Vice President, Engineering

Emera; Halifax; On-site; CAD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing benefits

Career development opportunities

Community engagement & care

Competitive compensation & pension

Job summary

Emera in Halifax, NS seeks a Vice President, Engineering to lead the development and deployment of capabilities for large-scale transmission infrastructure. The role interfaces with business development, engineering, and delivery teams to ensure safe, cost-effective, and on-schedule execution of HVDC projects.

The VP will oversee resource planning, partnerships with EPC firms and contractors, and technical discipline leadership to de-risk projects and align with strategic growth initiatives.

Qualifications

• Must have 12+ years in large-scale infrastructure, utilities, or energy projects.
• Proven executive-level design, development, delivery and operation experience in HVDC transmission systems.
• Experience working with EPC contractors, engineering firms, and complex vendor ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for resource planning and capability development for transmission projects.
• Oversee technical disciplines including transmission line engineering, environmental and permitting, geotechnical and survey
• Establish and manage partnerships with EPC firms, engineering consultants and contractors to enable project delivery
• Ensure disciplined integration and clear accountability across JV partners, EPC/EP contracts and delivery teams
• Embed performance expectations into contracts and drive workforce planning forums across internal and external stakeholders
• Advise executives and influence investment decisions to de-risk execution and improve constructability and execution certainty

Skills

HVDC transmission

Executive leadership

Project delivery

Multi-disciplinary teams

Contract management

Education

Engineering designation / P.Eng.

Job description

Location: Halifax, NS

Closing Date: October 7, 2026 Erema is a leading North American provider of energy services headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia with $43B in total assets. Emera delivers safe, clean, and reliable energy to customers through investments in regulated electric and natural gas utilities, and related businesses and assets

The Opportunity

Company, Department: Emera Inc, Corporate Development.

Location: Halifax, NS

Closing Date: October 7, 2026 Erema is a leading North American provider of energy services headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia with $43B in total assets. Emera delivers safe, clean, and reliable energy to customers through investments in regulated electric and natural gas utilities, and related businesses and assets

Reporting to the Executive Vice President, Corporate Development & CEO Emera Energy, the Vice President, Engineering will play a key role in advancing Emera’s growth strategy. The Vice President is critical to ensure that the technical capabilities required to deliver complex transmission infrastructure are proactively planned, effectively deployed, and consistently aligned to project execution; reducing delivery risk and enabling successful, on-time outcomes.

The role is accountable for the strategic oversight, planning, and deployment of specialized technical capabilities required to deliver large-scale transmission infrastructure projects. Additionally, the VP will ensure the right engineering, technical, and specialist resources are in place at the right time to ultimately enable safe, cost-effective, and on-schedule execution of transmission line development and construction.

The VP operates at the intersection of business development, engineering, project delivery, workforce strategy, and external partnerships, with a core mandate to de-risk execution through proactive capability planning and technical oversight.

Accountabilities:

• Partnering with business development, lead the development of an integrated resource strategy for transmission projects, including engineering, environmental, regulatory, and construction-related technical roles
• Ensure technical excellence, consistency, and quality standards across internal teams and external partners
• Define and oversee a Build-Buy-Borrow model to balance internal capability, external expertise, and contractor support
• Ensure time-phased resource plans align with project lifecycle stages (development, permitting, engineering, construction, commissioning)
• Provide leadership oversight for critical technical disciplines, including:
• Transmission line engineering (civil, electrical, structural)
• Environmental and permitting expertise
• Geotechnical and survey specialists
• Construction and commissioning technical supervisors
• Establish and manage strategic partnerships with EPC firms, engineering consultants, and contractors
• Ensure clear accountability for delivery of technical resources across partners
• Lead integrated workforce planning forums across internal and external stakeholders
• Embed resource-related performance expectations into contracts and agreements, underpinned by commercial acumen
• Collaborate with partners to determine capabilities and the clear delineation of technical roles and responsibilities within JV structures
• Ensure disciplined integration and clear accountability across technical interfaces spanning JV partners, EP/EPC contractors and delivery teams
• Support the alignment of technical risk ownership and performance accountability within JV agreements and contractual frameworks
• Ensure technical strategies are aligned with Indigenous partnerships, regulatory obligations and broader impacted group commitments

Leadership:

• Provide strategic leadership in global OEM engagement and supply chain positioning for critical technologies (HVDC), including early supplier engagement, capacity assurance and integration with JV commercial and delivery models
• Provide leadership in the establishment and alignment of JV operating models and technical accountability structures
• Provide technical leadership to inform early-stage project development, enhancing commercial viability, constructability and execution certainty
• Lead a team of specialist resources and partner closely with the GM, Business Development and/or other business partners on business development proposals
• Champion a culture of safety, quality and accountability across all partners and activities
• Communicate complex workforce and technical issues in a clear and concise manner
• Has the ability to elevate issues early and frames options, risk and trade-offs to make informed decisions
• Advise executives and influence investment decisions

Competencies:

• Strategic Orientation: Translates project and corporate strategy into actionable capability plans
• Execution Focus: Drives delivery through disciplined planning and proactive risk management
• Influence & Partnership: Builds alignment across internal leaders and external partners
• Decision Making Under Uncertainty: Balances speed, cost, and quality in dynamic project environments
• Risk Management: Anticipates and mitigates workforce-related delivery risks
• Operational Excellence: Ensures consistent standards and continuous improvement across technical teams

Qualifications & Experience:

• Relevant Engineering Designation, with 12+ years of experience in large-scale infrastructure, utilities, or energy projects
• Must have proven executive level experience in the design, development, delivery and operation of high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission systems. Experience with subsea cable projects would be advantageous
• Significant experience in transmission, power systems, or major capital project delivery
• Proven leadership in managing multidisciplinary engineering and technical teams
• Experience working with EPC contractors, engineering firms, and complex vendor ecosystems
• Strong understanding of project lifecycle phases and workforce implications
• Experience in resource planning, workforce strategy, or operational scaling is highly preferred

The perks of joining our team? We offer:

• Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, access to a free on-site fitness centre, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.
• Grow Your Career:Opportunities to advance within and between our operating businesses, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.
• Community Engagement & Care:Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching & volunteer programs, and scholarships for children of employees.
• Competitive Compensation:A comprehensive benefits plan, short-term and long-term incentive plans, and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.

Inclusion at Emera

As one of Atlantic Canada’s largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.

Recruitment & Promotion Policy

The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values by our recruitment policy and values, we are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants