Manager, Project Management & Delivery

Job Information
Job Title: Manager, Project Management & Delivery
Job Requisition ID: 88520
Ministry: Forestry and Parks
Location: Edmonton, Calgary, Cochrane, Red Deer or other locations
Full or Part-Time: Full time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary/Wage: Permanent
Scope: Open
Closing Date: November 16, 2026
Classification: Management Manager Zone 2
Salary: $3,920.66 to $5,276.07 bi-weekly ($102,329 - $137,705 /year)

The Alberta Public Service works to build a stronger province for current and future generations. We make a difference in the lives of Albertans through rewarding career opportunities.

Provincial Parks are essential to the quality of life that Albertans enjoy. They conserve our natural landscapes and wildlife habitat and offer a broad range of nature-based outdoor recreational opportunities. Alberta’s parks inspire people to discover, value, protect, and enjoy the natural world and the benefits it provides for current and future generations.

Please review the Ministry of Forestry and Parks to learn more and what it has to offer.

Role Responsibilities

As the Manager, Project Management and Delivery, you will lead and support a team of Project Managers responsible for delivering a varied and significant portfolio of capital development projects. You will provide leadership and oversight to ensure projects are safe, functional, high quality, cost effective, sustainable, and successfully delivered within approved scope, schedule, and budget.

You will be the team’s go-to resource for navigating complex project issues and challenges, providing direction and guidance while empowering Project Managers to effectively manage their projects and make sound decisions. You will monitor portfolio performance, identify and address emerging risks and discrepancies, and ensure appropriate reporting and accountability throughout project delivery.

Projects range in value from approximately $50,000 to more than $20 million and span a broad range of disciplines, including civil infrastructure such as water, wastewater, roads, and earthworks, as well as structural, architectural, landscape architectural, mechanical, electrical, geotechnical, and environmental work.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Lead and develop a team of Project Managers delivering complex capital infrastructure projects.
• Provide oversight across the full project lifecycle, from project initiation and design through procurement, construction, commissioning, handover and closeout.
• Ensure projects are effectively managed against approved scope, schedule, budget, quality and project objectives.
• Provide leadership and guidance in resolving complex project risks, issues, scope changes, contract challenges and competing priorities.
• Oversee financial, procurement and contract management activities, including forecasting, expenditures and change management.
• Build strong relationships with project sponsors, operational teams, technical specialists, consultants, contractors and other stakeholders.
• Ensure appropriate project governance, documentation, risk management, communication and reporting practices are in place.
• Provide oversight of successful project completion and transition of completed infrastructure and facilities to operations.
• Mentor and coach Project Managers, build team capability and foster consistent project management practices.
• Ensure project delivery aligns with applicable government legislation, policies, standards, technical requirements and strategic priorities.

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.

Qualifications

Education and Experience required: University graduation in Engineering, Management or a field related to the position assignment, supplemented by FOUR years of directly related experience. Related experience or education (e.g. related diploma) may be considered as an equivalency on a one for one basis.

Additional Requirements

• A valid driver’s licence is required.
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects and competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to provide clear, strategic advice and recommendations on complex project issues.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to identify and manage project risks, emerging issues, and competing operational and financial priorities.

Assets to the role include the following:

• Construction Contract Administrator Certification or Project Management Certification.
• Extensive project management experience with the planning, design, construction and commissioning of facilities.
• Contract management experience, and considerable experience managing interdisciplinary teams and resources, and a varied portfolio of projects in remote / natural areas.
• Preference will be given to applicants with seven years of related experience and relevant education.

Include a specific minimum number of years of experience needed for the job (i.e. a minimum of 5 years) supported by the MRS for the job classification. If equivalencies will be considered include “Equivalencies will be considered on the basis of XYZ”

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

Notes

These positions work Monday to Friday, 8:15 AM-4:30 PM, 36.25 hours a week.

In your application, please include a cover letter detailing your interest and role-related experience.

Instructions for your Resume:

• Include date ranges (month and year) associated with all education and work experience – we are unable to assess resumes without this information.
• Indicate whether your work experience was casual, part-time or full-time.
• Example: Foreman: Jan 2016 – June 2019 (PT, 3 eight-hour shifts per week).

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 we have to offer:

• Working for the Alberta Public Service.
• Management Employee Pension Plan (MEPP).
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information.
• Professional learning and development.
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool.
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.

How To Apply

Applicants are advised to provide information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience, and relevant examples of required competencies.

Candidates are required to apply online. Please see Job Application Resources for more information.

In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. For example, January 2006 - June 2009 (part-time). This example is provided for illustrative purposes only. Applicants are encouraged to present their information clearly and thoroughly, using a format that best conveys their experience.

It is recommended applicants who have completed post-secondary studies from outside of Canada obtain an evaluation of their credentials from the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS) or from a recognized Canadian Credential Evaluator; please visit the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada for more information.

It is also recommended that applicants include the assessment certificate from IQAS or any other educational assessment service as part of their application.

Closing Statement

This competition may be used to fill future vacancies, across the Government of Alberta, at the same or lower classification level.

We thank all applicants for their interest. All applications will be reviewed to determine which candidates' qualifications most closely match the advertised requirements.

If you require any further information on this job posting or require an accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Connie Piosca at [email protected].