JOB INFORMATION

Job Requisition ID: 74600
Ministry: Agriculture and Irrigation
Location: Lethbridge, AB
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: August 26, 2025
Classification: Senior Manager 2 (M42Z2)
Salary: $4,402.49 to $5,590.52 bi-weekly ($114,905-$145,913/year)
Are you an experienced water management professional looking for an exciting new opportunity? The Water Infrastructure and Operations Branch may have a role for you!
The Primary Agriculture Division within the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation owns and operates a portfolio of more than 200 water management infrastructure projects /systems with a replacement value over $12 billion. The portfolio includes 70 dams, approximately 535 kilometres canals, headworks /diversion structures, weirs/ dykes and flood control structures.
The Director Southern Operations is responsible for water management infrastructure projects/systems in the southern-most area of the Province; these are located in the area south of the Bow River Basin to the southern Provincial border. This portfolio includes over 100 provincially owned water management infrastructure projects including 3 extreme, 3 very high and 16 high consequence dams along with over 200 kilometers of high capacity conveyance canals, with a replacement value over $6 billion. Project and systems of note include the Waterton St. Mary Headworks System, including Waterton Dam, St. Mary Dam and Jensen Dam; Oldman River Dam and the Lethbridge Northern Headworks; and Pine Coulee Dam. These projects provide water supply for irrigation, industrial and recreational uses within the region, and over 50 municipalities.
Critical operational considerations involve providing a reliable and assured water supply to Albertans as well as ensuring operational readiness for managing floods and drought on several of Alberta’s major river systems in the region.

QUALIFICATIONS

• University graduation in a field related to the position assignment, (such as engineering), supplemented by seven years progressively responsible related experience or Diploma in a related field (such as engineering), supplemented by nine years of related experience.
• Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one for one basis.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Every Albertan utilizes water in some capacity every day. However, most Albertans do not realize where and how the water gets to us. If you are passionate about the safety, maintenance and operation of dams and canals and have direct experience working with water management infrastructure, then please consider applying to this position where you will have a seat at the table with high level decision making and management with regards to operation and maintenance of the infrastructure.

PROVINCIALLY OWNED WATER MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA IS EFFECTIVELY MANAGED TO ENSURE RELIABLE AND SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY FOR IRRIGATION, MUNICIPAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES.

• Provide leadership, guidance and direction for the operations of the water management infrastructure ensuring that short and long-term requirements for reliable water supply and in-stream needs for normal conditions, floods and drought.
• Provide leadership, guidance and direction for the development, implementation and monitoring of Operations, Maintenance and Surveillance and Emergency Management for all regional water management infrastructure.
• Meet with key partners, such as irrigation districts, municipalities, First Nations, and other provincial and federal government departments, to share plans, mitigate issues, gather information and offer expert advice on related matters.