Government Employee

Jared recently started a new job!! He is now working for Alberta Environment.  He is the Operations & Maintenance Technologist!!  He inspects and maintains all the damns south of the Bow River and north of the Old Man River!  When he applied for the job he had high hopes that living in this area would be a benefit to him and then he found out that 42 other people had also applied for the job!  His confidence plummeted :( When he got the call for an interview he was pleasantly surprised, and when he found out it was between 7 of the 42 that applied his confidence slowly started to rise! 

Just a few days before Christmas he, in a round about way, found out he was chosen for the job!  Though he still didn't want to tell anyone because it wasn't official!  He hadn't heard from Human Resources yet with the offer.  The day before New Year's Eve he got the call from Human Resources and was presented with the offer!  She told him to think about it and give her a call in the New Year with his answer and a contract would then be made up! 

He officially started on January 27th!  He hasn't had formal training for this particular job but his knowledge with mechanics, and electrical as well as his familiarity with the area were a huge asset.  He is also self motivated and determined to find the best, most efficient way to solve any problem! He will miss mechanics, well...maybe not really!!  He has a lot of vehicles in need of some tender loving care and now he may actually have the drive to want to work on his own things!!  He loves learning new things and is excited to increase his knowledge in another area! 

The office building is stationed in Vulcan so we are still able to car pool the days I work too.  He has his own office, something he was totally not used to!  The boys and I went to see him one day and he gave us a tour!  They were totally impressed!  Armin saw the company truck he will use to do his checks and he said, "Awesome truck daddy, I like your tires!!!"  The building is shared with Alberta Parks, Fish and Wildlife and Palliser!  There are a lot of stuffed critters around the office, Calum thought it was cool!

I am proud of Jared, he has worked hard and it has finally paid off!  This job will be a perfect job to retire with one day.  He was worrying about what the future would hold for him, he really couldn't see himself "pulling" wrenches when he was 50.  We are indeed grateful for this wonderful opportunity!!  Good things really do come to those who wait!