FAES Technical Solutions Manager

Branch: Non-Regulated
Affiliation: Management & Exempt
Employment Status: Full-Time Regular
Expected Hiring Range: $111,100.00 to $130,700.00 Annually
Short-term Incentive Eligible: Yes
Workplace Flexibility: Yes
Posting End Date: Open until filled

As the province’s largest energy provider with more than 100 years of knowledge and experience, we proudly deliver renewable energy, natural gas, electricity and propane to 1.3 million customers.

We're actively seeking new talent to join our mission of delivering a stronger energy future in B.C. As one of BC's Top Employers with a diverse team of over 2,700 employees, we are committed to a safe and inclusive culture where each of us can connect, belong, and grow. Join us, and together, let's shape a brighter future for B.C.

Position Overview

The FAES Technical Solutions Manager is responsible for providing technical leadership, management and oversight across the FAES projects and initiatives. This role serves as a technical advisor, accountable for technical integrity across projects and initiatives. It includes supporting technical direction, establishing engineering standards, managing risk, and ensuring quality and consistency in compliance with regulatory requirements and approvals.

Key Accountabilities

• Provides technical expertise across the FAES portfolio through all project phases, from feasibility to operations, translating business objectives into clear technical requirements, standards, and design criteria. Works across internal functions including regulatory, finance, customer service, business development, project delivery, and operations, and represents the organization’s interests throughout the project lifecycle from early development through design, construction, commissioning, and operations.
• Identifies technical risks and exercises decision-making authority as required to ensure project outcomes align with technical standards, cost expectations, and operational needs
• Acts as the organization’s technical representative supporting the organization’s interests, ensuring technical, regulatory, and financial requirements are met, including appropriate alignment of capital and operating costs with rate structures and cost recovery
• Accountable for ensuring engineering decisions are aligned with financial and regulatory frameworks, including capital versus operating cost treatment, affordability considerations, regulatory approvals, and lifecycle asset value
• Leads technical inputs and is accountable for engineering components of regulatory applications by integrating technical, financial, and cost-of-service considerations to demonstrate customer value and cost recovery
• Accountable for ensuring QA/QC requirements are met for assigned projects and engineering deliverables, and supports the development and implementation of engineering standards, specifications, and asset management frameworks that support reliable, maintainable, and high-performing systems
• Builds internal technical capability and reduces reliance on external consultants by strengthening in-house expertise, standards, and decision-making processes, ensuring solutions are developed with a long-term ownership and accountability perspective
• Provides technical leadership across internal teams and external consultants, accountable for working with project delivery and operations teams to resolve technical issues, coordinate design changes, and define system performance and maintenance requirements, using operational data to drive continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and licensed as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Minimum 8 to 10 years of progressively responsible experience in thermal or district energy, HVAC, or related fields, spanning design, construction, and operations. Development, construction and operations experience, project planning and estimating as well as field experience is considered as an asset.
• Project Management Professional certificate (PMP) from the Project Management Institute (PMI) will be an asset
• LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP) from the Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC) be an asset
• Demonstrated experience in design and construction management and systems integration, along with familiarity operating within a regulated utility or energy services environment, including an understanding of cost recovery, rate structures, and capital versus operating cost considerations
• Senior-level knowledge of engineering principles, standards, and practices applicable to Thermal Energy and Building Mechanical Systems.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to evaluate complex, multi-factor risks and engineering problems.
• Demonstrated ability to make independent engineering decisions and provide technical direction on complex issues.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical report preparation and presentations.
• Ability to communicate highly technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to work effectively both independently and within multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to review and validate technical work to ensure quality, consistency, and adherence to standards

In this role, you will have the option to participate in a flexible work program, enabling you to work from an approved flex location in British Columbia up to 85 days a year (equivalent to approximately two days a week), subject to business or operational needs.

Our engaging workplace offers a wide range of challenging opportunities, while being safe, inclusive, and diverse. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, while supporting life-long career development. We also encourage volunteerism and nourish the need to give back to your community.

To learn more about the recruitment process with FortisBC, please visit the You’re Applying. What now? page for additional information.

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