Vice President, Engineering

Emera Inc.; Halifax; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing

Career growth

Community engagement

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Emera Inc. in Halifax, NS seeks an accomplished VP, Engineering to lead strategic capability planning and technical oversight for large-scale transmission initiatives.

The role integrates business development, engineering, and delivery to de-risk execution and ensure on-schedule outcomes. The VP will oversee specialized engineering resources, partner with EPCs and consultants, and drive workforce planning, environmental permitting, and regulatory alignment.

Qualifications

• 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 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

Responsibilities

• Partner with business development to develop an integrated resource strategy for transmission projects.
• Oversee technical excellence and quality standards across internal teams and external partners
• Define a Build–Buy–Borrow model to balance internal capability, external expertise, and contractor support
• Ensure time-phased resource plans align with project lifecycle stages
• Provide leadership oversight for critical technical disciplines (transmission line engineering, environmental and permitting, geotechnical and survey, construction and commissioning)
• 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 with commercial acumen
• Collaborate with partners to delineate technical roles within JV structures
• Ensure disciplined integration across technical interfaces spanning JV partners, EP/EPC contractors and delivery teams
• Support alignment of technical risk ownership within JV agreements and contracts
• Ensure technical strategies align with Indigenous partnerships and regulatory obligations

Skills

Strategic leadership

Executive leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk assessment

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Engineering designation

Job description

The Opportunity

Company, Department: Emera Inc, Corporate Development.

Location: Halifax, NS

Closing Date: October 7, 2026

Emera 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