Manager, Grid Technology

⚡ Position Title: Manager, Grid Technology
🆔 Job ID: 810‑003
🔢 Number of Vacancies: 1
📍 Location: Ottawa, ON
💼 Employment Type: Permanent full‑time employee
⏱️ Hours of Work: 40 hours per week
🏢🏠 Work Mode: Hybrid – 3 days in office per week
👤 Reports to: Chief Information and Technology Officer
💰 Salary Range: $130,000 – $140,000 per year
🎁 Benefits: Comprehensive benefits and compensation package

Position Summary

The Manager, Grid Technology is responsible for leading, developing, and managing the client’s Grid Technology program, ensuring that Smart Grid innovation, complex grid technology implementations, and ongoing operational support are executed effectively and strategically.

Major Responsibilities

– Collaborate with distribution operations, engineering, and asset management to develop, refine, and evolve the Smart Grid Strategy and its associated roadmaps.
– Lead and participate in Grid innovation initiatives involving behind‑the‑meter technologies, electric vehicle technologies, AI platforms, and AR/VR applications to advance modernization and automation.
– Manage all Grid Technology operations, including support for ADMS, SCADA, OMS, GIS, P‑Tech, Telecom Fiber, and other mission‑critical systems that enable safe and reliable grid performance.
– Direct key Grid Technology projects by preparing business cases, selecting vendors, establishing timelines, managing budgets, and assessing risks to ensure successful delivery.
– Work closely with the System Control Room and Distribution Operations to develop technology‑enabled processes that strengthen grid response and recovery during outages.
– Participate in Emergency Response operations and grid restoration during major unplanned outages to ensure that technology systems, tools, and personnel are fully supported.
– Coordinate with IT and other stakeholders to maintain system uptime, disaster recovery readiness, cybersecurity posture, and business continuity.
– Manage a team of Grid technologists and engineers by overseeing staffing, training, delegation, performance feedback, and adherence to Health and Safety standards and regulatory requirements.
– Prepare capital and operating budgets for the Grid Technology section, approve expenditures, and ensure financial stewardship.

Qualifications:
– Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited university
– Minimum of 5 years’ experience in grid technology, operations, or a similar role and experience managing a team
– Experience in a Utilities environment
– Strong computer skills; proficient in the use of office productivity and collaboration tools, preferably G Suite as well as SCADA, GIS, and OMS.
– Leadership capabilities in goal setting and performance management, strong communication, financial management (budgeting, cost control), and strategic thinking & planning.

To apply please send your resume to careers@cpus.ca or through the following link: https://lnkd.in/eQgxPrFN