Project Manager - Renewables and t&d

Type of position: Regular

Your future role on our team

BBA is growing and looking to expand their team! We have an established Power and Renewables business line, which is made up of the Renewables, Transmission and Distribution (T&D), Wind and Solar, Storage, Hydropower and Industrial Power groups. We want to strengthen our position in the T&D and Power markets across Canada. In this intermediate leadership role, you will serve as the project manager in charge of the T&D and Power markets and will be responsible for developing large scale T&D opportunities across Canada and executing strategic projects. You'll leverage your team members' expertise, industry-knowledge, client relationships and engineering experience to achieve our objectives. You'll focus on solidifying and growing our T&D market presence, supporting the Director - T&D and lead unique large-scale transmission, distribution and storage projects.

Work Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario

BBA is a matrix organization, and the T&D business line has a national focus and is responsible for defining the strategy and overall sector performance. The business line relies on BBA's operational teams and disciplines located across Canada to execute its mandates and projects, while at times directly managing and executing certain strategic projects.

An overview of your mandates and responsibilities

You're a strong, dynamic individual who aspires to put your career into high gear and work on challenging and rewarding projects. You have a growth mentality and are comfortable managing multiple priorities. You can work independently, but you thrive in team environments where you have the ability to shape outcomes based on your leadership and involvement. You've worked with large teams before and have some experience working with multidisciplinary engineering teams. You reward yourself with success and set a high bar for yourself and your teams. You aspire to be a leader and are passionate about the power and renewable energy sectors. Finally, you're a good communicator and can articulate vision into objectives and objectives into workflows.

Your work in action

• Lead strategic T&D and Energy Storage projects while ensuring compliance with contracts, code, regulatory requirements and best practices.
• Liaise with other project managers, discipline leads and team leaders to develop effective project and program plans, processes, procedures and schedules.
• Liaise with T&D clients, independent power producers (IPPs), generation developers, power utilities and regulatory bodies to build strong technical solutions and nurture long-term relationships.
• Develop transmission and distribution project opportunities nationally involving electrical substations, high‑voltage transmission lines, medium‑voltage distribution lines, client substations and energy storage projects.
• Respond to client requests for proposals (RFPs) for strategic projects through creative thinking, alternative approaches and win strategies.
• Support the execution of the market strategy and annual action plans.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in T&D markets, providing crucial technical, market and technology expertise.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, mentoring and support to local and national engineering teams.
• Provide team innovation by bringing together knowledge, best practices and planning functions while working in conjunction with the Director - T&D to implement long-term market sector objectives and strategies.
• Build and nurture strong professional relationships within your external professional circles and across the power and renewables markets in Canada and the U.S.
• Identify any capability gaps and implement teaming requirements needed to win.
• Other useful duties, as required, to make you, the team, the firm and our clients win.

Does your track record include these qualities and motivation?

• Growth mindset
• Doer attitude
• Results-driven
• Entrepreneurial or "intrepreneurial" spirit
• Transformational Leadership Style
• Efficient, rigorous and ethical

Overview of certifications and job requirements:

• Engineering degree from a recognized university and registered as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) within a Canadian province, with electrical or mechanical disciplines being preferred; or a suitable combination of qualification(s) in a relevant discipline and applicable experience
• At least 10 years of relevant power sector or electricity industry experience
• Have 3 or more years of experience in technical consulting, transmission or distribution utilities or generation development industries, with a project execution and/or operations experience
• Proficiency in project management, including experience leading projects and managing these teams to deliver on objectives within established constraints
• Strong market knowledge of renewable energy, vertical utilities and/or wholesale power markets, specifically in subsets of transmission and distribution engineering disciplines, including, but not limited to, protection and control, T&D line design, substation design, digital power systems, power automation, energy storage and thermal or renewable generation
• Experience in T&D equipment selection, bid specifications, land and environmental issues, permitting, electrical studies, etc.
• Strong communication, people and relationship-building skills
• Ability to travel to domestic and international destinations
• Experience in construction, commissioning supervision and/or coordination
• Experience with power generation and/or power utility (high and medium voltage)
• Strong personal network within the power and/or renewable energy sector
• Experience with budgeting, estimating and/or scheduling
• Asset: Bilingual (English and French)

An overview of BBA's total reward

• Annual bonification program for all regular employees
• Onsite mobility premium
• Access to a time bank
• Cellphone Program
• Group insurance plan starting day one including short term and long-term disability insurance
• Pension Plan
• Vacation and sick leave
• Premium offer through the Employee Referral Program.

BBA considers many factors to determine the annual base salary such as, but no limited to: Location of the position, education, relevant and demonstrated work experience, technical assessment, qualifications, certifications, and other relevant competencies.

At BBA, you get many benefits:

• Custom training and development plans
• A corporate culture that values expertise
• Agility and listening: Your ideas are transformed into concrete initiatives.
• Friendly, eco-mindful and high-tech workspaces
• Participation in innovation projects
• Generous retirement savings and insurance plan

About BBA
For over 40 years, we've been pushing the boundaries of engineering to serve our clients in the Energy and Natural Resources sector. At BBA, we develop innovative, flexible and sustainable solutions, from strategy to execution.
BBA is one of Canada's leading private consulting engineering firms, focused on practice (PCB), with a network of 15 offices. Our teams work closely to deliver projects that shape tomorrow's industry at the local, national and international levels.
Our people's passion and excellence make BBA a Canada's Best Employer and one of Canada's Best Managed Companies.
We have unique talents, and we're committed to providing a workplace where you can be yourself. Job postings are written in gender-neutral language.
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