The City of Calgary Is Hiring 53 Roles Paying Up to $199,512, Including Apprentice Welders at $48 an Hour

The City of Calgary will pay an apprentice welder up to $48.34 an hour.

The job runs on a 40-hour week, Friday to Monday. At the top of the range, that works out to about $100,547 a year. That's more than many of the City's office jobs that ask for a degree.

And it isn't even the best-paying trade on the list.

The welder job is one of 53 City of Calgary jobs still open after Nov. 2 on our job board. Every one lists its pay. They run from a $15.74-an-hour skate monitor job open to 16-year-olds to a Calgary Police Service clinical director at up to $199,512 a year. Calgary police are also hiring three deputy chiefs at once.

Seventeen of them close by Friday.

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The trades pay six figures without a degree, but they aren't beginner jobs

None of these need university. They do need a trade ticket, the right licence and, for most, years on the tools.

*Our estimate: the top hourly rate × the posted weekly hours (40 for the instrumentation, fire mechanic and welder jobs, 38 for HVAC and plumbing) × 52 weeks. These aren't advertised salaries, and temporary jobs won't last a full year at that rate.

Being an apprentice doesn't make this an entry-level job. An apprentice is partway through a recognized trades training program, earning while they learn. To get this one you need a high school diploma or GED, a completed second year of a welder apprenticeship recognized by Alberta's apprenticeship board, and a Class 5 licence with no more than six demerits. Shifts run Friday to Monday, 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Both positions are temporary, for up to 18 months.

The fire mechanic keeps Calgary Fire's trucks running out of a shop at 1755 18 Ave. NE. You need a heavy-duty equipment or truck and transport mechanic ticket, a Class 3 licence with air brakes, and you have to become a certified emergency vehicle technician within three years. Both openings are permanent, on a four-day week.

The plumber and HVAC jobs are with Calgary Housing, the City-owned company that houses more than 27,000 Calgarians. Both work four-day weeks on a five-week rotation.

The two water operator jobs stay open the longest, until Dec. 18, but want six years of experience and Level 2 water distribution certification.

Seventeen jobs close by Friday

If you want one of these, apply now:

• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Application Analyst, Senior Water Resources Planner, Traffic Engineer

• Wednesday, Nov. 4: Safety Technician, Senior Policy and Business Planner, Leader, Strategy & Performance, Team Lead, Cyber Security Exposure Management

• Thursday, Nov. 5: CPS Clinical Director, Senior Project Engineer, Parts Technician, Financial Reporting Consultant, Infrastructure Planning & Intelligence Analyst, UKG Project Analyst, Payroll, Systems Control Technician, Leader, Recreation Programs, Leader in Asset Information Mapping

• Friday, Nov. 6: Workforce Support Consultant

Two jobs open to anyone 16 and up, but read the fine print

Neither of these needs a degree, and both are on-call, so they fit around school. Neither is a no-experience job, though.

• Skate Monitor: $15.74 to $19.93 an hour, four on-call positions. You have to be at least 16, skate well, and hold Intermediate First Aid with CPR C before you apply. Closes Nov. 16.

• Recreation Leader, Calgary AfterSchool: $17.83 to $22.03 an hour, up to 10 on-call positions. You need four months of experience in a day camp, sport, childcare or youth program, and volunteer time counts. The minimum age is 16 for children's programs and 18 for youth programs. Shifts are weekday afternoons and evenings. Closes Dec. 11.

Calgary police are hiring three deputy chiefs at the same time

A single deputy chief posting is rare. The Calgary Police Service has three open right now:

• Deputy Chief, Bureau of Operational Support

• Sworn/Civilian Deputy Chief, Bureau of Service Support

• Sworn/Civilian Deputy Chief, Human Resources

Two are labelled sworn/civilian, so you don't have to be a police officer to apply for them.

Unlike every other job here, none of the three lists a pay range. Salary is "commensurate with experience." All three close Dec. 1.

Don't apply through the City's careers site. CPS hired the executive search firm Janet Soles and Associates to run the search. Each posting tells you to send a CV and letter of interest to the firm with a specific subject line, so use the one in the posting.

CPS has two other leadership jobs open:

• Clinical Director, Psychological Therapies: $159,610 to $199,512, the highest published salary of any City job right now. Closes Nov. 5.

• Manager, Chief Crowfoot Learning Centre Administration: $115,627 to $144,534. Closes Nov. 11.

