Leader, Interface, Permits, License, Approvals, and Agreements (IPLAA)

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The PLAA & Interface Leader is a senior engineering leadership role responsible for providing technical oversight and integration of Permits, Licenses, Approvals, and Agreements (PLAAs), regulatory requirements, utility and railway interfaces, and third-party obligations throughout the lifecycle of the Green Line LRT program. The role applies professional engineering judgment to ensure that regulatory, environmental, operational, safety, and partner requirements are identified early, incorporated into engineering design and construction strategies, and managed in a manner that protects project scope, schedule, budget, quality, compliance, and long-term asset performance. Primary Duties include:

• Lead planning, acquisition, coordination, tracking, maintenance, and close-out of permits, licenses, approvals, and agreements required for LRT design, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• Develop and maintain PLAA registers, approval trackers, submission logs, comment-response records, approval conditions, and close-out documentation.
• Develop, implement, and maintain interface management processes, procedures, registers, escalation pathways, and reporting tools for technical, construction, utility, railway, municipal, and third-party interfaces.
• Identify, document, assess, prioritize, and resolve interface risks and issues that could affect design completion, constructability, access, schedule, cost, safety, quality, or partner commitments.
• Facilitate regular interface coordination meetings and workshops with internal project teams, contractors, City business units, utility owners, railway partners, regulators, developers, and other third parties.
• Lead and support coordination with utilities, railway companies, and other third-party infrastructure owners to identify conflicts, secure approvals and agreements, and integrate relocations or protection works into project plans.
• Oversee utility and railway-related scope, schedule, risk, design coordination, agreement requirements, construction readiness, and service continuity considerations.
• Coordinate resolution of utility, railway, access, proximity, crossing, construction staging, and third-party infrastructure issues across design and construction phases.
• Engage with City business units, regulators, utility owners, railways, developers, and contractors to resolve competing requirements and maintain productive working relationships.
• Review and coordinate designs, specifications, technical reports, construction packages, and regulatory submissions to confirm approval requirements and permit conditions are understood and addressed.
• Monitor compliance with municipal, provincial, federal, railway, utility, environmental, safety, technical, and contractual requirements relevant to PLAA and interfaces.
• Identify regulatory, interface, technical, or third-party risks that could delay approvals, create non-compliance, trigger claims, or affect construction readiness.
• Maintain visibility of critical PLAA, utility, railway, regulatory, and interface milestones through registers, dashboards, trackers, risk logs, and project controls coordination.
• Participate in project risk management by identifying, assessing, mitigating, monitoring, and reporting PLAA and interface-related risks and opportunities.
• Lead assigned PLAA, utility, regulatory, interface, permitting, or consultant resources, including work planning, priority setting, coaching, mentoring, performance input, and knowledge sharing.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and delivery partners that do not necessarily report directly to the position, using influence, facilitation, and structured issue resolution.
• Promote a collaborative, transparent, compliance-driven culture focused on safety, accountability, timely issue resolution, and effective partner management.

• Lead recruitment, onboarding, training, and direct supervision of PLAA team.

Qualifications

• A degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline.

• At least 8 years of progressive experience on large, complex infrastructure or transportation projects obtained after receiving your P. Eng. Designation and a current licensure as a Professional Engineer with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) complete with practicing status OR licensure and practicing status by the first day of work Click here for more details .

• Experience with LRT, rail, utilities, municipal infrastructure, bridges, or highways is preferred.

• At least 3 years of experience coordinating regulatory processes, permitting, partner engagement, utility coordination, PLAA activities, interface management, or execution of third-party agreements is required.

• Demonstrated experience working with municipal, provincial, and federal regulators; authorities having jurisdiction; utility providers; railway companies; consultants; contractors; and internal business units.

• Experience with construction management, planning, environmental management, project management, or a related field.

• Strong understanding of permitting workflows, regulatory frameworks, environmental approvals, technical approvals, utility agreements, and construction approval processes for major infrastructure delivery.

• Demonstrated project management, schedule coordination, risk management, facilitation, negotiation, conflict resolution, and strong communication skills.

• Proven success leading multi-disciplinary teams that include both technical and non-technical members.

Pre-employment Requirements

Successful applicants must provide proof of qualifications.

Workstyle

• This position may be eligible to work from home for at least part of the time as one of several flexible work options available to City employees. These arrangements depend on the operational requirements of the role, employee suitability, and are subject to change based on operational needs and corporate direction.

Position and Pay Information

• Business Unit: Green Line
• Union: Exempt Engineer
• Position Type: 1 Permanent
• Compensation: Level M2E $151,858 - $189,822 per annum
• Hours of work: Standard 35 hour work week.
• Days of work: This position works a 5-day work week with 1 day off in a 3 week cycle.
• Location: 411, 1 Street S.E.
• Audience: Internal/External
• Apply By: November 17, 2026
• Job ID: 315558