At BC Hydro, we’re working towards creating a cleaner and more sustainable future for all British Columbians and need
people like you to help us. A career at BC Hydro is meaningful and provides you the opportunity to be part of a talented,
inclusive, and diverse team. We offer a healthy work-life balance, competitive wages, a comprehensive benefits package,
and training opportunities to support you in your career growth. We're proud to be ranked as one of B.C.'s Top Employers
and one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers.
We invite you to join us as we build an even cleaner B.C. We welcome applications from all qualified job seekers. If you’re a
person with a disability, please let us know by emailing [email protected], as adjustments can be made to
help support you in your application process.
We are the Capital Project team within an arm of BC Hydro Operations called Program and Contract Management (PCM).
The PCM Capital Project Delivery team is growing and manages all the Distribution (Lines) Capital across the province. Our
projects are initiated by our asset planning team or by our large Customers. Our team is made up of a diverse group of 50+
professional Project and Program Managers. We carry 400+ projects worth $1.1B and deliver $250M annually. Our projects
are delivered efficiently on a 2–3-year life cycle across the province year-round.
You’ll be involved in growth or sustainment projects to increase capacity or reliability and safety. You’ll also handle large
and complex Major Customer projects. You’ll manage energy-based Distribution Independent Power Producers projects
and End of Life, MoTI Relocations, Transmission Line Relocations, Shared Assets, and Interconnection Projects. You’ll love
the diversity of work!
Our team is excited to grow and deliver more work than ever before. We are part of a large capital investment in our
Distribution system, and we are proud to support electrification across the province with clean electricity. We hope you
consider joining our team who will be responsible for upgrading the Lines systems that distribute power to the people of
British Columbia.
You will apply the skills you have already gained in your career to…
- You are a proactive and adaptable project professional who enjoys working on diverse and challenging projects to improve
the power system. You also have a passion for excellence and innovation, and you can collaborate effectively with
engineers, designers, project managers and construction managers to deliver high-quality projects.
- Act as a project manager for a portfolio of multiple projects with medium to high impact/ complexity.
- Develop, monitor and manage project plans, including scope, budget, and schedule in order to accomplish project
objectives.
- Review work in progress and assess completed work for accuracy, required results and quality assurance.
- Often act as Project Manager for projects being delivered by External Service Providers who support our Engineering and
Project delivery.
- Effectively manage and guide team efforts; tracks team progress, adequately anticipates roadblocks, and changes course
as needed to achieve team goals; provides appropriate feedback concerning group and individual performance, including
areas for improvement.
- Manage multiple activities effectively such as quality assurance, engineering, stakeholder engagement, communication,
procurement, planning and controls, and safety by using project management principles in monitoring progress and
establishing standards for implementation to keep the project within allotted time and budget.
- Maintain meaningful relationships with stakeholders including customers, engineers and field crews through regular
communication using excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills enabling timely progression of projects.
- Effectively represent BC Hydro to external stakeholders and in working with contractors as our projects execute.
- Select and adjust the delivery and/ or contracting model used within projects to ensure smooth delivery of work.
- Travel to site as and when needed to meet internal and external groups, and support design, permitting and field
coordination/ construction.
You will be assigned a range of Distribution capital projects. You will have the opportunity to…
