Role Responsibilities

Reporting to the Operations Manager, this position is responsible for administering the highway maintenance programs in a Contract Maintenance Area to ensure the safety of the motoring public. The Maintenance Contract Inspector will plan, order, oversee, and monitor the road maintenance programs including park roads and drainage canals on behalf of Environment and Protected Areas, to ensure that the work carried out by the Contractor is in accordance with the contract agreement. The Inspector will be responsible to manage a budget of approximately $6 to $8 million annually. This position liaises with the public, indigenous communities, contractors, officials of other provincial departments and municipal government officials.

 
Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Allocating maintenance work activity quantities to meet budget allocations as developed by provincial budget committee.
• Identifying maintenance requirements and recommending future maintenance plans/programs.
• Managing budget expenditures by reviewing work plans,  verifying quantities and authorizing payments.
• Patrolling and inspecting area roads and bridges to observe conditions, assess needs, identify hazards and dangerous situations,  and taking or recommending corrective action.
• Preparing and issuing work orders to the Highway Maintenance Contractor by authorizing and outlining work to be completed, and ensuring timely and effective completion, warranty work and acceptance.
• Inspecting sites of the Contractors’ work to ensure adherence to the contract specifications, prescribed levels of service and budget constraints. Observing work in progress to ensure that adequate consideration and attention is given to the safety and convenience of the travelling public, and work zone management (i.e. lane closures, flagging, barricades, equipment operations, etc.) and to ensure environmental compliance.
• Measuring work as required to ensure quantities and quality of work provided by the Contractor is accurate as well as adequate.
• Ensuring quality assurance and control by assessing problems or deficiencies in standards, specifications, methods and techniques as well as recommending changes. 
• Investigating major vehicle accidents resulting from adverse or violent weather or road conditions, assess damage to road/bridge structures. Obtaining professional / technical direction from department staff as required and implement corrective action.
• Conferring with the Contractor to clarify or rationalize plans, ensuring work is performed at optimum times, verifying work schedules to ensure that they meet contractual requirements and to discuss complaints, problems, etc.
• Accepting or rejecting work performed and initiating corrective action including stopping work progress where standards are not met as well as advise appropriate personnel.
• Assessing the quality of materials used by the Contractor or arranging for the inspection or testing of materials (asphalt, gravels, sand, salt, earth, guard rails, delineators, signs, posts, line markings, etc.) to ensure that they meet department specifications.

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.

• Systems Thinking:  You will consider how work completed impacts various other groups/projects inside and outside of the Alberta Public Service.
• Creative Problem Solving: you will seek clarity to problems by using different perspectives and looking for alternative solutions.
• Drive for Results: you will be accountable, plan for results and focus on outcomes that will lead to achievement of highway safety measures for the contract maintenance area. 
• Develop Networks: you will regularly identify and interact with internal and external stakeholders (such as contractor personnel, municipality and other government officials, landowners and area residents), to develop positive working relationships while addressing client needs effectively.
• Build Collaborative Environments: you will develop a sense of teamwork and cooperation while working with others to achieve more buy in and commitment to goal attainment.

Qualifications

Required:

• Two-year technical diploma in a related field plus seven years related experience in highway/road construction and/or maintenance work; or equivalent as described below. 

Other requirements include:

• Class 5 driver’s license.
• Experience planning/scheduling work within a budget.
• The ability to identify roadway failure and recommend appropriately economic responses to the many situations that occur in the network.
• Extensive knowledge of highway maintenance.

Assets:

• A strong understanding of roadway design and structure.
• Registration or eligibility to obtain membership with the Association of Science & Engineering Technology (ASET).

Equivalency:

Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of: 

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

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

Notes

Additional position details: 

• Term of Employment: Permanent, Full-time position.
• Hours of Work: 7:15 am to 3:30 pm, 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
• 2 Positions will be filled through this competition.
• Location: Peace River. 
• Travelling will consist of 70% of the work schedule.

Recruitment Process:

• Final candidates for this position will be asked to undergo pre-employment checks. 
• Applicants are advised to provide a cover letter summarizing information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience, and relevant examples of required competencies. 
• 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
  
  

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