Director, Technical and Regulatory Services
About the role
Job Number**:**54821
Drive the long-term vision for Edmonton’s mobility network, championing regulatory compliance and technological advancement across the city’s essential services!
Parks and Roads Services is responsible for services and assets that support mobility and activity in our city. The branch ensures that roads and the infrastructure assets, parks, trees and boulevards remain accessible, attractive and safe. The work across the branch includes repairs and maintenance, seasonal clean ups, signals and street lights, parking services and traffic safety, just to name a few.
As the Director, Technical and Regulatory Services, you will report directly to the Branch Manager of Parks and Roads Services, operating within a highly integrated business model. This pivotal role is accountable for energizing a safe, functional, and efficient mobility network and open spaces by supporting the assets, systems, and services essential to keeping Edmonton moving forward.
The Director provides comprehensive support and regulatory compliance through the oversight of roadway usage, asset inspection, structural engineering, temporary traffic control, and the ongoing operation and maintenance of signals and lighting. Working at a strategic level with a 3-5 year planning horizon, you will expertly translate the overarching Parks and Roads branch strategy into decisive, functional action. By fostering integration and leading a diverse team of professionals, and by working collaboratively with both internal and external business partners, this Director will meet the increasing demand for regulatory compliance in all engineering work, strategically balancing decentralized operational tasks with centralized strategic work and coordination
What will you do?
- Empower supervisors to proactively develop and implement action plans aimed at improving communication, fostering creative problem-solving, promoting seamless integration and collaboration across teams, and consistently supporting a culture of excellence through human centric leadership
- Provide strong leadership and clear guidance to the team while ensuring the optimal utilization of resources, adherence to established processes and policies, and the effective resolution of issues
- Manage operations and maintenance for traffic signals, roadway and park lighting, and LRT integration to ensure reliable traffic flow and rapid response to outages
- Oversee comprehensive permitting and licensing functions for the city's roadways (e.g. moving permits and utility line assignments) and direct detour and temporary traffic accommodation services
- Establish performance measures, KPIs, and service level agreements for programs using data-driven planning and monitoring
- Oversee the operating and capital budgets, ensuring the prudent and effective use of financial resources and explaining financial variances
- Anticipate business opportunities, influence policy, planning and initiatives, and foster a culture of accountability through performance measurement
- Integrate multi-disciplinary teams to work collaboratively with business partners to support corporate priorities
- Build new and innovative collaborative partnerships with external agencies, orders of government, community organizations, and internal departments and branches
- Ensure departmental alignment across the organization including active partnerships with planning and development teams and the Integrated Infrastructure Department.
Qualifications:
- Knowledge or training and/or education in Engineering, Business Administration, Finance, Public Administration or a related discipline
- Experience in senior leadership roles with a large, complex organization
- Extensive experience managing multi-disciplinary teams accountable for large, politically sensitive, and complex projects within a large, public sector environment
- Demonstrated experience leading and managing change, building organizational talent and capacity, and empowering resources to achieve operational outcomes
- A proven track record of strong fiscal management and continuous improvement
- Experience working with Unions, managing, and resolving labor relations issues
- Combinations of education and experience will be considered
Assets:
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in good standing and registered as practicing with APEGA. Applicants in a different Canadian jurisdiction eligible for Inter-Provincial Mobility (IPMA) with APEGA may be considered
Skills required for success:
- Ability to cultivate strong relationships across diverse teams and with business partners, fostering collaboration, trust, and mutual respect
- Operate as a strategically agile leader able to anticipate changes in corporate direction, business opportunities and influence enterprise-wide policy planning and initiatives
- Actively demonstrate the values and behaviours supportive of equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace
- Ability to collaborate and build trust, obtain input, understanding, and participation from the team
- Ability to create a work culture capable of developing and maintaining a high performing team
- Think strategically to address large, complex issues, to manage projects while steering dynamically
- Strong political acumen, strategic planning, issue resolution and decision-making skills
- Alignment to our Cultural Commitments and Leadership Competencies (https://bit.ly/4brRrXm)
- Embracing a culture of equity, diversity, reconciliation and inclusion
Conditions of Employment and Work Environment:
-1 permanent, full-time position
- Hours of Work: 36.9 hours per week, Monday - Friday. This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement with the flexibility to work from both home and the worksite
- Salary: (Annually) $146,472.26- $183,091.38
- Hire is dependent on Criminal Information Check satisfactory to the City of Edmonton. There may be a cost associated with this requirement
The City of Edmonton values applicants with a diverse range of skills, experiences and competencies, and encourages you to apply. We strive to provide reasonable access and accommodations throughout the recruitment process. To request an accommodation, please contactemployment@edmonton.ca. Learn more about our benefitshttps://bit.ly/COEbenefits. Talent sourced through this process may be considered for similar opportunities within the City of Edmonton.
**Recruitment Consultant:**JM/SB
Edmonton rests in the heart of Treaty Six territory in Alberta and the homelands of the Metis Nation.
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Classification Title**:**ML4
Posting Date**:**Mar 23, 2026
Closing Date**:**April 12, 2026 11:59:00 PM (MDT)
**Number of Openings (up to)****:**1 - Permanent Full-time
Union**:**Management
Department**:**Parks and Roads Services
**Work Location(s)****:**16th Floor Edmonton Tower, 10111 104 Avenue Edmonton T5J 0J4
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About City of Edmonton
We’re young, ambitious and building something extraordinary. Located on Treaty 6 Territory and with a population of over one million, Edmonton is one of Canada's youngest and fastest growing cities. We’re building a resilient and diverse economy, attracting the best and the brightest and striving to be a world leader in environmental sustainability. We value quality of life, community safety and a welcoming spirit that embraces new people and new ideas.
