HVT Operations Manager

Kinectrics; Toronto; On-site; CAD 102,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Pension plan

Career development

Educational reimbursements

Employee referral bonus

Job summary

Kinectrics is hiring a Field Operations Manager – High Voltage Testing Services for our Toronto, ON location. This senior, permanent role oversees HV field operations, coordinating field engineers and support staff, reporting to the Senior Director of Cable Life Cycle Management.

Starting salary is $120,000 CAD per year, with a comprehensive benefits package. Applicants should have 10+ years in electrical testing or related fields, proven leadership, and strong project management and safety

Qualifications

• 10+ years in electrical testing, commissioning, utility operations, EPCs, maintenance, or field services.
• Experience managing field personnel, resource schedules, and equipment fleets.
• Strong knowledge of health & safety requirements and QA standards.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate HVST field operations across Low/Medium/High Voltage, Transformer, and Grounding services.
• Own the master resource schedule for field engineers and support staff.
• Balance competing priorities, schedules, equipment availability, and workforce assignments.
• Monitor equipment, trailers, field assets, and laboratory resources for readiness.
• Collaborate with Project Managers, Technical Leads, Business Development, and clients.
• Support budgets, proposals, and capital planning with execution input.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Safety culture

Job description

Kinectrics is a wholly owned subsidiary of BWX Technologies focused on providing life cycle management services in the energy and utility sector. We develop innovative solutions for the global electricity and medical industries, helping empower a sustainable future. Trusted by clients worldwide, our employees provide expertise in engineering, testing, and inspection across a wide range of services. With offices worldwide and independent laboratories and testing facilities, we collaborate closely with clients to ensure utility assets perform safely, reliably, and efficiently throughout their entire life cycle.

Kinectrics takes pride in being consistently ranked as one of the best places to work in the energy and utility industry, where purpose and people mean as much as innovation and growth. That’s why we choose only the best and brightest to join us. To keep pace with the expanding energy and utility sector, Kinectrics has grown from a company of 300 to over 1,000 in only the last few years - and we aren’t looking to slow down. Join our diverse, supportive workplace for a rewarding career in the electricity industry.

Visit our website to learn more: www.kinectrics.com

The Opportunity

Position: Field Operations Manager – High Voltage Testing Services

Employment Type: Permanent

Employment Level: Senior

Location: 800 Kipling Avenue, Toronto, ON

Department: High Voltage Testing Services

Reports to: Senior Director of Cable Life Cycle Management

Hours per week: 40

Number Required: 1

Starting Salary: $120,000, annual. Exact compensation may vary depending on the individual experience and qualifications of each candidate. Applicants with greater or less than the minimum qualifications for this posted opportunity may be considered for alternate opportunities.

What We Offer

• Purpose: The work we do each day helps communities around the world. Find satisfaction inwork that really matters, working alongside and as part of the best and brightest in the industry.
• Growth: To keep pace with Canada’s expanding energy and utility sector, we are growing more each day, which means more opportunities for you. We encourage our employees to grow alongside our company thanks to a number of significant training and personal development opportunities.
• Innovation: Our staff proudly develop innovations that push the industry forward.
• Diversity: The company is dedicated to promoting diversity in its workforce, up to and including the senior management level. Our diversity committee ensures we stay up to date on leading trends and best practices, creating a desirable workspace for each and every one of our employees.
• Total Compensation: Your talent deserves to be recognized. Kinectrics offers a competitive total compensation package unmatched by most industries throughout North America. Salary is just one component of the total rewards you will receive when working for Kinectrics. Other elements may also include pay for performance programs (merit pay and discretionary annual performance bonuses), comprehensive health benefits and wellness programs, membership discounts, employee referral bonus, eligibility for our pension plan, career development programs, and professional development/educational reimbursements.

