ARS Specialist

Job Responsibility: Current ENMAX employees are encouraged to apply through their internal Workday access. Posted: April 29, 2025 Closing Date: May 13, 2025 Position Type: Permanent Union: Exempt (MP) ENMAX Values - Safety, Integrity, Accountability, Service, Teamwork, Agility, Innovation The Alberta Reliability Standards (ARS) Specialist will provide compliance oversight and project management to ENMAX Energy Corporation (EEC), via the development, implementation, and continual improvement of a regulated ARS compliance program. Major Responsibilities:

• Ensure that EEC remains compliant with regulatory requirements by maintaining accurate and organized evidence that meets internal and regulator specifications.
• implement a risk-based framework and systematic approach to evaluating and managing the reliability and regulatory risks associated with operating generation plants and equipment.
• Maintain a collaborative relationship with the AESO and MSA, perform research and provide input on upcoming AESO initiatives to ensure alignment with EEC business and operational objectives.
• Monitor and track AESO regulatory activities, plans and proposals, and ensure that EEC effectively plans and budgets for new regulatory requirements.
• Identify & interpret Alberta Reliability Standards (“ARS”) requirements applicable to EEC's generating facilities and associated equipment components
• Identify and interpret ISO Rule requirements (operational and technical ISO Rules) applicable to EEC's generating facilities.
• Determining and reporting the cause of regulatory noncompliance by leading or coordinating causal analysis investigations, preparing self-reports to the Alberta Market Surveillance Administrator (MSA), and developing Mitigation plans that prevent future recurrence of events.
• Monthly and Quarterly reporting of regulatory-related events, conditions and activities that impact EEC's generation fleet, and reporting significant events to the Executive Leadership team.
• Review generating equipment maintenance, testing protocols, records, and reports to ensure compliance is maintained. Identify, report, and resolve equipment maintenance and testing shortfalls.
• Enhance ARS awareness by communicating with internal stakeholders on a regular basis and assisting with any questions that relate to the programs
• Fulfill a role in EEC's Incident Command System.
• Prepare, collect and validate audit and self-certification evidence, and provision to the AESO.
• Leads the development, implementation and maintenance of ARS program performance dashboards

Education Required:

• Degree or diploma in Engineering, Business or in a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education or experience in compliance and/or utility roles.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 8 years previous applied experience in compliance/regulatory program development and implementation or utility experience.
• Demonstrated comprehensive understanding of regulatory requirements within the scope of ARS and ISO Rules and their impact on the Alberta Interconnected Electrical System (AIES), EEC and its employees.
• Experienced in creating, developing, and implementing compliance programs.
• Previous experience in a compliance role involving AESO, AUC, MSA, and/or NERC.
• Ability to develop and implement procedures, along with strong technical writing skills.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerBI and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), preferably IBM Maximo.
• Experience identifying and assessing compliance related events and working collaboratively to conduct root cause analysis investigations and implementing corrective/preventive actions.
• Project Management experience involving cross-functional teams for new regulatory requirements.

Competencies:

• Strong organizational and time management skills to effectively manage competing demands from various stakeholders with tight timelines
• Strong written and oral communication skills combined with the ability to conduct yourself comfortably and professionally with various levels at ENMAX
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Embraces the competencies and core values of ENMAX Corporation

Did we mention the ENMAX Advantage? We offer competitive compensation including a comprehensive flexible benefits program, non-downtown location that includes great building amenities such as free onsite fitness facility with programming geared to employee's needs, onsite childcare centre (upon availability, offered from our ENMAX Place location 141 - 50 Ave. SE), free parking and much more. If you share our values and would like to make a difference with your career, join the team and see where the ENMAX possibilities can take you. Location: This role will be part of our hybrid (home and office) workforce with office workspace located at ENMAX Place (141 - 50th Avenue SE, Calgary, AB). You will work from home on Mondays and Fridays and in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Note:

• If we can provide an accommodation or adjustment to make the process more accessible for you, please let us know. ENMAX welcomes all qualified applicants to apply and is committed to a safe and respectful workplace. It is our aim to have a workplace which is inclusive and values safety, diversity, personal integrity, respect for individual differences, and encourages ownership and accountability for our actions.
• Every ENMAX employee is responsible to take reasonable care to protect the health and safety of themselves, of all other workers, and of the public. Each employee must become familiar with safety procedures and rules applicable to their job and are required to follow them while working at ENMAX.
• Must be legal to work in Canada and requires the successful completion of a criminal background check. Two pieces of valid Government issued ID will be required.

In the spirit of reconciliation, we respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional lands of Indigenous Peoples. ENMAX headquarters is in Calgary, Alberta, the traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy, comprised of the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, and Amskapi Piikuni Nations; the Tsuut'ina Nation; and the îyârhe Nakoda Nations of Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney, and home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, as well as many diverse Indigenous people who have made the city their home. We are committed to strengthening relationships with Indigenous Nations and peoples in all communities where we operate, through respect and collaboration. Please visit our careers page to learn more about other opportunities at ENMAX Corporation. #LI-POST

About ENMAX

For over 100 years, ENMAX Corporation, through its subsidiaries and predecessors, has provided Albertans with safe and reliable electricity to power the success of our province. We are warming homes, supplying worksites, driving businesses and powering communities. We are committed to being “on” for our customers. Our goal is to provide forward-thinking and customer-centric energy solutions that not only work for today, but also provide for a better tomorrow. The ENMAX Group of Companies is a diverse organization that understands what it means to buy and make electricity, to move it across our network of wires to homes and businesses, and to market and sell electricity to our customers in a way that works for them.