Senior Engineering Manager - Transmission Planning

Electric Power Engineers; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy consulting firm in Toronto is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a team that delivers innovative energy solutions. This role requires over 7 years of experience in power systems engineering and exceptional project management skills. The candidate will manage client relationships, ensure project quality, and contribute to business development efforts. The firm offers comprehensive benefits including health coverage and hybrid work options. Join an innovative team shaping the future of energy.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and wellness benefits

Generous PTO and paid holidays

Employee Ownership Program

401K with matching

Flexible work arrangements

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in power systems engineering roles.
• Exceptional understanding of project execution and team management.
• Independent critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team delivering engineering services to utilities and ISOs.
• Ensure timely completion of projects while meeting quality objectives.
• Support business development through RFP responses and relationship building.

Skills

Power systems engineering

Project execution

Team management

Client relationship management

Critical thinking

Problem-solving

Written communication

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

PSS/E

DSATools

Aspen

TARA

Job description

Overview

We are designing the grid of the future!

We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a team of Engineering Managers and technical experts delivering valuable and forward-thinking services to utilities and ISOs. This role is accountable for ensuring excellent execution, technical oversight, client management and staff development. Candidates who are high performers, organized, agile, and adaptable will be successful in this role.

Responsibilities

How you can make an impact:

Management and Operations:

• Support transmission engineering managers and individual contributors for planning, studies, modeling, and automation etc.
• Take responsibility for the team’s timely completion of a portfolio of projects while meeting project quality and budget objectives
• Provide guidance, knowledge, and experience to electrical engineers performing power system steady state, short circuit, dynamic stability, and electromagnetic transient studies
• Develop team resource utilization and revenue forecasting to keep the team on track to meet billable hour and revenue targets and ensure effective hiring/resource management
• Promote process improvement efforts to enhance efficiency
• Maintain EPE’s high client satisfaction

Business Development Support:

• Support responses to RFPs and development of Scopes of Work
• Participate and coordinate industry involvement through conferences, speaking opportunities, and engagements
• Build and manage key customer relationships

Qualifications

Bring your passion, here's what’s needed:

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• 7+ years of experience in power systems engineering roles
• Experience or familiarity with PSS/E, TARA, DSATools, Aspen, and other transmission analysis tools
• Exceptional understanding of project execution, team, and time management in a consulting environment with proven success
• Strong people skills, with ability to draw confidence, ensure technical accuracy, and maintain client satisfaction
• Independent critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to keep multiple projects and client engagements active at once
• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to navigate uncertainty
• Proven team player skills with ability to build and maintain internal and external relationships
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, excellent business, and technical writing
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Strong time management skills
• Experience in the SPP Market Preferred

Lead the change!

Be a part of an innovative team shaping the grid of the future through advanced energy intelligence. For more than half a century, Electric Power Engineers (EPE) has partnered with power and energy clients across the globe, providing consulting expertise and energy intelligence software solutions for complex engineering and grid modeling challenges. As leaders in the renewables space, we are focused on building a modern, secure, and resilient grid. Join us in making an impact on the communities we serve and the environment in which we live. Together we can transform the future of energy.

How we support you:

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including medical, dental, and vision
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• EPE MyShare - Employee Ownership Program
• Work with industry leaders
• 401K, up to a 4% match (100% vested from day 1)
• Flexible Work including hybrid and remote possibilities based on position.

Location: This position is open to Remote US or Canada

Travel: Occasional travel may be needed (10% or less)

EPE is an equal opportunity/AA/Disability/Veteran employer. The EEO is the Law poster, and its supplement are available using the following links:EEOC is the Law Poster