Irrigation Technologist

at  Government of Alberta

JOB INFORMATION

Job Requisition ID: 66682
Ministry: Agriculture and Irrigation
Location: Lethbridge County
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Temporary
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: February 13, 2025
Classification: Subsidiary 12B 3625 Technologies 3
Salary: $2,041.12 to $2,636.42/ bi-weekly ($53,273 to $68,810 /year)

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting to the Director of the Natural Resource Innovation Section, the Irrigation Technologist, will be supporting the Alberta’s Irrigation Strategy for increased conservation, efficiency, and productivity of Alberta’s water resources. As the Irrigation Technologist, you will support the review of Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (S-CAP) Water Program grants under the on-farm irrigation efficiency stream, with the goal of modernizing Alberta’s on-farm irrigation systems for a more efficient use of water and energy. You will also support irrigation expansion through filing, scanning, adding metadata, and providing Land Classification information for irrigation reports to irrigation districts, consulting agrologists and landowners.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Some of the responsibilities of this position include but are not limited to:

• Supporting Level II Land Classification for Irrigation report management.
• Supporting the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (S-CAP) Water Program.
• Supporting a safe and healthy workplace by adhering to all on-site safety protocols and requirements.
• Performing administrative tasks, ensuring adherence to all Government of Alberta (GoA) and Ministry of Agriculture & Irrigation (AGI) policies.
• Performing administrative tasks such as time reporting, expense claim submission, etc. Also responsible for the safe operations and maintenance of the government vehicles.

To be successful in this position, you will demonstrate:

• Ability to complete repetitive tasks with strong attention to details.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex terms and conditions, standards and procedures, and processes in a clear and understandable manner.
• Well-developed interpersonal and networking skills to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders such as departmental staff, other government agencies, and the private sector.
• Ability to work effectively both independently, as well as part of a team.
• Effective time management skills with the ability to deal with shifting priorities from multiple ongoing projects and programs.

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