Top Benefits
About the role
The Opportunity:
Company, Department: Nova Scotia Power, Reliability – Standards and Engagement
Location: 1223 Lower Water St, Halifax, NS
Type of Employment: Regular, Full Time
Closing Date: October 3rd, 2025
We are currently looking for a Standards CADD Technologist to join the Distribution Standards Team within Reliability.
Reporting to the Distribution Standards Manager, the successful candidate will draft standard designs used on the overhead and underground distribution systems. The scope of this role includes drafting in 3D using MicroStation, interpreting drawing markups, working with the standards engineers and technologist to maintain updated standard designs and materials, and maintaining a document control program.
Key elements of this role include::
- Revising and creating original engineered drawings and figures using MicroStation to reflect current design practices.
- Interpreting and applying design changes according to markups provided by the standards team.
- Participating in Standards Committees to capture desired drafting changes.
- Maintaining a document control system and process for distribution standards drawings and general standards documents.
Safety and the Environment:
- You will be responsible for your personal safety, that of co-workers, and those under your direction by observing and ensuring compliance with all Occupational Health and Safety Rules and Regulations
- You will hold safety paramount at all times, for self and others.
- Ensuring Safety Program requirements are being met in a timely manner, as defined for the AMO Operations and Capital Program team.
- You will be accountable for environmental performance as it relates to the environmental management system processes and initiatives.
- Achievement of objectives in the Environmental Management System (EMS) on an annual basis as assigned.
These skills will make you successful::
To thrive in this role, you recognize yourself in most of the following competencies and skills listed below:
- CADD technologist/technician.
- Experience with MicroStation (3D).
- Familiarity with distribution assets and system design, construction, and/or operation considered beneficial.
- You will be responsible for your personal safety, that of co-workers, and those under
We understand that experience comes in many forms, and we’re dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. So, if your experience is close to what we’ve listed above, please consider applying.
Learn more about our culture and values:
At the Emera Group of Companies, you’ll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are: making an impact from Atlantic Canada to the world. Your experience and perspective will help us to safely deliver cleaner, more reliable energy to our customers. If working in an innovative environment, challenging yourself, and shaping a cleaner energy future inspires you, we want to hear from you.
The perks of joining our team? We offer::
- Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, access to a free on-site fitness centre, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.
- Grow Your Career: Opportunities to advance within and between our affiliate companies, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.
- Community Engagement & Care: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching & volunteer programs, various committees and employee resource groups, and scholarships for children of employees.
- Competitive Compensation: A comprehensive benefits plan and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emera:
As one of Atlantic Canada’s largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.
Recruitment & Promotion Policy:
The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values. The purpose of our recruitment policy is to provide a consistent framework to support fair and equitable attraction, hiring, and retention of the best talent for vacant positions. We are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants and is guided by our company values.
About Nova Scotia Power
We provide 95 per cent of the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Nova Scotia, and serve over 500,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers across the province.
Our 1,700 dedicated, safety-focused employees help manage $5 billion worth of generation, transmission and distribution assets and produce more than 10,000 gigawatt hours of electricity each year.
We use a fuel mix including hydro, tidal, wind, coal, oil, biomass and natural gas to generate electricity. Our facilities can generate as much as 2,453 megawatts of electricity that is delivered across 32,000 km of transmission and distribution lines throughout Nova Scotia.
Top Benefits
About the role
The Opportunity:
Company, Department: Nova Scotia Power, Reliability – Standards and Engagement
Location: 1223 Lower Water St, Halifax, NS
Type of Employment: Regular, Full Time
Closing Date: October 3rd, 2025
We are currently looking for a Standards CADD Technologist to join the Distribution Standards Team within Reliability.
Reporting to the Distribution Standards Manager, the successful candidate will draft standard designs used on the overhead and underground distribution systems. The scope of this role includes drafting in 3D using MicroStation, interpreting drawing markups, working with the standards engineers and technologist to maintain updated standard designs and materials, and maintaining a document control program.
Key elements of this role include::
- Revising and creating original engineered drawings and figures using MicroStation to reflect current design practices.
- Interpreting and applying design changes according to markups provided by the standards team.
- Participating in Standards Committees to capture desired drafting changes.
- Maintaining a document control system and process for distribution standards drawings and general standards documents.
Safety and the Environment:
- You will be responsible for your personal safety, that of co-workers, and those under your direction by observing and ensuring compliance with all Occupational Health and Safety Rules and Regulations
- You will hold safety paramount at all times, for self and others.
- Ensuring Safety Program requirements are being met in a timely manner, as defined for the AMO Operations and Capital Program team.
- You will be accountable for environmental performance as it relates to the environmental management system processes and initiatives.
- Achievement of objectives in the Environmental Management System (EMS) on an annual basis as assigned.
These skills will make you successful::
To thrive in this role, you recognize yourself in most of the following competencies and skills listed below:
- CADD technologist/technician.
- Experience with MicroStation (3D).
- Familiarity with distribution assets and system design, construction, and/or operation considered beneficial.
- You will be responsible for your personal safety, that of co-workers, and those under
We understand that experience comes in many forms, and we’re dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. So, if your experience is close to what we’ve listed above, please consider applying.
Learn more about our culture and values:
At the Emera Group of Companies, you’ll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are: making an impact from Atlantic Canada to the world. Your experience and perspective will help us to safely deliver cleaner, more reliable energy to our customers. If working in an innovative environment, challenging yourself, and shaping a cleaner energy future inspires you, we want to hear from you.
The perks of joining our team? We offer::
- Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, access to a free on-site fitness centre, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.
- Grow Your Career: Opportunities to advance within and between our affiliate companies, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.
- Community Engagement & Care: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching & volunteer programs, various committees and employee resource groups, and scholarships for children of employees.
- Competitive Compensation: A comprehensive benefits plan and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emera:
As one of Atlantic Canada’s largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.
Recruitment & Promotion Policy:
The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values. The purpose of our recruitment policy is to provide a consistent framework to support fair and equitable attraction, hiring, and retention of the best talent for vacant positions. We are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants and is guided by our company values.
About Nova Scotia Power
We provide 95 per cent of the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Nova Scotia, and serve over 500,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers across the province.
Our 1,700 dedicated, safety-focused employees help manage $5 billion worth of generation, transmission and distribution assets and produce more than 10,000 gigawatt hours of electricity each year.
We use a fuel mix including hydro, tidal, wind, coal, oil, biomass and natural gas to generate electricity. Our facilities can generate as much as 2,453 megawatts of electricity that is delivered across 32,000 km of transmission and distribution lines throughout Nova Scotia.