Associate Asset Advisor (Professional Engineer)
Winnipeg, MB
Manitoba Hydro is consistently recognized as one of Manitoba's Top Employers! We are a leader among energy companies in
North America, recognized for providing highly reliable service and exceptional customer satisfaction. Join our team of Manitoba's
best as we continue to build a company that champions safety, supports innovation, and delivers on our commitment to customer
service - while actively fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace reflective of the communities we serve.
Great Benefits
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
- Defined-benefit pension plan for long-term financial security.
- Nine-day work cycle, typically resulting in every other Monday off to support a balanced approach to work, family life and
community.
Position Overview:
We are seeking an Associate Asset Advisor to join our Asset Lifecycle Management Department. Under the direction of Team Leads
and the Lifecycle Value Optimization Section Head, the Associate Asset Advisor will be responsible for coordination of asset lifecycle
activities for assigned equipment and infrastructure, maintenance of the asset inventory information, facilitation of the
decision-making process, and coordination of input into the asset investment plan for all assigned asset classes. The Associate
Asset Advisor will also promote asset management best practices, and support alignment of asset life-cycle activities with corporate
business objectives across all energy streams.
Responsibilities:
- Minimize asset life cycle costs for prescribed levels of performance and risk by developing and maintaining whole life cost
models.
- Support the management of the asset needs inventory including vetting and prioritization of all incoming work to Asset
Management, and initiating new investments.
- Support the development of the Asset Management capital portfolio which includes determining investment scope,
alternatives and schedules.
- Support the execution of Asset Class Strategy Program activities by gathering input from Subject Matter Experts and
coordinating the completion of key deliverables.
- Facilitate project teams as the SME to evaluate all capital project alternatives with the Corporate Value Framework.
- Participate on project teams by facilitating a consistent and quantitative decision-making process in all phases of projects and
approvals, ensuring alignment with global objective and inclusion of evidence, review and recommendation of scope change
requests, and review of deficiency list and completion certificate.
- Assess the risks of failure of all assets by evaluating asset condition assessments and indexing to support asset decision
making.
- Support the quantitative decision-making process through collection of evidence, enlistment and interpretation of diverse
subject matter expert perspectives, defining the value of the decision using the Corporate Value Framework, appropriate
treatment of uncertainty and risk, and ensuring investment value is adequately and consistently identified.
- Support the development and provide input to business and Asset Management tools, best practices and processes through
liaising with internal and external asset management individuals, areas, and organizations and support implementation at a
divisional level.
- Maintain relations with Design, Operations, Maintenance, Project Management, Resource Planning, Plant, Finance, and other
groups within and outside of the division for the purposes of information sharing and team alignment.
Qualifications:
- Graduate in Civil, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering from a university of recognized standing with a minimum of six years
of related experience having obtained three years of this experience in maintenance, design, construction, or commissioning
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