Director, IT & OT Services

Job Title: Director, IT & OT Services

Competition #: SW-08-2026

Location: Moose Jaw (On-Site)

Salary: $10,779 to $14,013 per month

Immerse yourself in a team committed to creating trusted and sustainable water solutions for a vibrant Saskatchewan. A team backed by a corporation with over 60 years of experience providing water and wastewater services. That’s a lot of knowledge.

But there’s more. Sask Water offers an attractive benefits package including employer- funded health, dental and vision benefits, pension, and disability insurance, plus vacation leave, earned days off, and paid family leave and sick leave. At Sask Water you can take advantage of extras such as flexible work options, a tuition reimbursement program, employee family assistance plans, maternity leave top-up and more.

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As the Director, IT & OT Services, you are responsible for overseeing the technology strategy and operations of a government-owned water utility. This includes managing the Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) functions to ensure the efficient and secure operation of the organization’s technology infrastructure. You will lead the development and implementation of Sask Water’s IT strategy and policies, manage technology projects, and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards.

This position Acts as Sask Water’s Chief Information Officer and leads the development of Sask Water’s IT and OT strategic plan, ensuring the plans support the Sask Water Strategic Plan and individual business initiatives.

In consultation with Sask Water Strategic Leadership Team and with a view to develop long range IT and OT systems, leads IT and OT strategic planning to achieve business goals by identifying and prioritizing technology development initiatives and setting timelines for the evaluation, development and deployment of all services.

Directs and provides day‑to‑day expertise, coaching and leadership to IT and OT managers in regard to information systems design and development, systems planning, programming, operations, architecture, data processing, data security, networks, systems support and/or analysis to ensure corporate goals and objectives are met.

Provides leadership for the IT and OT services units including planning, coaching, work assignment and review, recruitment, selection, performance management and mentoring to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of the unit.

Provides oversight to IT and OT standards, practices, procedures and controls to maximize efficiency and support platform compatibility, ensuring data integrity, security and legal and regulatory compliance.

Oversees development and control of the IT and OT budgets, including financial estimates for operating and capital expenses expected from meeting the IT and OT division’s deliverables.

Oversees the IT and OT security standards, practices, procedures and controls to ensure the Sask Water IT and OT environments are secure, legal and within regulatory compliance. This includes an enterprise‑wide information security plan for data and servers, corporate cyber security and disaster recovery.

Represents Sask Water’s interests on IT Crown Collaboration initiatives.

To qualify, you will have a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology; a master’s degree is preferred. In addition, you will hold the following certifications:

• ITIL Foundation (Version
  5)
• Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) designation
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) designation
• Cobit 2019 Foundation certification

Knowledge and experience in instrumentation would be an asset.

In addition to the above qualifications, the job…