Sr. Engineer (Investment Planning)

Job summary

The Senior Engineer facilitates the integration of maintenance and capital asset management processes to ensure long-term reliability of BC Hydro assets. They lead annual maintenance planning, develop cost estimates, and make risk-based investment decisions in collaboration with field operations.

Job details

Job Location: Edmonds, Burnaby, BC Employment type: Permanent Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/week) Annual Salary: $ 109,700.00 - 138,700.00 No. of positions: 1 Closing date: October 1, 2026 Position Details: The Investment Planning (Senior Engineer) plays a critical role in facilitating integration of generating stations maintenance and capital asset management processes and investment strategies to ensure Stations Asset Planning is making the right investments at the right time for long-term reliability of BC Hydro assets. This role serves as Station Asset Planning’s field representative for maintenance and capital work identification and planning. Good communication skills, emotional intelligence, relevant work experience, and technical knowledge are requirements for this position. What you'll do - Make asset risk and value-based decisions in collaboration with Stations Field Operations in a real time and near real time environment. - Develop scope, cost estimates and risk assessments in collaboration with stakeholders for newly identified work greater than $15,000. - Assess, prioritize, and approve emergent maintenance expenditures up to $100,000 within established framework and business rules. - Create capital Investment Summary documents, which define problems/opportunities and associated risks along with the recommended scope, schedule and costs to mitigate the identified risks for both emergent and future year capital projects. - Promotes consistent application of maintenance investment strategies and business rules. - When delegated, serves the Initiator role for Operations managed capital projects. - Leads annual maintenance and Operations managed capital planning process for their respective area, and participates in work prioritization across the province for centralized investment decisions and fiscal work plan development. - Identifies opportunities to integrate and coordinate maintenance and capital investments, working with business partners to initiate maintenance program and capital plan revisions. - Provides oversight, advice and guidance to Engineering and Operations for conducting risk assessments for identified work in alignment with BC Hydro’s Enterprise Risk Framework. - Represents Stations Asset Planning at recurring planning and leadership meetings at the generating stations. - Facilitates collaboration between Stations Asset Planning, Engineering, and Operations for process improvements and efficiency opportunities. - Identifies, promotes and leads improvements to existing processes, systems and tools to enhance asset management practices. What you bring - A recognized Electrical or Mechanical Engineering degree and registered, or eligible for immediate registration, as a Professional Engineer with the Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (EGBC). - A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant and progressive engineering or asset management experience. Applicants who do not meet the full qualifications or those with lesser work experience may be considered for a lower-level position. - Experience developing risk and value-based business cases. - Experience assessing benefits and risk in an industrial environment to make operational decisions. - Strong strategic thinking, leadership, and business planning skills. - Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with business partners across BC Hydro. - Successful, creative, and persistent approach to influencing outcomes and meeting objectives. - Excellent organizational and management skills. - Excellent communication skills. Additional Leadership Requirements: - A strong leader with a track record of modeling BC Hydro's core values and in building trust in all relationships at multiple levels. - Demonstrated record of making difficult business decisions, with imperfect information, and with consideration to the short-term and long-term implications of that decision on the organization. - Ability to engage employees in a vision, inspires confidence in his/her leadership, and creates a sense of purpose and an environment which is viewed as safe by the team. What we offer We're always looking for exceptional people to bring new ideas, fresh thinking and the motivation to help shape the electricity system in B.C. It's an exciting time to be a part of our team as we invest in our system and prepare to meet the challenges of tomorrow. Our values guide our work. Want to join us? We are safe. We are here for our customers. We are one team. We act with integrity. We respect our province. We are forward thinking. BC Hydro is an equal opportunity employer. Note that the following must be maintained in good standing as a condition of continuous employment: P.Eng.: Professional Engineer = In Good Standing EGBC: Engineers & Geoscientists BC = In Good Standing Driver's License Type = Class 5 Please be advised that this role has been assessed as safety sensitive and pre-qualification alcohol and drug testing will be required as a pre-condition to employment. How to apply Interested candidates should submit their applications online at https://app.bchydro.com/careers/current_opp.html or click ‘Apply’ You must use a supported browser, such as Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Safari. Your pop up blocker will also need to be disabled for the BC Hydro Careers site. On the BC Hydro Careers site, click on the Apply button in order to complete the steps to apply for this job. Please be sure to update your Candidate Profile with your current resume and include copies of your certifications, if applicable.

What you’ll do

The Senior Engineer facilitates the integration of maintenance and capital asset management processes to ensure long-term reliability of BC Hydro assets. They lead annual maintenance planning, develop cost estimates, and make risk-based investment decisions in collaboration with field operations.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a recognized Electrical or Mechanical Engineering degree and be registered or eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer with EGBC. A minimum of eight years of relevant engineering or asset management experience is required, along with strong strategic and leadership skills.

Listed skills

• Asset Management · Preferred
• Leadership · Preferred
• Communication Skills · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Asset management
• Investment planning
• Risk assessment
• Capital asset management
• Strategic thinking
• Leadership
• Business planning
• Electrical engineering
• Mechanical engineering
• Project management
• Communication skills
• Emotional intelligence
• Technical knowledge
• Stakeholder management
• Maintenance planning

Job areas

• Engineering
• Energy
• Management & Leadership
• Government & Public Sector