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Director, Technical and Regulatory Services
About the role
Job Number**:**54821
Drive the long-term vision for Edmonton’s mobility network, championing regulatory compliance and technological advancement across the city’s essential services!
Parks and Roads Services is responsible for services and assets that support mobility and activity in our city. The branch ensures that roads and the infrastructure assets, parks, trees and boulevards remain accessible, attractive and safe. The work across the branch includes repairs and maintenance, seasonal clean ups, signals and street lights, parking services and traffic safety, just to name a few.
As the Director, Technical and Regulatory Services, you will report directly to the Branch Manager of Parks and Roads Services, operating within a highly integrated business model. This pivotal role is accountable for energizing a safe, functional, and efficient mobility network and open spaces by supporting the assets, systems, and services essential to keeping Edmonton moving forward.
The Director provides comprehensive support and regulatory compliance through the oversight of roadway usage, asset inspection, structural engineering, temporary traffic control, and the ongoing operation and maintenance of signals and lighting. Working at a strategic level with a 3-5 year planning horizon, you will expertly translate the overarching Parks and Roads branch strategy into decisive, functional action. By fostering integration and leading a diverse team of professionals, and by working collaboratively with both internal and external business partners, this Director will meet the increasing demand for regulatory compliance in all engineering work, strategically balancing decentralized operational tasks with centralized strategic work and coordination
What will you do?
- Empower supervisors to proactively develop and implement action plans aimed at improving communication, fostering creative problem-solving, promoting seamless integration and collaboration across teams, and consistently supporting a culture of excellence through human centric leadership
- Provide strong leadership and clear guidance to the team while ensuring the optimal utilization of resources, adherence to established processes and policies, and the effective resolution of issues
- Manage operations and maintenance for traffic signals, roadway and park lighting, and LRT integration to ensure reliable traffic flow and rapid response to outages
- Oversee comprehensive permitting and licensing functions for the city's roadways (e.g. moving permits and utility line assignments) and direct detour and temporary traffic accommodation services
- Establish performance measures, KPIs, and service level agreements for programs using data-driven planning and monitoring
- Oversee the operating and capital budgets, ensuring the prudent and effective use of financial resources and explaining financial variances
- Anticipate business opportunities, influence policy, planning and initiatives, and foster a culture of accountability through performance measurement
- Integrate multi-disciplinary teams to work collaboratively with business partners to support corporate priorities
- Build new and innovative collaborative partnerships with external agencies, orders of government, community organizations, and internal departments and branches
- Ensure departmental alignment across the organization including active partnerships with planning and development teams and the Integrated Infrastructure Department.
Qualifications:
- Knowledge or training and/or education in Engineering, Business Administration, Finance, Public Administration or a related discipline
- Experience in senior leadership roles with a large, complex organization
- Extensive experience managing multi-disciplinary teams accountable for large, politically sensitive, and complex projects within a large, public sector environment
- Demonstrated experience leading and managing change, building organizational talent and capacity, and empowering resources to achieve operational outcomes
- A proven track record of strong fiscal management and continuous improvement
- Experience working with Unions, managing, and resolving labor relations issues
- Combinations of education and experience will be considered
Assets:
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in good standing and registered as practicing with APEGA. Applicants in a different Canadian jurisdiction eligible for Inter-Provincial Mobility (IPMA) with APEGA may be considered
Skills required for success:
- Ability to cultivate strong relationships across diverse teams and with business partners, fostering collaboration, trust, and mutual respect
- Operate as a strategically agile leader able to anticipate changes in corporate direction, business opportunities and influence enterprise-wide policy planning and initiatives
- Actively demonstrate the values and behaviours supportive of equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace
- Ability to collaborate and build trust, obtain input, understanding, and participation from the team
- Ability to create a work culture capable of developing and maintaining a high performing team
- Think strategically to address large, complex issues, to manage projects while steering dynamically
- Strong political acumen, strategic planning, issue resolution and decision-making skills
- Alignment to our Cultural Commitments and Leadership Competencies (https://bit.ly/4brRrXm)
- Embracing a culture of equity, diversity, reconciliation and inclusion
Conditions of Employment and Work Environment:
-1 permanent, full-time position
- Hours of Work: 36.9 hours per week, Monday - Friday. This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement with the flexibility to work from both home and the worksite
- Salary: (Annually) $146,472.26- $183,091.38
- Hire is dependent on Criminal Information Check satisfactory to the City of Edmonton. There may be a cost associated with this requirement
The City of Edmonton values applicants with a diverse range of skills, experiences and competencies, and encourages you to apply. We strive to provide reasonable access and accommodations throughout the recruitment process. To request an accommodation, please contactemployment@edmonton.ca. Learn more about our benefitshttps://bit.ly/COEbenefits. Talent sourced through this process may be considered for similar opportunities within the City of Edmonton.
**Recruitment Consultant:**JM/SB
Edmonton rests in the heart of Treaty Six territory in Alberta and the homelands of the Metis Nation.
IND 123
#LI-JM1
Classification Title**:**ML4
Posting Date**:**Mar 23, 2026
Closing Date**:**April 12, 2026 11:59:00 PM (MDT)
**Number of Openings (up to)****:**1 - Permanent Full-time
Union**:**Management
Department**:**Parks and Roads Services
**Work Location(s)****:**16th Floor Edmonton Tower, 10111 104 Avenue Edmonton T5J 0J4
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About City of Edmonton
We’re young, ambitious and building something extraordinary. Located on Treaty 6 Territory and with a population of over one million, Edmonton is one of Canada's youngest and fastest growing cities. We’re building a resilient and diverse economy, attracting the best and the brightest and striving to be a world leader in environmental sustainability. We value quality of life, community safety and a welcoming spirit that embraces new people and new ideas.