Job Location: Bridge River, BC Employment type: Permanent Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/week) Annual Salary: $ 131,100.00 - 165,800.00 No. of positions: 1 Closing date: July 26, 2026

What you'll do

Position Highlights:

The Specialist Engineer – Investment Planning is BC Hydro’s recognized subject matter expert for generation asset investment planning. The role provides strategic leadership for long-term maintenance and capital investment planning, ensuring generation assets are managed to optimize reliability, safety, environmental performance, and lifecycle value.

Working across multiple business units and disciplines, the position leads the development of asset investment strategies, risk-based decision frameworks, and capital project prioritization plans. This role influences decision-making, and provides technical leadership for high-risk, high-impact investment decisions affecting BC Hydro’s generation assets. This role is responsible for integrating maintenance and capital planning activities, supporting long-term reliability and asset performance.

Major Responsibilities:

• Develops mid- and long-term generation asset investment strategies.

• Integrates maintenance, operations, engineering, and capital planning to meet asset management objectives.

• Advises senior leadership on investment priorities, risk mitigation, and emerging asset risks.

• Improves investment planning processes, business rules, and standards application.

• Leads complex, high-value maintenance and capital investment plans with cross-functional impact.

• Resolve cross-organizational and cross-functional risks and integrate diverse perspectives into decision making.

• Assess and lead high-impact decisions involving financial loss, energy production, water conveyance, and longer-term strategic outcomes.

• Directs asset risk assessments, business cases, Investment Summary documents, and funding recommendations.

• Recommends investment priorities across asset classes and generating stations to maximize value and manage risk.

• Serves as a recognized specialist in generation asset planning, asset management, and risk-based decision-making.

• Consults with Engineering, Operations, Asset Planning, and other Generation partners.

• Coordinates stakeholders to align maintenance, capital, and operational plans with GSAP objectives.

• Influences decisions through technical expertise, business acumen, and stakeholder engagement.

• Exercises independent judgment on complex and ambiguous asset management issues.

• Approves or recommends expenditures and investment strategies within delegated authority.

• Build stronger relationships across Generation and serve as a mentor to other Asset Planners in risk analysis, building organizational capability and business continuity.

What you bring

• Graduated with an Engineering Degree recognized by Canadian institutions.

• Registered or eligible for immediate registration, as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng) with the Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (EGBC).

• A minimum of ten (10+) 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.

Skills:

• Strong engineering judgment to resolve complex and unusual problems with consideration for cost, operability, safety, and long-term business impacts.

• Demonstrated leadership, communication, mentoring, conflict management, and stakeholder relationship skills.

• Strong strategic thinking, business planning, organizational, and decision-making skills.

• Thorough understanding of BC Hydro’s asset management practices, generation assets, maintenance, reliability, and utility operations.

• Proven ability to develop risk- and value-based business cases, investment strategies, and long-term capital plans.

• Demonstrated experience leading asset management and investment planning initiatives.

• Extensive knowledge of asset management principles, risk-based decision-making, lifecycle planning, and capital portfolio management.

• Proven ability to influence outcomes, advise senior leaders, and manage complex stakeholder relationships

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.

• Please note some travel will be required.
• Driver's License Type = Class 5
• P.Eng & EGBC: Engineers & GeoScientists BC = In Good Standing

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.

• This location is eligible for a Remote Incentive of 20%. Remote Incentives are paid bi-weekly to Full-Time Regular employees working in eligible remote locations.

• Bridge River works a modified work week (4 day).

• Company transportation is available from Vancouver, Kamloops, Vernon and surrounding areas.

• Staff accommodations are available.

• Commuting employees are entitled to a Daily food allowance of $57.50 per day when at Bridge River as per MOU#36.

• Applicants should familiarize themselves with the work and living environment associated with Bridge River.

How to apply

Interested candidates should submit their applications online at https://app.bchydro.com/careers/current_opp.html or click ‘Apply’

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