Senior Manager, Engineering

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (AQN), parent company of Liberty, is a diversified international generation, transmission, and distribution utility. AQN is committed to providing safe, reliable, and cost-effective energy and water solutions through our portfolio of utility investments to over one million customer connections, largely in the United States and Canada.

At Algonquin, our vision is to be the most trusted utility service provider in North America – a premium regulated utility, known for our customer focus, commitment to sustainability, and strong community partnerships. Our employees are at the heart of that vision. We believe that when people are empowered to learn, grow, and contribute their ideas, we can achieve remarkable results together.

We are building a culture that values integrity, inclusivity, and innovation. By joining Algonquin, you’ll be part of a team that is shaping the future of energy and water, while creating long-term value for our customers, communities, employees, and shareholders.

Purpose

This role leads the Engineering department and provides leadership of staff delivering all technical aspects of engineering, design, resource planning and performance of our systems and facilities to support the future growth of our infrastructure in a safe, compliant and cost-effective way. The incumbent will be solely responsible for management and oversight of special projects, including high-pressure pipeline construction, pipeline replacement and asset remediation, resource planning as well as large-scale distribution work, including new construction, reinforcement and relocation activities.The incumbent is accountable for ensuring the engineering solutions designed and planned by their team are appropriate and reflect Liberty strategy and standards as well as regulatory standards and industry best practices. 

People Development responsibilities include leading culture, role modeling change leadership, success planning, and incorporating diversity, equity and inclusion. Must ensure that state resources are in compliance and certified to do their job. This role is accountable for ensuring staff necessary certifications.

Scope of responsibilities may include overseeing the following: decision-making to size and select meters, regulators, and relief valves, to size service lines, design main extensions, manage capital projects from inception to closeout, review public works proposals to identify implications for our facilities, secure permits for work in state road rights-of-way (more complex projects), coordinate with 3rd party engineering firms and survey firms as needed for other permits, review engineering records for accuracy and completeness, coordinate the distribution and integrity management programs, and other areas of responsibility as appropriate.

This role is specific to natural gas utility engineering. Candidates must have direct experience in gas, pipeline, or utility infrastructure engineering.

Accountabilities

• Directs and supports direct reports responsible for the planning, management, execution and implementation of projects, inclusive of the day-to-day project management, scope management, and issue and risk management. 
• Responsible for overseeing engineering solution design, analysis and resource estimation, ensuring that team members understand and consistently apply Liberty processes and standards to deliver quality engineering solutions
• Involved in the development of engineering and asset management policies, standards and procedures.
• Lead team to achieve departmental goals by providing technical guidance and direction, as well as hands-on resource and project management
• Leads the embedding of enterprise processes within their department - engaging staff to continuously improve upon process implementation and design 
• Ensure that all staff are in compliance and certified to do their job; accountable to ensure staff have any required certifications
• People Development: responsible for success planning and talent development. Implement action plans as needed.
• Act as a change leader; role model new change; demonstrate new ways of working.
• Work with the other areas of Liberty Utilities’ to drive consistency and sharing of best practice in the engineering and design of the gas distribution and transmission systems.
• Works with staff across Engineering and Operations to understand, prioritize, and plan for system improvements, system maintenance programs, and major system maintenance initiatives.
• Provides effective and innovative engineering design solutions to allow efficient construction and maintenance and to optimize life cycle.
• Leads development of 1-3 year plans for system expansions and reinforcements in accordance with established strategies, good engineering practice, and jurisdictional requirements .Expertise in capital portfolio management – incl. definition and analysis of capital projects, business case, IRP & capital plan
• Ability to identify and analyze compliance-driven engineering requirements
• Provide technical expertise to various parts of the organization as requested including testimony to regulatory bodies and due diligence activities.
• Ensure quality assurance and control processes are embedded in ways of working and are implemented consistently to monitor and manage business and operations risk
• Oversees project management of large-scale capital projects (Project plan, risk/issue/dependency mgmt., regulatory case, financial mgmt.)
• Applies knowledge of engineering & GIS data management best practices to instill processes and culture that support effective data management across the utility. 

Education and Experience

• Expertise - advanced/well-developed skills and knowledge within a specific professional discipline involving the integration of theory and principles with organizational practices and precedents
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or closely related field
• 5-10 years of experience in gas utility, pipeline, or utility infrastructure engineering
• PE license preferred

What We Offer

As a valued member of our team, you will enjoy competitive pay that reflects your skills and experience. You will also have access to a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage & a 401K plan, effective day one
• Annual bonus
• Life insurance and short-term & long-term disability
• Employee Stock Purchase Program 
• Free Employee Assistance Program & Headspace account
• 3 weeks of vacation, paid sick days, 12 paid company holidays, & 3 paid volunteer days 
• Tuition reimbursement, professional development opportunities, & reimbursement for certification costs
• Reward & recognition programs, service awards, a great company culture, and a collaborative & flexible work environment

Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business and as an employee team.

As the successful candidate

Our Mission

We provide safe, secure, reliable, cost-effective and sustainable energy and water solutions. Our mission is how we create value as an organization—it is what drives us every day to fulfill our purpose.

Our Vision

We better the lives of our customers and communities. Our vision is what we see as possible. It's where we aspire to be, what we want to achieve and how we'll make an impact. It guides and keeps us on the right path as we work towards fulfilling our purposes.

Our Guiding Principles

• Customer Centric
• Integrity
• Entrepreneurial
• Teamwork
• Owner mindset
• Outcome focused
• Continuous learning

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not confident you meet all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to investigate the opportunity further.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person's unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents.

Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all our employees and expect each of our employees to honour this commitment in their daily responsibilities.