Manager of Infrastructure – Engineering Services Employer: City of Brandon Location: Brandon Application Deadline: November 3, 2026
Job Description:
Shape the infrastructure a growing city runs on
The City of Brandon is looking for an engineering leader to guide the planning, design, and construction of the City’s municipal infrastructure: roads, water, wastewater, and drainage. Reporting to the Director of Engineering Services, you’ll take projects from the ten-year capital plan through design, tender, construction, and close-out, while leading a multidisciplinary team and a CCIL-certified materials lab.
If you want to see your work in the streets and systems of your own community, and have a real say in how a city plans its future, this is that role.
What you’ll lead
Infrastructure planning
- Help build the annual and ten-year capital and renewal budgets, and manage capital budgets in your area through regular reviews and projections
- Plan engineering design and tendering schedules to match the City’s needs and budget
- Prepare provincial and federal grant and cost-sharing applications
- Support master planning for water, wastewater, stormwater, and transportation, and make sure infrastructure modelling needs are met
- Work with other departments to align infrastructure with the City’s strategic plans
Engineering design and contract administration
- Initiate conceptual, preliminary, and detailed designs, along with site investigations and surveys
- Review drawings, specifications, and tender documents for compliance with City standards and regulations
- Review and approve consultant submissions, and obtain permits and approvals from regulatory agencies
- Review bid evaluations and award recommendations, and approve payment certificates and change orders within your financial authority
- Lead the administration of consulting and construction contracts, and put quality management processes in place
- Manage project close-out, including deficiencies, warranty inspections, and final reports
- Prepare Council reports and attend Council meetings to answer questions when needed
Management and stakeholder work
- Help other departments define project scope, objectives, risks, and schedules
- Report on capital project progress to senior leadership and Council
- Review engineering standards, design criteria, and procedures, and recommend improvements
- Take part in selecting and appointing consultants
- Respond to stakeholder and public concerns, and lead studies and conceptual designs with senior governments, public agencies, and community groups
- Represent Engineering on committees and working groups with outside agencies
- Support City Operations on roadway, water, wastewater, drainage, and facility issues, and advise on policy as legislation changes
Leadership
- Direct a multidisciplinary team of project managers, project engineers, technologists, and technicians
- Direct the City’s CCIL-certified materials laboratory
- Train City staff on infrastructure, property, and land development
- Contribute to department initiatives, decisions, and policy, and coach and develop your team
What you bring
Required
- Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, or a Diploma in Civil or Municipal Engineering Technology from an accredited institution
- Membership with Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba as a Professional Engineer, or a Specified Scope of Practice licence
- For P.Eng. applicants: progressive experience in the design and construction of municipal services, including transportation, water distribution, wastewater collection, and land drainage
- For technologists with a Specified Scope of Practice licence: extensive progressive experience in similar municipal services
- About 5 years of contract administration and project management experience
- About 5 years of experience supervising staff
Preferred
- Experience preparing and managing budgets
- Experience working with government officials
Engineering technologists, take note: this role is open to you if you hold a Specified Scope of Practice licence and bring strong municipal experience.
What we offer
- $131,592.73 annually (2026 rate)
- Comprehensive Total Rewards package, including benefits and pension
- Relocation costs covered
- Flexibility to work remotely on occasion (role is primarily on-site)
- A leadership role with a visible, lasting impact on the community
The details
- 36.25 hours per week, reporting to the Director of Engineering Services
- Non-union position, open to all interested applicants
- Work includes regular site visits across the city in all weather, and occasional long hours, evenings, and weekends during construction season
- Selection includes testing and an interview
- The successful candidate must maintain legal eligibility to work in Canada
The City of Brandon is committed to an inclusive, barrier-free environment and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the Accessibility for Manitobans Act at every stage of recruitment. If you are contacted to take part in the process, please let us know if you need an accommodation. We thank all applicants for their interest; only those advancing in the competition will be contacted.
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