Accountabilities: How You Will Make an Impact

• Serve as the central coordination point for all HVST field operations across Low Voltage, Medium Voltage, High Voltage, Transformer, and Grounding services.
• Own the master resource schedule for the team of field engineers, technologists, and support personnel.
• Balance competing priorities, project schedules, equipment availability, and workforce assignments.
• Manage utilization and readiness of specialized testing equipment, trailers, tools, field assets, and laboratory resources.
• Act as the primary escalation point for resource conflicts, schedule changes, and field execution issues.
• Coordinate closely with Project Managers, Technical Leads, Business Development, and clients.
• Monitor workload forecasts and identify future staffing, equipment, and capability requirements.
• Support capital planning and business cases for new equipment, vehicles, technology, and staffing investments.
• Support proposal development by providing execution strategies, resource planning, and equipment availability input.
• Perform other duties as required.

Performance and Leadership

• Lead and manage field operations personnel while maintaining strong visibility with field crews and office staff.
• Establish priorities and make resource allocation decisions across multiple concurrent projects.
• Drive accountability for safety, quality, responsiveness, and customer satisfaction.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on utilization, productivity, and operational consistency.
• Build a high-performance culture focused on collaboration and problem solving.

Health, Safety, and Compliance

• Lead by example and ensure safe execution of work following all Kinectrics safety requirements and regulations.
• Support driving a culture of right first time/safety first and that all engineering work is conducted in compliance with municipal, provincial, and federal safety, workplace, or environmental regulations that apply to the facility.
• Ensures quality of investigations to identify corrective action and non-recurrence.
• Accountable for supporting error free culture & staff behaviors by implementing human performance tools.

Financial

• Maintain visibility by attending and actively participating in the planning and scheduling meetings, business reviews, forecasting etc.
• Provide timely project updates in compliance with all financial reporting requirements.
• Contribute timely input to invoicing and collections processes.
• Support management on budgeting, business planning and reporting as needed.

Culture Development

• Drive a culture of high performance and safety where everyone is committed to and accountable for delivery of performance goals and operational KPIs, ensuring a customer first culture.
• Provides training and skill development for both day-to-day operations as well as for growth and improved performance.
• Develop a culture of continuous improvement in processes and initiate/monitor corrective actions required to improve performance.
• Creates and maintains a positive culture focused on worker morale and corporate social responsibility.

What You Need To Succeed

• 10+ years of experience in electrical testing, commissioning, utility operations, EPCs, maintenance, or field services.
• Experience managing field personnel, resource schedules, and equipment fleets in a multi-project environment.
• Strong understanding of cable testing, switchgear, transformers, GIS, and other related utility assets.
• Previous experience as a Field Service Manager, Operations Manager, Superintendent, Testing Supervisor, or similar role preferred.
• Extensive project management experience in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Experience in managing groups of professional and technical staff.
• Strong knowledge of health & safety requirements and quality assurance standards and practices.

Key Skills/Capabilities

• Demonstrated leadership ability among a team of individuals with diverse skill sets aligning them to exceed organizational goals.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and demonstrated a high commitment to quality and delivering on client commitments, including experience in leading technical projects to successful conclusions.
• Proven ability to successfully manage large, complex, and multi-disciplinary projects and deliver on time and on budget.
• Strong leadership skills and high degree of accountability and engagement.
• Strong customer focus and commitment to business unit goals.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Strong team building, decision-making, mentorship, and people management skills.
• Innovative, enthusiastic, and ready to be part of our dynamic leadership team.

This role requires the successful candidate to complete the security clearance process. The security clearance process is conducted in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and may take up to 12 months to complete.

Kinectrics Inc is strongly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and welcomes applications from all individuals. To learn more about our commitments please visit our diversity, equity and inclusion and indigenous relations pages.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a voluntary diversity survey. The collection of self-identification data is driven by our commitment to DE&I and ensures Kinectrics' continuous review and improvement of its programs. The information that you provide is strictly confidential and your responses will only be used for statistical purposes. Your responses do not affect your candidacy in any way.

Kinectrics welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.