Manager, Roadways Maintenance Operations

Openings: 1

Type of Posting: Internal & External

Location Name: City of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, CA

Date Posted: May 8, 2023

Closing Date: Open until filled.

Profession: Managerial & Executive Leadership

Experience Level(s): Mid-Level

Desired Employment Status: Permanent

Education Level(s): Not Specified.

Job ID: 1383

Position Summary

The Roadways & Transportation team, at the City of Regina, impact the lives of residents within our community every single day. Roadways Maintenance Operations is a crucial part our City’s service delivery and we are looking for a dynamic and impactful leader to enhance our potential and implement corporate objectives.

This is an opportunity for a highly skilled people leader. We are looking for someone who has a proven track record of building teams up, strengthening relationships, creating effective communication channels as well as coaching and mentoring staff to their full potential.

In addition to the leadership skills required for this position, The Manager, Roadways Maintenance Operations provides long and short term operational and program planning, financial management, and stakeholder relationship management for the area. This role is also responsible for the maintenance, operations, and care of the existing concrete and asphalt infrastructure including reconstruction, capping, pothole repair, sidewalk slab jacking, roadway depressions, general maintenance, and utility cuts.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensuring that policies and procedures are adhered to and proactively identifying operational risks, program/service reviews and developing recommendations and action plans.
• Leading the development and implementation of the Roadways Maintenance Operations annual operational plan in the context of both the City and Department plans.
• Leading the development of the operations budget and ensuring that there is timely and accurate forecasting and ongoing analysis of the budget and expenditures. Where necessary, proactive mitigation strategies are developed and implemented.
• Conducting safety meetings, worksite inspections and leading a safety-focused culture within the branch in accordance with the Corporate Safety Program.
• Ensuring development of policies, systems, and procedures across all areas of mandate.
• Communicating with the public both to respond to escalated public complaints, such as potholes, depressions, utility cut issues and safety hazards, or requests for information and to seek input into pending operations or levels of service that will impact the citizens of the City.
• Providing direct leadership, mentoring, training and coaching for supervisors, coordinators and other staff.
• Providing leadership for specific employee/labour relations issues which includes participation informal grievance and arbitration processes.
• Managing the maintenance and operations of the City’s concrete, landscaping, and asphalt infrastructure to ensure the work meets identified service levels and supports the strategic direction of the division.
• Managing contractors and rental equipment to meet operational demands.
• Determining branch priorities, assessing asphalt and concrete maintenance technologies, systems and processes and overseeing large asphalt maintenance projects which requires ability to understand the engineering and practical applications of asphalt.

What's in it for you?

This is a key role in our community. You will have the opportunity to make a real impact in the community and encourage positive change in our infrastructure.

There are many other benefits to a career at the City of Regina, including:

• A competitive salary
• Long-term learning, educational assistance programs and paid training
• A robust benefit package that consists of a defined benefit pension, healthcare/flex spending account, long-term disability benefits, health, dental and life insurance
• Participation in employee programs such as employee recognition and leisure center promotions
• Annual vacation, sick and lieu days

If this opportunity is of interest to you, we encourage you to apply today!

✓ Note: Testing may be done to evaluate knowledge, skills and abilities.

✓ Note: As per the City of Regina's Criminal Record Check Policy, the successful candidate is required to provide a satisfactory criminal record check.

✓ Note: Successful candidates will be required to provide proof of acquired education.

Jurisdiction: Out of Scope

Division: Citizen Services

Department: Roadways & Transportation

Annual Salary: $96,568.00 - $128,754.00

The City of Regina acknowledges that we are on Treaty 4 Territory, and the traditional lands of the Cree, Saulteaux, Dakota, Nakota, Lakota, and the homeland of the Métis Nation.

We want to show our recognition and respect to the Nations and the ancestors of this territory, we are grateful for the privilege to be here, to co-exist. We recognize that much of the harms of the past have shaped our relationship; we are committed to our work of building trust. We hope for good and everlasting relationships to create true partnerships with Indigenous peoples.

Regina is committed to employment equity and accessibility. We encourage applications from members of equity-seeking communities including women, racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities/expressions.

Note: The City of Regina strives to provide reasonable access and accommodations throughout the application and selection process. If you would like to request an accommodation at any stage of the process, please contact Talent at 306-777-7550 or by email at [email protected].