MINJobs posting: Engineering Projects Manager
May 13, 2025
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Engineering Projects Manager

Organization:
District of Saanich
Region:
British Columbia
Application deadline:
June 2, 2025 before 23:30
Hiring date:
July 1, 2025
Type:
Permanent Full Time
Category:
Engineering
Description
The District of Saanich is the largest municipality in beautiful Greater Victoria, blending both the urban and rural environment and home to approximately 124,000 citizens.  Employing more than 1,500 members, our greatest asset is a high performing workforce. We provide a collaborative, dynamic and progressive work environment that consistently attracts top-quality people, enables them to perform at their best and grow their skills. Our competitive wages, excellent benefits package, generous pension plan, flexible work program, and supporting and inclusive work environment make the District of Saanich a highly desirable place to invest your talent.

We have a new opportunity available for a permanent full time Engineering Projects Manager in the Water Resources Division. This is an exciting project engineering role that will allow you to lean into your design/construction expertise and apply your skills in contract administration and project management while also tackling the challenge of being a team leader to others in delivering capital projects.

Requirements

Qualified candidates have a Bachelor of Applied Science in Civil Engineering or a related discipline/field; membership as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (EGBC), and six (6) years of progressive experience in a related position with a focus on capital project management, design, and construction of civil/municipal infrastructure. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

In addition, candidates must also have professional knowledge and diverse experience in the principles, methods and techniques applicable to municipal water, wastewater and drainage infrastructure design and construction, specifically in retrofit environments; act as Engineer of Record for designs prepared under their direct supervision; and lead teams in project delivery through working with consulting teams while ensuring strong partnerships with all stakeholders. In addition to strong technical skills, success in this position requires strong organizational skills, strategic and critical thinking, good judgement and diplomacy under pressure; demonstrated leadership capability; ability to manage shifting priorities and complex situations and establish and foster strong and positive working relationships.

Salary & Benefits

The annual salary for these exempt positions is $108,790 - $127,980 (2024 rate) and an excellent benefits package.  Role profile and competition information can be found at www.saanich.ca. Please apply by the end of day Monday June 2, 2025, quoting competition 25131. Your application must include a cover letter and resume. We thank all applicants for applying. Only those under consideration will be contacted.

The District of Saanich is recognized as one of BC’s Top Employers for 2025. As an equitable and inclusive employer, we value diversity of people to best represent the community we serve and provide excellent services to our citizens. We strive to attract and retain passionate and talented individuals of all backgrounds, demographics, and life experiences. If you require any adjustments to enable participation at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact in confidence accessibilityHR@saanich.ca.

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