Manager, Transmission Integrated System Planning

Current ENMAX employees are encouraged to apply through their internal Workday access.

Posted: February 3, 2025

Closing Date:  February 10, 2025

Position Type: Permanent

Union: Exempt - Management Professional (MP)
 

ENMAX Values – Safety, Integrity, Accountability, Service, Teamwork, Agility, Innovation

PEOPLE. That's the power behind ENMAX Corporation. As one of Alberta's leading energy and utility providers, our employees are the strength and knowledge that continue to drive our success. At the ENMAX group of companies, we look for energy solutions for today, while knowing we have the power to provide for a better tomorrow.

Join ENMAX Power in advancing operational excellence, responsible growth and enabling the energy transition. We are looking for a Manager, Transmission Integrated System Planning to lead, plan and justify capital investments through robust analysis and needs identification contributing to regulatory excellence in ENMAX Power and ensuring a safe, reliable, and economic transmission system. You’ll play a vital role in planning the future of critical transmission assets at an exciting time in our industry. 

Major Responsibilities:

• Lead an engaged and capable team that is aligned with overall business objectives.

• Develop ENMAX Power’s (EP) Transmission Integrated Plan, providing optimization of investments and resource allocation through transparency across the organization.

• Lead the development of EP’s Asset Management Strategy with a focus on establishing the required tools, governance, processes and analytics to support prudent long-term asset management plans.

• Lead the development and defense of timely, thorough, and prudent business case justifications for EP’s transmission capital portfolio and facilitate the required internal and external approvals.

• Own the transmission capital portfolio, including budget accountability and project oversight.

• Prepare and manage the multi-year capital investment plan related to the transmission system.

• Provide direction and guidance to ensure EP’s Transmission system develops in line with technical requirements and in accordance with the Alberta Electric Utilities Act.

• Ensure that Transmission planning and asset management processes, guidelines and criteria are developed and sustained.

• Support regulatory requirements including responses to regulatory bodies in areas such as revenue and facility applications. Participate as a regulatory witness supporting the defense of the transmission capital portfolio and planning practices.

• Encourage and facilitate collaboration and dialogue with peer utilities and other agencies, such as the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO), with respect to transmission system planning and asset management principles and practices. 

• Maintain strong rapport with AESO staff to facilitate timely transmission system development.

• Work with and lead cross functional internal and external teams.

• Support the advancement of planning practices, tools, criteria, and standards to enable emerging technologies and support the rapid changes of the electric system (i.e., Large load customers, Distributed Energy Resources, Advanced Metering Infrastructure, Electric Vehicles, etc.)

• Responsible to act as the APEGA responsible member for the practice of utility planning within ENMAX Power.

Education Required:

• University degree in Electrical Engineering

• P.Eng status with The Association of Professionals in Engineering and Geoscience in Alberta (APEGA)

Qualifications & Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of experience within a transmission or distribution utility environment including current or past planning or asset management background

• Knowledge and experience with oversight of project budget ownership and change management processes

• Experience contributing to and participating in regulatory proceedings with specific knowledge of Alberta’s transmission regulatory environment

• Experience with the Alberta regulatory environment, AESO processes, and reliability criteria

• Knowledge of utility system operation procedures and requirements

• Knowledge in Asset Management and System Planning Practices and Principles

Competencies:

• Passionate about leading and developing people

• Ability to articulate and defend capital plans

• Strong written articulation skills

• Ability to work in a cross functional team to deliver on projects and programs

• Identify conflicting business needs and develop resolutions

• Strong process improvement orientation

• Effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences

• Exercise discretion and judgement when generating solutions

Did we mention the ENMAX Advantage?

We offer competitive compensation including a comprehensive flexible benefits program, non-downtown location that includes great building amenities such as free onsite fitness facility, onsite massage, onsite child care centre (upon availability, offered from our ENMAX Place location 141 – 50 Ave. SE), free parking and much more. If you share our values and would like to make a difference with your career, join the team and see where the ENMAX possibilities can take you.

Location:  This role will be part of our hybrid (home and office) work force with office workspace located at ENMAX Place (141 - 50th Avenue SE, Calgary, AB). You will work from home on Mondays and Fridays and in the office on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Note: 

• We have changed the way we connect with our candidates. Initial interviews may be done virtually as well as parts of our on-boarding and job training may be completed remotely.

• If we can provide an accommodation or adjustment to make the process more accessible for you, please let us know. ENMAX welcomes all qualified applicants to apply and is committed to a safe and respectful workplace. It is our aim to have a workplace which is inclusive and values safety, diversity, personal integrity, respect for individual differences, and encourages ownership and accountability for our actions.

• Every ENMAX employee is responsible to take reasonable care to protect the health and safety of themselves, of all other workers, and of the public.  Each employee must become familiar with safety procedures and rules applicable to their job and are required to follow them while working at ENMAX.

• Must be legal to work in Canada and requires the successful completion of a criminal background check.  Two pieces of valid Government issued ID will be required. 

• Two professional references will be requested.

• Education requirements for this position will be verified by a third party.

In the spirit of reconciliation, we respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional lands of Indigenous Peoples. ENMAX headquarters is in Calgary, Alberta, the traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy, comprised of the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, and Amskapi Piikuni Nations; the Tsuut’ina Nation; and the îyârhe Nakoda Nations of Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney, and home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, as well as many diverse Indigenous people who have made the city their home. We are committed to strengthening relationships with Indigenous Nations and peoples in all communities where we operate, through respect and collaboration.

Please visit our careers page to learn more about other opportunities at ENMAX Corporation.

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