Director of Infrastructure

Reports To

Executive Director

Saulteau First Nations Vision

We, the Saulteau First Nations, are a spirited and diverse community. We are a strong Self-Governed Nation, one that is healthy, culturally vibrant, and ready for tomorrow. Our cultural teachings and traditions guide us and keep us rooted as we move forward into the future. As stewards of the land, we ensure that the best sustainable practices are followed, now and in the future. For as long as the “sun shines, the grass grows and the rivers flow”, we remain proud and humbly determined.

Direct Reports

Infrastructure: Manager of Public Works & Facilities Maintenance, Manager of Housing Operations, Manager of Assets and Capital Works and any other assigned through organizational structure revisions

Overview

We are looking for an amazing Director of Infrastructure to join our team. We are looking for an Industrial leader. You’re accountable, reliable, and a natural born leader. You’ve enjoyed success transforming capital projects with your strategic leadership, have enabled and inspired performance excellence. You also understand the importance of balancing production, maintenance, and your team’s needs while being accountable to safety above all else. If this speaks to you, this opportunity might just be your calling. This is your chance to apply your education and experience to continue your quest to be a driver of operational success.

What You’ll Be Doing

Your first year’s success highlights will include a robust change management strategy to go with a well-designed and articulated infrastructure program. You will be required to support your team and design annual operating plans aligning with the Council’s Strategic Plan. We are a growing Nation – so being able to pivot and be flexible in your approach will also be key to your success. You will provide expertise in supporting all capital projects. You will bring your strong agility and ability to pivot in dealing with different trades to ensure projects still come to completion with strong project management skills ensuring projects are done on budget and on time. You will be invited to present within the organization – to Council and to the Membership. You will work alongside the best and the brightest in the business with an innovative leader. You will grow your team and help them develop leadership skills to ensure the Nation continues to prosper.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• You bring with you a broad range of Maintenance, Residential, and Industrial leadership experience, preference for working with Prime construction companies; preference for someone with a Red Seal Trade; preference for Industrial
• You bring with you strong superintendent level expertise – someone who understands trades and can also navigate communication with the office
• You bring with you strong project management and conflict resolutions skills – with a strong ability to pivot due to changes in plans or shipments being delayed
• You’re a people leader with a clear sense of accountability, and highly organized with the foresight to anticipate and implement solutions to long rage capital and/or maintenance challenges
• You also love to drive consistency amongst your group with a little humility and a dash of humour
• First Nations experience is ideal
• You also have strong presentation skills and are a natural with different levels of audiences – from Council to C-Level to employees to contractors and to Members

Work Conditions

• Salaried position (exempt from overtime) $116,760-$142,700
• 35-hour work week
• 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the office on the reserve in Moberly Lake with a 30-minute unpaid lunch.
• Hours are Monday through Thursday, and part days Friday
• Travel may be required within SFN community and surrounding community
• Short-term provincial and/or national travel may be required
• We offer fully paid health and dental benefits and a 5% RRSP matching
• We also offer a professional training and development reimbursement of $3000/year
• We also offer 2 weeks off at Christmas time