Manager - Project Engineering

Hydro One Networks Inc•Toronto, ON

4d•CA$110,500 - CA$143,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Hydro One is seeking a Manager - Project Engineering to lead a team responsible for resource capacity management, project management, and outsourcing management services. This role is crucial for enabling the Engineering department to deliver project design packages on time and within budget. The Manager will be responsible for implementing engineering goals, managing staff, developing policies and processes, and monitoring project status and budgets. The company emphasizes safety, innovation, and inclusivity, and has been recognized as one of Canada's Best Employers.

Requirements

Implement engineering goals/objectives/strategies by providing effective team leadership and direction.
Establish and maintain effective design resource capacity management, project management, and outsourcing management service.
Plan, organize, schedule, and coordinate work and assign tasks, providing instruction as required.
Ensure utilization of available Engineering resource is maximized.
Ensure engineering design is properly coordinated so that deliverables are completed on time and on schedule.
Manage the execution of consulting service contracts.
Develop, obtain approval for, and maintain engineering policies, standards, templates, and processes.
Report project status and resource capacity.
Support and participate in decision making to enhance productivity of the Division.
Prepare and monitor the budget of Project Engineering.
Manage the work of a team of project engineers, resource planners, and contract service supporting staff.
Interview and select candidates for staff positions.
Assess the performance of staff and conduct performance appraisal interviews.
Initiate recommendations on hiring, firing, transfer, and promotion of staff.
Recruit, develop, and maintain staff with the necessary type and quality of skills.
Assume leadership roles in the management and development of skills training programs.
Perform day-to-day supervision, work assignment, monitoring, and quality assurance of staff supervised.
Be responsible for the work of staff assigned to specific projects or sub-projects.
Lead the development and implementation of business planning processes, project management processes, consulting services contract execution, and work flow designs for Project Engineering.
Establish multi-discipline teams for complex projects.
Work in collaboration with the project manager, review the required work scope and communicate engineering requirements to the design team and to the appropriate staff in other departments.
Supervise project engineers to ensure members of the production engineering team understand each one’s roles, accountabilities, knows the communication channels of the assigned project, design is properly coordinated by the production engineering team, a coherent production plan is established, risks are pro-actively identified and appropriately mitigated, project scope changes are managed according to established processes, procurement of services and goods follows company policies.
Monitor work status of each project under production, provide analysis of progress and issues and provide feedback to the Engineering Managers, project managers and others.
Monitor utilization of internal design resources and external consulting services.
Evaluate resource supply and demand trends, consulting firm capability and supply situation of the market.
Participate in resource planning and forecasting engineering resource requirements.
Recommend actions to address production capacity expansion to meet the business plan of the company.
Keep abreast of developments in various fields of engineering disciplines, business environment of the energy market in Ontario and applicable regulatory legislations, policies, guide lines.
Provide ways and means to improve efficiency and economics of systems.
Review technical publications and other literature.
Communicate with counterparts in other utilities to exchange views and ideas to improve response time and costs of engineering design.
Prepare and monitor short and long term budgets.
Conduct special studies and analysis.
Contribute in the development and documentation of Engineering & Construction Services engineering processes, systems and practices, including new concepts, working culture (people acceptance), philosophy, operating and maintenance of standards and engineering policy in the dynamically changing field of utility engineering.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a working environment which has the philosophy and goals of continuous quality improvement.

Responsibilities

Manage the work of a team of project engineers, resource planners, and contract service supporting staff in the delivery of resource capacity management, project management, and outsourcing management services.
Organize, plan, schedule, direct, and coordinate work, assign tasks, and monitor progress to conform to schedules.
Evaluate the effectiveness of the section's planning, project coordination, and contract management capability and recommend changes to enhance performance.
Interview and select candidates for staff positions, assess staff performance, and conduct performance appraisal interviews.
Initiate recommendations on hiring, firing, transfer, and promotion of staff.
Recruit, develop, and maintain staff with the necessary skills to deliver required project engineering service levels.
Assume leadership roles in the management and development of skills training programs to enhance staff capability.
Perform day-to-day supervision, work assignment, monitoring, and quality assurance of supervised staff.
Be responsible for the work of staff assigned to specific projects or sub-projects, assigning and checking their work and giving guidance and direction as necessary.
Lead the development and implementation of business planning processes, project management processes, consulting services contract execution, and work flow designs for Project Engineering.
Assign project engineers to manage assigned work and establish multi-discipline teams for complex projects.
Collaborate with project managers to review work scope and communicate engineering requirements to the design team and other departments.
Supervise project engineers to ensure team members understand roles, accountabilities, communication channels, and that design is properly coordinated.
Ensure a coherent production plan is established, risks are proactively identified and mitigated, project scope changes are managed, and procurement follows company policies.
Ensure engineering designs are delivered in accordance with agreed project schedules and within budget.
Monitor work status of each project under production, provide analysis of progress and issues, and provide feedback to Engineering Managers, project managers, and others.
Monitor utilization of internal design resources and external consulting services.
Evaluate resource supply and demand trends, consulting firm capability, and the supply situation of the market.
Participate in resource planning and forecasting engineering resource requirements.
Recommend actions to address production capacity expansion to meet the company's business plan.
Keep abreast of developments in various fields of engineering disciplines, the energy market in Ontario, and applicable regulatory legislations, policies, and guidelines.
Provide ways and means to improve efficiency and economics of systems.
Review technical publications and other literature.
Communicate with counterparts in other utilities to exchange views and ideas to improve response time and costs of engineering design.
Prepare and monitor short and long-term budgets.
Conduct special studies and analysis.
Contribute to the development and documentation of Engineering & Construction Services engineering processes, systems, and practices.