Engineers can earn up to $189,822

The City is hiring at every engineering level, from project engineer to the people who run whole programs:

• Leader, Energy Management Project Development: $151,858 to $189,822 (closes Nov. 13)

• Leader, Interface, Permits, Licence, Approvals and Agreements: $151,858 to $189,822 (closes Nov. 17)

• Senior Engineer, Quality Assurance and Integrity Management: $138,475 to $173,094 (closes Nov. 20)

• Senior Development Engineer: $138,475 to $173,094 (closes Nov. 13)

• Leader, Quality Control: $138,475 to $173,094 (closes Nov. 12)

• Senior Project Engineer: $138,475 to $173,094 (closes Nov. 5)

• Project Engineer, 2 permanent: $115,464 to $144,330 (closes Nov. 9)

• Project Engineer, temporary: $115,464 to $144,330 (closes Nov. 16)

City Hall office jobs pay $39 to $68 an hour

Most of the openings are unionized office jobs (CUPE Local 38) on a 35-hour week. Pay is set by grade. At Grade 13, that's roughly $92,700 to $124,000 a year.

A lot of these are temporary, usually 18 to 24 months. Each posting says whether the job is permanent, temporary or both, so check before you get attached to the pay.

The management jobs pay $115,000 to $166,000

• Leader, Recreation Programs: $133,008 to $166,260 (closes Nov. 5)

• Leader in Asset Information Mapping: $133,008 to $166,260 (closes Nov. 5)

• Team Lead, Cyber Security Exposure Management: $133,008 to $166,260 (closes Nov. 4)

• Leader, Strategy & Performance: $115,627 to $144,534 (closes Nov. 4)

Finance and business jobs that pay $71,000 to $124,000

If you work in finance, accounting or business, there are nine City jobs open for you. They’re all on a 35-hour week, and the yearly figures below are what the posted hourly range works out to over a full year.

• Financial Reporting Consultant: $50.92 to $68.15 an hour, or about $92,700 to $124,000 a year. It needs a CPA and five years of experience, ideally in audit at a mid-size or large firm. There’s one permanent and one temporary opening. Closes Nov. 5.

• Senior Policy and Business Planner: $50.92 to $68.15 an hour. It needs a degree and eight years of experience, or a master’s and five. Temporary, up to 24 months. Closes Nov. 4.

• Capital Consultant: $48.54 to $64.88 an hour, or about $88,300 to $118,100 a year. It needs a business, economics or public administration degree and five years in capital planning. There’s one permanent and one temporary opening. Closes Nov. 23.

• Corporate Consultant: $48.54 to $64.88 an hour. It needs a degree and six years of experience in strategy and project management, or a master’s and four. There are three openings: one permanent and two temporary. Closes Nov. 9.

• Senior Analyst, Performance Securities & Counterparty Risk: $46.21 to $61.78 an hour, or about $84,100 to $112,400 a year. It needs a finance, accounting or commerce degree and six years of experience, including handling letters of credit, surety bonds or guarantees. It may be partly work from home. Temporary, up to 18 months. Closes Nov. 16.

• Enterprise Payments Solutions Specialist: $46.21 to $61.78 an hour. It needs a degree plus a designation such as CBAP, PMP or Certified Treasury Professional, and five years in payments or financial systems. Temporary, up to 18 months. Closes Nov. 16.

• Contract Coordinator: $44.01 to $58.82 an hour. It needs a business, communications or law degree and five years managing and negotiating legal agreements. Temporary, up to 22 months. Closes Nov. 12.

• Infrastructure Services Capital Portfolio Advisor: $41.49 to $55.51 an hour, or about $75,500 to $101,000 a year. Only three years of experience is required, the lowest bar here, but you need a business or commerce degree and strong Power BI and Excel skills. Permanent. Closes Nov. 10.

• UKG Project Analyst, Payroll: $39.00 to $52.14 an hour, or about $71,000 to $94,900 a year. This is the one finance job that doesn’t need a degree. It does need the Payroll Compliance Professional (PCP) designation and five years in payroll. There are two openings, both temporary for up to 18 months. Closes Nov. 5.

Most of these schedules include a day off every three weeks. Before you apply, check whether the job is permanent or temporary, because six of the nine are temporary only.

How to apply

Every listing on our job board links straight to the posting on the City's careers site. New applicants have to create an account there, and the City asks for a resume and cover letter tailored to the job. Current City employees apply through a separate internal process. The three deputy chief jobs are the only exception: those go to the search firm.

Postings come down when they close, and the City adds new ones every week. We update the job board daily.

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Sources

• City of Calgary job postings, as listed on our job board, checked Nov. 2, 2026

• City of Calgary Careers