St. Albert and Edmonton, you’ll find a mix of family farms, farming operations, residential acreage communities and world-class industrial development, such as the Sturgeon Refinery, the single largest construction project in Canada.

Here are some of the things Sturgeon County has to offer:

Great benefits
Excellent pension plan
Competitive salary
Work/Life balance (family responsibility and management days coupled with generous vacation)
Options for locations to live (city, small town, rural) with short commuting distances
Family oriented culture
Training and development opportunities

Position Type: Permanent Full-Time
Rate of Pay: $114,600 – $150,806
Hours of Work: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their application/resume by mail, fax or email quoting the competition number.

Thank you to all applicants for their interest in Sturgeon County. However only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.

Your personal information is collected under the authority of Section 33(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act. Personal information you provide may be used for the purposes of determining whether you are suitable and qualified for a position with Sturgeon County.  If you have any questions about the collection and use of this information, please contact the Sturgeon County FOIP Coordinator at the Sturgeon County Centre located at 9613-100 Street, Morinville, AB, T8R 1L9 or contact the FOIP Coordinator at 780-939-4321.