Enforcement Officer Jobs

Transit Peace Officers are highly trained and skilled professionals. They patrol in uniform on Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) vehicles and property including buses, LRT and transit stations 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. They help create safe environments, provide customer assistance and promote fare compliance.

The Transit Peace Officer Bike Patrol is also active during suitable weather conditions from spring until fall. The Bike Patrol can access certain areas better than a vehicle, such as bike paths along LRT tracks or areas congested by traffic and special events.
These officers are authorized to enforce municipal bylaws and have powers and authority under several provincial acts.

Hours of Work: 40 hours per week with opportunities for overtime.

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Our Community Standards Peace Officers respond to regulatory enforcement needs that require an immediate response by being out in neighbourhoods and on public roads. They provide a uniformed presence and call response 7 days per week. Any bylaw complaints these teams receive are normally investigated within 1-4 days, depending on the priority.

They are a great resource for bylaw questions or concerns.

Each unit has a focus on a specific type of regulatory enforcement:

• Commercial Vehicles: Responsive and proactive enforcement involving the commercial transport industry. This relates to cargo securement, truck routes, dangerous goods transportation and oversized or overweight vehicles.
• Vehicles for Hire: Check licensing and regulatory compliance related to taxis, limos, transportation network vehicles such as Uber and Lyft, and other livery vehicles.
• Downtown Team: Patrol and respond to concerns in and around Churchill Square, City Hall and other adjacent infrastructure to enhance safety.
• Community Standards: Illegal dumping, littering, illegal signage or other visual obstructions on city roads, infill construction concerns, tree and asset protection, excessive vehicle noise along with construction, residential, or industrial noise.

Hours of Work: 40 hours per week with opportunities for overtime.

Municipal Enforcement Officers work with residents in neighbourhoods and business communities to ensure that Edmonton's basic community standards are maintained to a reasonable level. These non-uniformed bylaw officers respond when activities or property conditions don't meet acceptable municipal standards. They provide a presence and call response 7 days per week. They educate citizens, issue warnings, execute inspections, and apply penalties.

These officers enforce bylaws to deal with common complaints such as:

• Boulevard Concerns
• Garbage Storage
• Minimum Maintenance of Buildings
• Nuisance Properties
• Recreational Vehicle Parking
• Sidewalk Snow Removal
• Signs
• Weeds

Hours of Work: 33.75 or 40 hours per week. Monday to Friday. Up to 25 Earned Days Off (EDO) annually.

Animal Control Peace Officers help owners ensure their pets are a positive addition to the community. This is done through education programs, mediating neighbour disputes, providing advice and enforcement.

Officers also patrol neighbourhoods for stray animals and return lost pets to their owner. They respond to animals in distress or animals that have been abandoned. These officers provide a constant, uniformed presence, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
 

These officers are sworn peace officers, giving them the ability to write tickets and lay charges that require a pet owner to appear in court.They assist the Edmonton Police Service with aggressive or injured animals, Provincial Brand Inspectors with loose livestock and Provincial Conservation Officers with wildlife inside city limits.

Hours of Work: 40 hours per week with opportunities for overtime.

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Park Rangers are ambassadors who ensure the river valley and other parks are safe and enjoyable recreational spaces. We aim to maintain healthy co-existence between the valley's plants and wildlife, and the four million people that visit every year.

Our urban Park Rangers are knowledgeable in the areas of resource management, wildlife, forestry, outdoor recreation, and law enforcement.

You’ll find our Park Rangers patrolling Edmonton’s river valley and parks in ATVs/UTV, on foot, in a patrol vehicle, bikes and ebikes, and by boat. These officers provide a uniformed presence, 7 days per week.

Hours of Work: 40 hours per week with opportunities for overtime.

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Submit your resume and cover letter. Include your most relevant training and experience related to the job.

Our recruitment team reviews your resume and pre screening question responses to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications.

Successful candidates will move onto the panel interview phase. The job posting lists several duties and qualifications required of the position. Use this information to help you prepare for the interview.

As a standard part of our hiring process, we will contact a candidate's professional references. This helps confirm the information shared in the interview and gain a more complete picture of each individual's skills and work history.

We require a Vulnerable Sector Police Information Check and driver’s abstract prior to employment. This may come at a cost to the candidate.

The PARE test is designed to ensure that individuals entering law enforcement have the physical capacity to handle the job's demands. The City of Edmonton is an accredited facilitator of the PARE (Physical Ability Requirement Evaluation) fitness test certification. We only accept PARE’s completed through the city.