Specialist Engineer - Burnaby, Canada - BC Hydro

Description

What you'll do

Distribution Standards has an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Engineer on the Overhead, Underground, and Customer Service Connections Team. This team creates distribution equipment and construction standards to allow repeatable design of our distribution system.


In this position, you will:

• Develop BC Hydro construction and design standards with a focus on customer electrical service connections.
• Plan and execute field trials, evaluate new equipment, and work with field crews and vendors to approve equipment for use on the distribution system.
• Provide technical subject matter expert support to Distribution Engineering and Distribution Design & Customer Connect.
• Provide regular and high impact mentoring and development, supervise and review work of junior, intermediate, and specialist engineers.
• Act as a technical leader/expert internally across functions and business units, and externally, and function as an expert resource responsible for providing professional/technical advice on complex issues.
• Build and maintain relationships with and support groups across BC Hydro including Revenue Metering, Field Operations, Engineering, Design, Safety, Procurement, Asset Investment Management, and Grid Operations.
• Build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders including Technical Safety BC, municipal electrical authorities having jurisdiction, and service entrance equipment manufactures.

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