Commissioning Project Operator, Water Treatment

As a Commissioning Project Operator, you will be the liaison between Water Treatment Operations and Water Services during the design, construction and commissioning of new Water Treatment capital projects. Primary duties include:

• Facilitate and conduct performance optimization tests.
• Commission Water Treatment processes for distributed Control System (DCS) upgrades.
• Review blueprints, drawings, process control narratives (PCN) and piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID) for accuracy. Confirm functionality of system and provide recommendations to improve functionality for operations.
• Meet with infrastructure delivery engineers and consulting engineers to develop PCNs.
• Ensure the correct implementation of PCN by attending Factory Acceptance Testing and Site Acceptance Testing.
• Liaise with operators and process engineers for a broad spectrum of input.
• Attend construction, progress and commissioning meetings to track project progress and coordinate shutdowns with plant operations that may be required.
• Meet with consulting engineers and construction managers to develop detailed commissioning plans for projects.
• Support meetings for commissioning activities specific to internal Water Treatment partners
• Meet with engineers and partners to develop standard operating procedures.
• Plan and develop schedule for roll out of training materials to Operations for the duration of projects.
• Support the delivery of training materials for Operations.
• Support operational and maintenance needs.

Qualifications 

• A completed 2-year diploma and at least 5 years of related experience with existing water treatment processes, equipment, control system monitoring and applications, customer service and working with water treatment frontline operations.
• An Alberta Environment and Protected Areas certificate in Water Treatment (level 3).
• A valid Class 5 Driver's License (or provincial equivalent) with no more than 6 demerits, and no current suspensions or charges pending.
• A strong understanding of water treatment processes and systems.
• The ability to interpret and validate P&IDs, PCNs, and control system designs.
• Experience conducting Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) will be an asset.
• Strong communication, problem solving and critical thinking skills, high attention to detail, and the ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams and collaborate effectively.

Working Conditions: Office environment with site visits to water treatment plants, secondary pump stations and reservoirs.

Pre-employment Requirements  

• A security clearance will be conducted.
• Must obtain a City of Calgary operator's permit.

• Successful applicants must provide proof of qualifications.

Pre-employment Drug Test: An offer of employment for this position will be conditional on an applicant passing a pre-employment drug test. This test assesses for use of drugs including cannabis. Failure to pass a pre-employment drug test may prevent an applicant from being hired into any safety sensitive position for a period of up to twelve months.

Position and Pay Information

• Business Unit: Water Services
• Union: CUPE Local 38
• Position Type: 1 Permanent
• Compensation: Pay Grade 10 $44.01 - 58.82
• Hours of work: Non-Standard 40-hour work week.
• Days of work: This position works a 5-day work week with 1 day off in a 3 week cycle.
• Location: Various
• Audience: Internal/External
• Apply By: October 6, 2026
• Job ID: 315329