Job Description

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.

At Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it. 

Purpose

Participate in a dynamic team-driven environment to support our Electric Company in the areas of construction standards, material specifications, and electric compliance. Principal attributes include effective communication skills, driven to follow through on commitments and job responsibilities along with a creative “outside the box” approach to complex problems. The successful candidate will possess the ability to work with others to troubleshoot problems quickly and accurately while recommending or implementing effective solutions. 

Accountabilities

• Help update and maintain the Electric Distribution Construction Standards.
• Help update and maintain the Residential and Commercial Electric Service Standards.
• Help update and maintain Transmission and Substation standard drawings.
• Organize and Maintain our Electric Compliance Program.
• Oversee and manage various engineering projects to ensure timely completion that is cost effective and within budget guidelines.
• Help support engineers in designing, drafting, estimating, scheduling, packaging, distributing, and reporting on projects.
• Need to understand basic power systems while maintaining a knowledge of new developing practices, trends and regulations across the industry.
• Must be familiar with and be able to learn software that aides in engineering projects.
• Assist the Managers of Engineering, engineers, technicians and contract construction personnel as required during emergencies; through the coordination and/or supervision of Liberty, contractor or other repair crews. Extended hours outside of the regular day may be required. Tasks not ordinarily performed may be assigned during the recovery efforts.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• Experience or degree in Engineering Technology, GIS, Project Management, Drafting or other Construction/Engineering related field.
• Basic job knowledge of electric utility operations and any specialized knowledge of technical, trades, constructoin, planning or office operations areas. 
• Must have a valid motor vehicle operator’s license.
• Familiarity with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, AutoCAD applications.

What We Offer

• Company funded Pension program
• 401k with Company match
• Full insurance benefits (health/dental/vision/life) - starting day 1
• Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy
• Share purchase/match plan
• Defined Contribution savings plan
• Top Talent Program
• Volunteer paid days off
• Employee Assistance Program
• Achievement fund

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a growing renewable energy and utility company with over $15 billion of assets across North America and internationally.

For more than 30 years, Algonquin has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to delivering clean energy and water solutions. Our rapid growth has led both our regulated utility services and renewable energy business groups into different geographies and commodities, but our purpose remains unchanged – Sustaining Energy and Water for Life.

Through our operating business (Liberty), we provide regulated electricity, water, and natural gas utility services to over 1 million customer connections, primarily in North America. And, our growing portfolio of clean, renewable wind, solar, hydro and thermal power generation facilities represent over 3 GW of renewable generation capacity in operation and under construction.

With our robust, diversified, and growing presence in communities across North America and internationally, we are continually demonstrating our “Think Global, Act Local” business model.

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

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 of our employees and expect each of our employees to honor this commitment in their daily responsibilities.

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