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As the Transmission Equipment Engineering Division Manager, you are responsible for managing and overseeing the
Transmission Equipment division with approximately 50 professional, technical, and administrative staff, acting as a
technical resource to senior management and others, and providing direction to staff and consultants retained to augment
staff.
The Transmission Equipment Engineering division is accountable for equipment in transmission stations and
telecommunication sites, as well as for underground transmission lines, and works closely with Transmission Stations
Design, Transmission Lines Design, Project Engineering, Protection and Control Engineering, Telecommunications
Engineering, North Coast Engineering divisions within Transmission Engineering, as well as Quality and Estimating,
Maintenance, and CADD divisions in Engineering Services.
Key duties:
- Leads the Transmission Equipment Engineering Division within Transmission Engineering, focusing on equipment in
substations and underground transmission lines for BC Hydro’s transmission system with the following sub-disciplines:
station equipment, fire protection, station mechanical, project engineering, and cable design. Manages the technical,
operational, and strategic performance of the Division in support of BC Hydro's mission, vision, and priorities. This includes
ensuring the technical and leadership development of the Division’s staff provides effective cross-discipline teams to work
on or oversee (as Owner’s Engineer) engineering deliverables for complex projects, including regulatory compliance, that
require a high level of collaboration, technical innovation, safety focus and business acumen.
- Accountable for the operational performance of the Division; developing and managing the business plan and division
budget ensuring that resources are utilized in a cost-effective manner; evaluates the feasibility of projects considering
resources and costs, and manages the resource workload balance within the Division. Develops staffing and training/
development strategies and technical succession plans, establishes performance expectations, develops the required
competency profile for the engineering disciplines, and directs ongoing professional development of staff to develop and
retain appropriate levels of expertise and competency.
- Acts as an experienced technical resource with a high level technical understanding of substations equipment and design,
underground cables design and other transmission disciplines, and the development and application of engineering and
quality assurance standards. Actively seeks out and promotes developments and innovations in the field and applies new
ideas as appropriate. Ensures engineering work is compliant with MRS, EGBC and Safety standards and regulations.
- Manages and maintains relationships between BC Hydro, vendors and external engineering service providers and internal
relationships between Engineering divisions and with Capital Infrastructure Project Delivery, PCM, Asset Planning and
Sustainment, Operations, Category Management, Safety, MRS compliance and others. Contributes to the entire
Engineering team through the facilitation of broader business initiatives such as the successful application of advanced
tools and processes, Safety by Design and Mandatory Reliability Standards, development, support and sustainment of
design standards, equipment specifications, and procurement, as well as development of broader engineering standards.
- Acts as Responsible Registrant for the EGBC Professional Registrants in Transmission Equipment Engineering. Ensures
alignment to EGBC's Professional Practice guides and standards, and BC Hydro's Professional Practice Management Plan.
