Role Responsibilities

Are you passionate about infrastructure safety and innovation? We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Bridge Engineering Technologist to lead specialized inspections and repairs of bridges and ferries. In this pivotal role, you’ll make a direct impact on Alberta’s transportation system, ensuring the safety and efficiency of vital structures that keep our communities connected. If you are ready to take on a challenge and make a difference, we want to hear from you!

As a Senior Bridge Engineering Technologist, you will report to the Bridge Preservation Specialist and serve as a crucial technical resource for the GoA and Albertans. You will manage and coordinate specialized inspection programs, provide expertise in emergency situations, and support Alberta Transportation’s core mission of maintaining a safe and efficient transportation network.
 

Your responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
 

• Conducting audits of regional bridge inspection consultants.
• Identifying audit sites and coordinating inspections with regional staff.
• Preparing comprehensive audit reports and compiling results.
• Managing and coordinating inspection programs for specialized steel structures.
• Reviewing consultant proposals and overseeing quality assurance audits.
• Providing advice on repair strategies for various bridge defects and damage.
• Responding to urgent safety issues and assessing damage.
• Collaborating with regional teams to implement immediate repairs.
• Offering recommendations on maintenance and repairs for provincial ferries.
• Evaluating and implementing new inspection technologies and techniques.

To be successful in this position, you will demonstrate:

• The ability to convey technical information clearly to various stakeholders, ensuring understanding and collaboration.
• Proficiency in assessing complex issues and developing effective solutions, particularly in emergency situations.
• Strong ability to work effectively with diverse teams while maintaining positive relationships and navigating conflicts with internal and external stakeholders.
• Willingness to learn and integrate new technologies and methods into existing inspection practices and standards.

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.

Qualifications

Required:
 

• A related technical diploma (e.g., Civil Engineering), supplemented by a minimum of seven (7) years of relevant experience. Equivalencies may be considered. 
• Currently certified with Alberta Transportation as a Class A Bridge Inspector, or:
  • Currently certified with TEC as a Class B Bridge Inspector and have completed the Class A Bridge Inspector Course. Candidates in this category will be considered at a lower classification and salary. The successful candidate will be expected to complete the required training and exams to attain Class A Bridge Inspector certification within one year of starting the position. Training time and mentorship funding will be provided by TEC. 
• Registered or eligible for Certified Engineering Technologist (C.E.T.) membership with the Association of Science & Engineering Technology Professionals (ASET).
• A valid Alberta Class 5 Driver’s Licence or equivalent.
• Extensive knowledge of bridge maintenance and repair methods.
• Extensive knowledge of specialized inspection techniques (e.g., Concrete Deck Testing, Specialized Steel Inspection, etc.)

Assets:
 

• Experience with other bridge inspection systems (e.g., FHWA National Bridge Inspection Standards or the Ontario structure inspection manual).
• Knowledge of specialized repair techniques (e.g. heat straightening, splicing & stressing pre-stressing strands, post tensioning, epoxy inspection).
• Familiarity with other areas of bridge engineering (e.g. repairs / rehabilitation, construction, fabrication).

Equivalencies are:
A related university degree and a minimum of five (5) years of related experience; a related one-year certificate and a minimum of eight (8) years of related experience; or a minimum of nine (9) years of related experience.

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 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).

Pre-Employment Checks will be completed to assess the candidate’s suitability for a role. These checks may include (but are not limited to): references, academic verification, driver’s abstract, etc.

Location: Twin Atria Building, 4999 98 Ave, Edmonton, AB T6B 2X3.

This position includes traveling to inspect bridges, which will comprise less than 25% of the work schedule.

Candidates with lesser qualifications may be considered at a lower classification and salary.

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:
 

• 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.
• Christmas closure directive – https://www.alberta.ca/christmas-closure-directive.aspx. 
• Special leave directive – https://www.alberta.ca/special-leave-directive.
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.
• Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreement.
• Leadership and mentorship programs.