Job description:

Kinectrics takes pride in being consistently ranked as one of the best places to work in the energy and utility industry, where purpose and people mean as much as innovation and growth. That’s why we choose only the best and brightest to join us. To keep pace with the expanding energy and utility sector, Kinectrics has grown from a company of 300 to over 1,000 in only the last few years - and we aren’t looking to slow down. Join our diverse, supportive workplace for a rewarding career in the electricity industry.

Visit our website to learn more:  www.kinectrics.com

The Opportunity

Position: Clean Energy Technical Expert (Scientist/ Engineer)

Employment Type: Permanent

Employment Level:  Intermediate / Senior

Location: 393 University Avenue, Toronto, ON

Department: Nuclear Safety & Licensing

Reports to: Manager, Environmental Services, Clean Energy, & Community Engagement

Hours per week: 37.5

What We Offer

At Kinectrics, employees are recognized for their knowledge, experience, and contributions while working in a highly technical and challenging environment. Kinectrics puts you in the driver’s seat of your own career, setting you up alongside industry experts who will help you develop the skills essential to your professional growth in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and rewarding work culture.

• Purpose: The work we do each day helps communities around the world. Find satisfaction in work that really matters, working alongside and as part of the best and brightest in the industry.

• Growth: To keep pace with Canada’s expanding energy and utility sector, we are growing more each day, which means more opportunities for you. We encourage our employees to grow alongside our company thanks to a number of significant training and personal development opportunities.

• Innovation: Our staff proudly develop innovations that push the industry forward.

• Diversity: The company is dedicated to promoting diversity in its workforce, up to and including the senior management level. Our diversity committee ensures we stay up to date on leading trends and best practices, creating a desirable workspace for each and every one of our employees.

• Competitive Compensation: We offer a competitive total compensation package unmatched by most industries throughout North America.

About the Role

Kinectrics is a global leader in engineering, testing, and consulting for the electricity industry, delivering trusted solutions for over a century. We’re expanding our clean energy portfolio and seeking a dynamic, innovative Clean Energy Technical Expert to help us define the next frontier of energy innovation.

This role uniquely blends deep technical execution with strategic business development. You’ll be a technical trailblazer, contributing to hydrogen, hybrid systems, and next-generation energy integration, while also driving client engagement and proposal development that bring new ideas to market.

Accountabilities: How You Will Make an Impact

• Lead the Energy Transition

• Spearhead technical workstreams on transformative clean energy projects—hydrogen, hybrid systems, nuclear integration, and more.

• Serve as subject matter expert (SME), ensuring rigorous, cutting-edge analysis and project delivery.

• Develop and Grow Business

• Proactively identify opportunities in Canadian and international clean energy markets.

• Create winning proposals, shape scopes of work, and build lasting client relationships.

• Support strategic partnerships that drive our clean energy vision forward.

• The associated portfolio revenue is expected to be >$3M with a CAGR of 15-20%.

• Drive Innovation

• Contribute to the development of innovative energy system architectures, including Transportable Nuclear Power Plants and hybrid generation systems tailored for industrial or remote applications.

• Influence the direction of industry through involvement in key associations, events, and thought leadership.

• Collaborate Across Teams

• Work across functions—licensing, environment, safety, systems—to integrate multidisciplinary insights into cohesive, client-ready solutions.

• Lead and mentor technical teams and junior staff.

• Other duties as assigned.

This position will support key customer portfolios including:

• Utilities deploying mixed clean energy systems on complex sites. This includes the integration of nuclear reactors and fusion facilities with other industrial uses, co-generation, hydrogen, ammonia, and petrochemical production facilities.

• Remote mining operations requiring unique deployment and integration considerations.

• Emerging mobile and modular clean energy technologies for transportable deployment: design, safety analysis, and systems integration for these technologies.

What You Need to Succeed

• Education: Master’s degree or higher in engineering or science.

• Experience: 10–15 years in clean energy, hydrogen, or related fields. Nuclear industry or regulated sector experience is a strong asset.

• Technical Breadth: Expertise in hydrogen technologies, hybrid systems, and environmental or impact assessments.

• Business Acumen: Proven ability to support or lead business development activities, prepare proposals, and engage clients strategically.

• Regulatory Fluency: Familiarity with Canadian nuclear/environmental regulations considered an asset.

• Adaptability: ability to pivot between work assignments in a variety of areas to support the business needs.

• Core Competencies:

• Strong strategic and analytical thinking

• Technical leadership and collaboration

• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills

• Entrepreneurial mindset with drive to innovate and grow

• Time and project management excellence

• Ability to work on multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.

• Occasional travel to other Kinectrics’ locations, client sites, and key industry events will be required.

Kinectrics Inc is strongly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and welcomes applications from all individuals. To learn more about our commitments please visit our diversity, equity and inclusion and indigenous relations pages.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a voluntary diversity survey. The collection of self-identification data is driven by our commitment to DE&I and ensures Kinectrics' continuous review and improvement of its programs. The information that you provide is strictly confidential and your responses will only be used for statistical purposes. Your responses do not affect your candidacy in any way.

Kinectrics welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.