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As the Maintenance Engineer, you will be tasked with planning, coordinating, and scheduling major asset maintenance and rehabilitation activities to support the delivery of reliable Water Treatment Plant operations. This role has a strong focus on electrical, instrumentation, and control-related assets, in addition to mechanical assets, and works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Capital Maintenance and Utilities Delivery teams. Primary responsibilities include:

• Improve the cost effectiveness of plant maintenance and rehabilitation operations and extend the service life of plant assets, with a focus on electrical and instrumentation.
• Deliver capital maintenance projects, including shutdown coordination, development of technical specifications, contractor oversight, commissioning support, and contract administration.
• Provide plant maintenance engineering and asset management technical support for water treatment plant operation and maintenance, particularly related to power distribution, motor control, and instrumentation.
• Support troubleshooting and reliability improvements for electrical and control system failures, recurring alarms, and safety critical assets.
• Leads equipment reliability studies: Equipment criticality assessments, PM Optimization as well as Failure Modes & effect analysis (FMEA)
• Monitors current maintenance systems to understand equipment downtime, and PM program effectiveness.
• Determines and investigates causes of equipment downtime / failures. Leads and facilitates root cause analyses to identify and implement corrective actions.
• Research, develop, implement, and support the understanding of asset management concepts, including risk-based maintenance and reliability-centered maintenance.
• Reviews and trends equipment performance data for assigned equipment scopes from completed corrective maintenance, and preventive maintenance work orders and identifies early indications of declining equipment performance.
• Review and maintain asset life-cycle profiles for key assets, analyze historical asset performance data, and develop long-term rehabilitation strategies for electrical and mechanical assets.

Support Responsibilities

• Assists Maintenance Planners with the development and monitoring of preventive, predictive maintenance plans and spare parts planning.
• Supports the Maintenance team by providing technical guidance, work package clarification, and engineering support during maintenance and rehabilitation activities.
• Supports City of Calgary's Asset Management group's goals and initiatives.
• Assists in building annual Maintenance budgets for Water Treatment plants.

Qualifications

• A degree in Engineering, and at least 4 years of relevant post- P.Eng. experience in maintenance management and asset rehabilitation obtained after receiving your P.Eng. designation, with current licensure and practicing status with APEGA, or eligibility by the first day of work.
• Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.
• A valid Class 5 Driver's License (or provincial equivalent) and access to a personal vehicle for business use.
• Strong electrical engineering background, including experience with:
  • Power distribution systems, MCCs, VFDs, motors, and electrical protection
  • Instrumentation, sensors, and field devices
• Knowledge of asset life-cycle management, reliability engineering, and predictive condition-based maintenance techniques is considered an asset.
• Experience in water or industrial utility environments, or regulated process industries, is considered an asset**.**
• Project management experience, including working with contractors and multidisciplinary teams, is considered an asset.
• You are an excellent communicator who works effectively in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.
• You are able to work effectively with cross-functional teams, manage multiple priorities, and remain results-driven.
• You demonstrate strong analytical skills and the ability to identify, assess, and apply new industrial technologies and best practices.
• Software experience with Maximo, MS Office including Visio, Excel, Project and Word is an asset.
• Strong commitment to Safety & Environmental issues is a requirement.
• More than one individual may be hired as a result of this posting. Only one will be heavily focused on electrical and instrumentation.

**Working Conditions:**This position works in a Water treatment plant, where Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is required.

Pre-employment Requirements

• Successful applicants must provide proof of qualifications.

**Note:**Applicants may be considered for current or future opportunities within Infrastructure or Operational Services, based on qualifications and evolving organizational needs.

Union: Exempt

Business Unit: Water Services

Position Type: 3 Permanent

Location: 1668 56 Avenue SE

Compensation: Level P3E $115,464 - 144,330 per annum

Days of Work: This position works a 5 day

work week earning 1 day off in a 3 week cycle.

Hours of work: Standard 35 hour work week

Audience: Internal/External

Apply By: March 27, 2026

Job ID #: 313573