Director, Engineering

Position Overview

Current ENMAX employees are encouraged to apply through their internal Workday access. Posted:June 10, 2026Closing Date:June 24, 2026Position Type:PermanentUnion:MPExempt

The Director, Engineering is the senior engineering authority for ENMAX Power Corporation and a key member of the Operations, Asset, and Grid Modernization leadership team.

This newly established role provides enterprise‑level leadership for engineering governance, professional practice, technical standards, design quality, and engineering assurance across transmission and distribution functions. The Director reports to the Vice President and leads the Office of the Chief Engineer, strengthening engineering excellence, regulatory defensibility, and practical field execution.

Major Responsibilities

• Provide EPC‑wide leadership for engineering governance, professional practice, design quality, and technical standards, ensuring engineering work is safe, consistent, compliant, and defensible.
• Own and steward EPC’s APEGA Professional Practice Management Plan, including authenticated work products, professional accountability, engineering controls, audit readiness, and continuous improvement.
• Lead the Office of the Chief Engineer and develop engineering capability across EPC, including talent development, succession depth, subject‑matter expertise, and consistent application of engineering judgment.
• Establish and govern engineering standards, design authority, and safety‑by‑design practices across transmission, substation, network, and distribution assets to reduce field hazards, rework, construction issues, and design defects.
• Provide engineering quality assurance for transmission and distribution capital business cases, ensuring clear technical justification, design basis traceability, documented engineering judgment, and alignment with regulatory expectations.
• Provide practical engineering leadership on complex field, customer, construction, and operational issues, including escalations, incident investigations, constructability challenges, and resolution of technical conflicts.
• Lead Permits and Circulations, including municipal permitting interfaces, technical review of third‑party work near EPC assets, construction coordination, and compliance for rights‑of‑way and infrastructure installations.
• Lead Alberta Reliability Standards interpretation and engineering oversight, supporting alignment with NERC standards, AESO requirements, and responses to regulatory inquiries.
• Drive engineering modernization by advancing tools, standards, design processes, and emerging technologies that improve engineering quality, productivity, safety, and readiness for Grid of the Future needs.
• Use personal influence, technical credibility, and change leadership to align engineering practices across cross‑functional teams and support organization‑wide transformation.
• Collaborate with leaders across Asset Management, System Operations, System Planning, Innovation, Project Delivery, Field Services, and other EPC teams to ensure capital plans and engineering outcomes are safe, practical, executable, and aligned with enterprise priorities.

Education Required

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or an equivalent engineering discipline.
• Registered or eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with APEGA in Alberta.
• Advanced education in engineering, business, leadership, or asset management considered an asset.

Qualifications & Experience

• 15+ years of progressive experience in electric utility engineering, operations, asset management, or infrastructure delivery, preferably within a regulated transmission and distribution environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams, technical specialists, or multidisciplinary functions with accountability for standards, design quality, professional practice, and engineering governance.
• Strong practical understanding of electric utility design, construction, operations, maintenance, and field execution, with the ability to translate engineering requirements into safe and workable field outcomes.
• Proven ability to engage with frontline leaders, crews, engineers, project teams, regulators, municipalities, and senior executives on complex technical and operational matters.
• Strong knowledge of professional engineering practice requirements, including APEGA obligations, authenticated work products, professional accountability, quality management, and audit readiness.
• Deep understanding of Alberta’s utility regulatory environment and relevant codes, standards, and frameworks (CSA, IEEE, IEC, NERC, Alberta Reliability Standards, AESO, Alberta legislation).
• Familiarity with engineering quality management systems and engineering assurance processes.
• Demonstrated experience leading change across matrixed or cross‑functional teams, using influence and collaboration to improve consistency, accountability, and performance.

Competencies

• Demonstrates strategic thinking and business acumen, translating enterprise priorities into clear outcomes.
• Builds strong relationships and leads, mentors, and engages diverse teams, fostering capability growth and high performance.
• Communicates effectively and persuasively with senior leadership, regulators, external partners, and stakeholders.
• Leads through change with resilience, championing continuous improvement and modeling ENMAX values.
• Establishes and upholds governance and risk‑management frameworks that ensure compliance and defensible decision‑making.

ENMAX Values

• Safety
• Integrity
• Accountability
• Service
• Teamwork
• Agility
• Innovation

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Comprehensive flexible benefits program.
• Free onsite fitness facility, onsite massage, onsite child‑care centre (upon availability), free parking, and more.

Location & Work Model

141 - 50th Avenue SE. Hybrid work model with core days in office (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays); flexible options for Mondays and Fridays.

EEO Statement & Accommodation

ENMAX welcomes all qualified applicants to apply and is committed to a safe and respectful workplace. We value diversity, personal integrity, and inclusive hiring. If an accommodation or adjustment is required to make the hiring process more accessible, please let us know.

Additional Information

Must be legal to work in Canada and must successfully complete a criminal background check. Two pieces of valid government‑issued ID and two professional references are required. Education requirements will be verified by a third party.

Reconciliation Statement

In the spirit of reconciliation, we respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional lands of Indigenous Peoples. ENMAX is committed to strengthening relationships with Indigenous Nations and peoples in all communities where we operate.

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