Job Number**:** 53213

Waste Services plays an essential role in Edmonton’s City Plan by enhancing residents’ livability and supporting Climate Resilience. Our goal is to demonstrate leadership and provide support to residents, businesses and institutions to act as stewards of the environment. By promoting waste prevention, waste reduction, reuse of materials and circular economy initiatives, Waste Services contributes to the City’s Corporate outcomes and the goals established in the 25-year Waste Strategy. This is overlaid with the commitment to maintaining stable and consistent utility rates ensuring services are continually improved and optimized to provide value for Edmontonians.

Reporting to the Branch Manager, Waste Services, the Director of Business Integration and Technical Services is a strategic leadership role responsible for driving the integration of advanced technical solutions, business strategy and performance excellence. The role acts as a bridge between technical execution and the City’s objectives, leveraging data-driven insights, fostering strategic partnerships, and cultivating a culture of accountability and continuous improvement to meet the immediate and long-term needs of the City and Edmontonians.

With five direct reports and over 100 staff, the Director leads a multi-disciplinary team responsible for waste strategy and policy, technical services and engineering, business and financial planning, asset management, and outreach and education. This position ensures that the Branch's operational plans, capital projects, and business strategies are integrated, sustainable, and capable of achieving Waste’s mandate to reduce and manage Edmonton’s residential waste while implementing Council's vision for a climate-resilient city.

What will you do?

• Lead the implementation of the 25-year Waste Strategy, a strategic path to improving waste reduction and diversion throughout the public and entire City of Edmonton organization, including roadmaps (Waste Reduction Roadmap; Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Roadmap), programs like three-stream apartment and condo collection, and ongoing waste education and outreach (advancing waste reduction, resident education and awareness of waste systems).
• Manage the Waste Services capital program (e.g., typically $30M annually), acting as the owner representative to define investment needs, set priorities, allocate budget, and execute project delivery with Integrated Infrastructure Services in alignment with the Project Development and Delivery Model
• Oversee the development of multi-year operating and capital budgets for the Branch in partnership with Financial and Corporate Services
• Provide leadership and management oversight of the Branch's technical services, including asset management, project engineering and engineering analysis
• Direct utility asset life cycle management for waste processing facilities, infrastructure, and fleet assets, developing strategies for systemic renewal and maintenance to maximize service life and minimize life cycle costs, aligning with the City’s 10-year Capital Investment Outlook
• Lead the development of the Branch’s performance measurement framework through reliable Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and targets for Branch services, overseeing the creation of operational dashboards and quarterly business reporting
• Govern the lifecycle management of procurement and contract management for the Branch, ensuring alignment with corporate policies
• Lead Branch-wide program and service design through a customer-focused lens to close the gap between customer expectations and service delivery
• Drive business performance measurement, continuous improvement, and contract management across Waste Services, utilizing data, analytics, and service design principles to optimize operations and enhance customer experience

Qualifications:

• Apply knowledge or training and/or education in Business Administration, Finance, Public Administration or other related disciplines
• Experience in senior leadership roles with a large, complex organization

Skills required for success:

• Act as a leader who provides leadership, coaching, safety oversight, performance development/evaluation and succession planning for a large, multi-disciplinary team, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and respect

• Ability to cultivate strong relationships across diverse teams and partners, fostering collaboration, trust, and mutual respect

• Be strategically agile, anticipating 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 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

• Applicants may be tested

Conditions of employment & work environment:

• Up to: 1 permanent full-time position
• Hours of work: 36.9 hours per week, Monday - Friday
• Salary:$142,206.08 - $177,758.62 (Annually)
• This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement with the flexibility to work from both home and the worksite
• This position is eligible for the EDO program (Earned Day Off)
• 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 contact employment@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.

Talent Acquisition Consultant: AS/SB

Edmonton rests in the heart of Treaty Six territory in Alberta and the homelands of the Metis Nation.

IND 123

Classification Title**:** Director/ML4

Posting Date**:** Sep 29, 2025

Closing Date**:** Oct. 13, 2025 11:59:00 PM (MDT)

Number of Openings (up to)****: 1 - Permanent Full-time

Union : Management

Department**:** Waste Services

Work Location(s)****: EWMC (Edmonton Waste Management Centre), Site 100, 250 Aurum Rd NE Edmonton T6S 1G9