Hydro Ottawa
System Performance Engineer
Ottawa, ON
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About the role
- Reporting to the Supervisor, Distribution Engineering, the System Performance Engineer is the technical driver behind the continuous improvement of Hydro Ottawa's distribution system performance and resilience.
- This role transforms outage data and asset performance metrics into actionable strategies that reduce the probability and impact of outages, directly improving customer service.
- The System Performance Engineer ensures that theoretical reliability models translate into practical, safe solutions for the crews operating and maintaining the grid every day.
Responsibilities
- Analyze distribution system constraints, outage trends, and equipment performance to identify vulnerabilities and develop strategic solutions that directly improve grid reliability and resilience.
- Provide expert technical leadership and real-time engineering support to field operations during outage investigations and system deficiencies to expedite restoration and prevent recurrence.
- Develop the scope and financial justification for reliability improvement projects and programs, ensuring that capital investments are targeted effectively to deliver maximum value in outage reduction and impact.
- Manage the reliability governance framework, providing direction and oversight for reliability initiatives by determining necessary operational improvements.
- Perform comprehensive reviews of system performance during extreme weather events to design and implement targeted mitigation strategies that harden the grid against future storms.
- Establish and maintain robust reporting protocols that satisfy all internal and regulatory frameworks, ensuring consistent and accurate delivery of performance metrics through regular data audits.
- Drive the adoption of preventative reliability strategies and provide technical support in the development and updating of internal engineering standards to reflect current industry best practices.
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in Engineering from an accredited university
- Experience identifying, diagnosing and resolving equipment and infrastructure issues considered an asset
- Knowledge of Ontario's energy sector and regulatory framework considered an asset
- Experience performing advanced statistical analysis and modeling of system performance and outage records considered an asset
- Demonstrated experience with Business Intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) for data visualization and reporting on performance metrics
- Participate in Hydro Ottawa's Electricity Emergency Response Program (EERP) including potential after-hours and or on-call responsibilities, as required.
- Lead special projects and perform other related duties as required.
- Applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
Skills
- Project Management skills and System Planning experience considered an asset
- Experience in Lean Six Sigma or other continuous improvement frameworks considered an asset
- Strong computer skills; proficient in the use of office productivity and collaboration tools, preferably Google Workspace
Compensation
- $89,420.99 Pay Range Maximum:
Company info
- At Hydro Ottawa, we empower the lives of the people in the communities we serve.
- And as Ontario's largest municipally-owned producer of green power, we are leading the way to a greener tomorrow.
- We are seeking a System Performance Engineer, a strategic thinker who can take initiatives from concept to completion and engineer the way to a smart energy future.
Equal opportunity
- We are also committed to preventing and removing barriers to employment for people with disabilities, and we invite you to inform us should you have any accessibility or accommodation needs.
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