Project Manager - Utilities

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineering and infrastructure professional to join a collaborative municipal organization and lead essential water and wastewater capital projects.

DMC Recruitment Group is partnering with a respected Alberta municipality to recruit a Utility Project Manager. This permanent, full-time position offers meaningful work, an excellent work-life balance, and the opportunity to directly contribute to the safety, sustainability, and long-term resilience of a growing community.

Our client is a forward-thinking municipal organization known for its collaborative culture, talented team, and commitment to exceptional public service.

Focused on sustainability, environmental stewardship, and responsible infrastructure investment, the organization is building resilient systems that support a growing community. This is an opportunity to join an engaged team where new ideas are welcomed, professional growth is encouraged, and your work will make a visible, lasting impact.

The Utility Project Manager will lead critical water and wastewater infrastructure projects from early planning and procurement through construction, commissioning, and closeout.

Working with internal teams, consultants, contractors, regulators, and community partners, you will keep complex capital projects moving forward—safely, efficiently, and in alignment with operational and regulatory requirements.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the planning, design, procurement, and delivery of utility capital projects
• Managing project schedules, budgets, risks, resources, and deliverables
• Coordinating consultants, contractors, technical specialists, and third-party project managers
• Overseeing construction activities, inspections, quality, safety, and compliance
• Preparing and evaluating tenders, proposals, and procurement documents
• Administering contracts and managing changes to project scope and budget
• Supporting annual and long‑term capital planning
• Reviewing engineering drawings, specifications, contracts, and technical agreements
• Liaising with provincial regulators regarding approvals and facility upgrades
• Providing clear project updates, financial reporting, and recommendations to leadership
• Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, sustainability, and infrastructure performance

You are an experienced engineering or infrastructure professional who knows how to take complex capital projects from concept to completion.

You bring strong project leadership, financial management, procurement, and contract administration experience, along with practical knowledge of municipal infrastructure. Experience delivering water and wastewater projects within Alberta’s regulatory environment would be highly valued.

You will be successful in this role if you bring:

• Strong project leadership, organization, and financial management skills
• Sound judgment when balancing risk, cost, quality, and competing priorities
• A strategic and forward‑thinking approach to infrastructure planning
• Excellent communication and relationship‑building abilities
• Integrity, accountability, and a commitment to public service
• A collaborative, adaptable, and solutions‑focused mindset

The successful candidate will have:

• A degree in Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, or a related engineering discipline; or a Civil Engineering Technology diploma with a C.E.T. designation
• At least five years of relevant experience with an engineering degree, or seven years with a C.E.T. designation
• Proven experience delivering capital infrastructure or construction projects
• Strong knowledge of project planning,…