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Reliability Compliance Program Manager

ATCO Electric3 days ago
Edmonton, Alberta
Senior Level
full_time

Top Benefits

Competitive compensation
Flex benefits
Tuition assistance program

About the role

Division: Asset Management - Electricity Location: Edmonton or Calgary, AB Amazing team. Rewarding work. Position Summary:

Always there. Anywhere. That’s us! We’ve got a lot of energy at ATCO, focused on creating prosperity for generations to come. Embrace challenge and growth because your career journey at ATCO has the potential to be full of new experiences, inspiring challenges, and growth without boundaries.

At ATCO you will feel pride in taking on challenges and solving complex problems. It’s a community-like atmosphere of support and flexibility where you can be your best self and enjoy limitless development and learning opportunities

Reporting to the Director of Asset Management, the Reliability Compliance Program Manager manages ATCO Electric’s compliance program with industry-approved rules, operating policies and procedures, and reliability standards according to the Alberta Reliability Standards (ARS) and ISO Rules.

Responsibilities: Overall Program Accountability:

  • Responsible for ATCO Electric's overall compliance with ARS Standards and ISO Rules, including regular collaboration with standard owners.
  • Develop key performance indicators and provide updates to the leadership team.
  • Ensure roles and responsibilities are clearly identified between the compliance team and standard owners
  • Monitor and review stakeholder consultations, approval applications to the AUC, entity information requests, stakeholder arguments, and regulatory decisions related to ARS Standards and ISO Rules.
  • Coordinate with external parties to maintain effective working relationships and resolve issues related to ARS Standards and ISO Rules.
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory agencies' policy response submission deadlines.
  • Provide monthly updates on compliance issues and lead formal quarterly reviews and internal reporting.
  • Manage compliance software processes and ensure accurate data use.
  • Ensure standard owners are collecting and storing evidence appropriately.
  • Identify compliance improvements in collaboration with standard owners, secure funding, and assign execution responsibilities.

Standard Revisions (or new Standards):

  • Monitor the development or revisions of ARS Standards and ISO Rules with the associated standard owner.
  • Participate in stakeholder sessions and provide feedback to the AESO.
  • Provide visibility to leadership team of potential business impacts.
  • Prepare business cases for required funding.
  • Ensure compliance by the standard effective date.

Audits:

  • Lead compliance activities such as Annual Self Certifications, ARS audits, quarterly reviews, and Self Reports submitted to AESO and MSA.
  • Ensure resources are available for audit activities and responses.
  • Minimize findings during external audits.
  • Address any audit findings or observations, secure funding, and assign execution responsibilities. Track to completion.

Contraventions or Self-Reports:

  • Monitor contraventions and report key performance indicators.
  • Take lead responsibility for drafting self-reports, mitigation plans and responses to AESO or MSA.
  • Monitor mitigation plans to ensure timelines are met.
  • Report results from the MSA, ensure penalties have visibility to the leadership team, and ensure penalties are paid on time.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical or Power Engineering or equivalent.
  • 5 - 7 years of related experience, applicable to transmission power systems and/or power generation systems.
  • Audit-related training is preferred.
  • An understanding of the current industry structure in Alberta including the AIES, AESO, AUC and MSA roles and responsibilities, Alberta Reliability Standards, EAI, Transmission Regulations, etc.
  • A strong transmission and generation operations knowledge is beneficial.

What We Offer:

  • A culture based on caring, integrity, agility, collaboration, safety, and striving for excellence
  • Competitive compensation
  • Flex benefits
  • Tuition assistance program
  • Training and mentorship programs
  • Charitable donation matching

At ATCO - Opportunities to progress professionally, the opportunities to learn, develop, and enrich yourself are unlimited. We are an expanding global company with a lot of pride in what we do. We would like to thank everyone for their application; however, only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.

ATCO Electric is part of ATCO Ltd. ATCO delivers inspired solutions for a better world. We are a diversified global corporation with investments in the essential services of Structures & Logistics, Utilities, Energy Infrastructure, Retail Energy, Transportation and Commercial Real Estate. Learn more about how we build communities, energize industries and deliver customer-focused solutions like no other company in the world at www.atco.com. ATCO is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Visit our website for more information.

Issued: September 3, 2025 Expiry: September 17, 2025 , Anwar, Arfat S, >

About ATCO Electric

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ATCO Electric is committed to providing safe and reliable electricity transmission and distribution services to Albertans. We develop regulated distribution and transmission projects and play a key role in the development of Alberta’s energy-rich industrial sector. We operate in 245 communities in northern and east-central Alberta, a service area that covers close to two-thirds of the province. For more information, visit ATCOelectric.com

With approximately 7,000 employees and assets of $22 billion, ATCO is a diversified global corporation delivering service excellence and innovative business solutions in Structures & Logistics (workforce housing, innovative modular facilities, construction, site support services, and logistics and operations management); Electricity (electricity generation, transmission, and distribution); Pipelines & Liquids (natural gas transmission, distribution and infrastructure development, energy storage, and industrial water solutions); and Retail Energy (electricity and natural gas retail sales). More information can be found at www.ATCO.com.